Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) have received an average rating of "Moderate Buy" from the fifty-nine research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifty-six have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $321.19.
A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on AMZN. Benchmark boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $370.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Robert W. Baird set a $310.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $320.00 target price (up from $315.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Morgan Stanley reiterated an "overweight" rating and set a $335.00 target price (up from $330.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, TD Cowen reissued a "buy" rating and set a $350.00 target price (up from $340.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, July 31st.
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AMZN opened at $249.38 on Friday. Amazon.com has a 52 week low of $196.00 and a 52 week high of $287.20. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $256.34 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $246.95. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. The company has a market cap of $2.69 trillion, a PE ratio of 20.06, a P/E/G ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 1.44.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $5.75 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $3.93. The firm had revenue of $200.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $197.03 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 18.00% and a net margin of 17.44%.The company's revenue for the quarter was up 19.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.68 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Amazon.com will post 8.01 EPS for the current year.
Key Amazon.com News
Here are the key news stories impacting Amazon.com this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon announced a plan to invest approximately $3 billion in India’s quick-commerce market through 2030, expanding its Amazon Now delivery network. The investment could strengthen Amazon’s position in a rapidly growing market, although its current share is only about 6.2%. Amazon bets $3 billion on India's fast-delivery boom
- Positive Sentiment: New Amazon Supply Chain Services offerings let merchants add fast, free Prime delivery to their own websites and manage orders from Walmart, Shopify, eBay and TikTok through Seller Central. The initiative could expand fulfillment revenue and make Amazon’s logistics infrastructure more valuable outside its marketplace. Amazon Lets Merchants Add Free Prime Delivery to Their Own Websites
- Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary remains constructive on Amazon Web Services, custom chips and agentic AI. Reports cite a roughly $496 billion AWS backlog and expanding AI tools for third-party sellers, advertising and cloud customers, supporting the long-term earnings-growth case.
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon is investing more than $100 million in an Indiana robotics manufacturing facility expected to create 300 jobs. The plant should increase internal automation capacity and could eventually support efficiency gains across the fulfillment network. Amazon to Expand Robot-Making Capacity With New Indiana Hub
- Neutral Sentiment: Amazon is allowing Anthropic’s Claude to access seller data while blocking Meta’s Muse shopping agent. The decision protects control over customer and marketplace data, but it could encourage rivals such as Shopify and Walmart to build more open agentic-commerce ecosystems. Amazon Opens Seller Data to Claude Days After Blocking Meta’s Muse
- Negative Sentiment: The India expansion and Indiana robotics project increase near-term capital spending, contributing to investor concerns about cash-flow pressure and the timing of returns. Amazon’s stock has also been technically testing support near its key moving averages.
- Negative Sentiment: A proposed nationwide class-action lawsuit alleges systematic discrimination against pregnant warehouse employees. Additional workforce litigation could increase legal costs, regulatory scrutiny and reputational risk. Amazon Faces Another Worker Lawsuit
- Negative Sentiment: Rising Treasury yields and broader weakness in technology stocks are creating valuation headwinds for AMZN, while concerns about heavy AI spending and uncertain monetization remain a near-term overhang.
Insider Activity
In other Amazon.com news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 9,258 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.77, for a total value of $2,404,950.66. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,699,926.30. This represents a 18.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Brian Olsavsky sold 6,172 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $260.31, for a total value of $1,606,633.32. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 109,207 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $28,427,674.17. This trade represents a 5.35% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 71,589 shares of company stock valued at $18,568,785 over the last three months. 8.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
Institutional Trading of Amazon.com
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. QRG Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 19.9% during the second quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,722,977 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $388,850,000 after buying an additional 286,101 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 14.8% in the second quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 522,573 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $123,656,000 after buying an additional 67,240 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 13,385,035 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $3,121,038,000 after acquiring an additional 284,759 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 5.5% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 411,848,346 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $95,504,904,000 after acquiring an additional 21,398,025 shares during the period. Finally, Premier Financial Group purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $315,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company's stock.
About Amazon.com
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Amazon.com, Inc is a global technology and e-commerce company that operates online marketplaces and provides a broad range of consumer products and services. Its retail business sells merchandise directly to customers and enables third-party sellers to offer products through Amazon's websites and applications. The company also operates physical stores and provides services such as digital content, subscriptions, and consumer devices, including Kindle and Echo products.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides cloud computing, storage, database, analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other technology services to businesses, governments, and organizations.
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