Luma Capital S.A. SPF purchased a new stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 78,747 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock, valued at approximately $18,176,000. Amazon.com comprises approximately 17.1% of Luma Capital S.A. SPF's investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest position.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. American Capital Advisory LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 63.9% in the third quarter. American Capital Advisory LLC now owns 8,081 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $1,774,000 after buying an additional 3,152 shares in the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA purchased a new stake in Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter valued at about $451,642,000. Weaver Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 13.6% in the 4th quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC now owns 39,264 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $9,063,000 after acquiring an additional 4,713 shares during the last quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 9.6% in the 4th quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 36,485 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $8,421,000 after acquiring an additional 3,196 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 239,862 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $52,667,000 after purchasing an additional 4,558 shares in the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Amazon.com Price Performance
NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $261.02 on Tuesday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $178.85 and a 52 week high of $264.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The company has a market capitalization of $2.81 trillion, a P/E ratio of 36.40, a P/E/G ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 1.38. The stock's fifty day moving average is $220.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is $226.53.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.86 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.74 EPS for the current year.
Key Amazon.com News
Here are the key news stories impacting Amazon.com this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon is scoring multiple AI infrastructure wins — expanding its Anthropic partnership, striking large deals to supply in‑house chips to Meta and scaling AWS AI revenue — reinforcing the view that AWS is reaccelerating growth and driving structural upside. Amazon-Anthropic: Generational AI Partnership
- Positive Sentiment: OpenAI’s move away from exclusive Microsoft access opens the door for Amazon to host more OpenAI workloads on AWS — a potential revenue driver for cloud and AI services. OpenAI ends Microsoft exclusivity
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon’s custom‑chip business is rapidly scaling (analysts compare its size to major chipmakers), creating a new high‑margin growth vector beyond retail and basic cloud compute. Amazon chip business growth
- Positive Sentiment: Content and monetization push — Wondery landed an exclusive multi‑year deal for Oprah’s podcast/video content, supporting Prime/ads revenue diversification. Amazon secures Oprah podcast rights
- Neutral Sentiment: Near‑term volatility risk as Amazon reports Q1 on Apr 29 and the Fed meets this week — options/implied vol suggest traders expect a sizable move around earnings. Options traders expect major move
- Neutral Sentiment: Market backdrop is mixed (rising oil, geopolitical headlines), which could mute broader tech momentum even as AI themes remain supportive. MarketToday: rally stalls
- Negative Sentiment: Rising capital expenditure expectations: commentary and analysis flag FY26 capex plans (~$200B) that could pressure near‑term margins and free cash flow even as they fund AI/cloud scale. Amazon Q1 capex story
- Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/legal risk — California unsealed evidence in a price‑fixing probe that could lead to enforcement action or reputational/legal costs. California price-fixing evidence
- Negative Sentiment: Large recent insider selling and aggressive institutional rebalancing (some big portfolio reductions reported) add to near‑term supply pressure and narrative risk for shares. QuiverQuant AMZN ownership and insider activity
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total value of $3,642,860.22. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,405 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. The trade was a 65.37% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total transaction of $2,187,624.07. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,461,661.70. This represents a 20.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 124,186 shares of company stock valued at $27,826,739 over the last three months. Company insiders own 8.90% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
AMZN has been the topic of several recent research reports. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on Amazon.com from $310.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. Oppenheimer increased their price target on Amazon.com from $260.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday. Telsey Advisory Group reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. DZ Bank upgraded Amazon.com to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Amazon.com from $305.00 to $307.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-four have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $289.21.
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Amazon.com Profile
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Amazon.com, Inc is a diversified technology and retail company best known for its e-commerce marketplace and broad portfolio of consumer and enterprise services. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company launched as an online bookseller and expanded into a global retail platform that sells products directly to consumers and provides a marketplace for third-party sellers. Over time Amazon has grown beyond retail into areas including cloud computing, digital media, devices and logistics.
Key businesses and offerings include Amazon's online marketplace and fulfillment services, the Amazon Prime membership program (which bundles expedited shipping with streaming and other benefits), Amazon Web Services (AWS) which supplies on-demand cloud computing and storage to businesses and public-sector customers, and a range of content and advertising services such as Prime Video and Amazon Advertising.
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