Analysts Set Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Price Target at $262.87

Key Points

• Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has received a consensus recommendation of "Buy" from fifty analysts, with a twelve-month price target averaging $262.87.
• CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 2,500 shares of Amazon stock for $558,725, representing a 0.48% decrease in their ownership.
• The company reported earnings per share of $1.68 for the last quarter, surpassing estimates and reflecting a 13.3% year-over-year revenue increase.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has been assigned a consensus rating of "Buy" from the fifty analysts that are covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, forty-six have assigned a buy recommendation and two have issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $263.2979.

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on AMZN. Westpark Capital reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $280.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Moffett Nathanson upped their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $250.00 to $253.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 24th. Roth Capital set a $250.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $271.00 price target (up previously from $249.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Finally, Zacks Research cut shares of Amazon.com from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In related news, CFO Brian T. Olsavsky sold 17,750 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.74, for a total transaction of $3,953,635.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 49,000 shares in the company, valued at $10,914,260. The trade was a 26.59% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $221.58, for a total transaction of $4,403,237.76. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,178,502 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $482,712,473.16. This trade represents a 0.90% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 25,097,911 shares of company stock worth $5,676,032,574. Insiders own 9.70% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of AMZN. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 542,733.6% during the 2nd quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 132,641,388 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $29,100,194,000 after acquiring an additional 132,616,953 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $27,438,011,000. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the 1st quarter worth approximately $11,674,091,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 21,420.5% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 30,245,061 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $5,754,425,000 after acquiring an additional 30,104,520 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 849,721,601 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $186,420,422,000 after acquiring an additional 17,447,045 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Amazon.com Trading Down 0.2%

Amazon.com stock traded down $0.39 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $231.23. The company had a trading volume of 37,830,867 shares, compared to its average volume of 33,782,080. The firm has a market cap of $2.47 trillion, a P/E ratio of 35.25, a P/E/G ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.02. Amazon.com has a 1 year low of $161.38 and a 1 year high of $242.52. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $227.68 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $209.23.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.37. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.54% and a return on equity of 23.84%. The company had revenue of $167.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $161.80 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.26 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Amazon.com will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Amazon.com Company Profile

Amazon.com, Inc engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content.