Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Grows Stock Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Key Points

• Commonwealth Equity Services LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com by 7.2% during the first quarter, owning about 5.65 million shares valued at approximately $1.08 billion, making it the firm's 7th largest holding.
• Insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold over 4.27 million shares on July 11 for nearly $960.67 million, decreasing his ownership by 0.47% but still retaining a significant stake valued at over $201 billion.
• Amazon.com reported $1.68 EPS for the last quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations, with a revenue increase of 13.3% year-over-year, and has set a Q3 2025 guidance for continuing growth.

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC increased its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 7.2% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 5,653,382 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after purchasing an additional 380,066 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up 1.5% of Commonwealth Equity Services LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest position. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC owned about 0.05% of Amazon.com worth $1,075,613,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. LSV Asset Management bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the fourth quarter worth about $35,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the first quarter worth about $36,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the first quarter worth about $40,000. Capitol Family Office Inc. bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the first quarter worth about $42,000. Finally, MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the first quarter worth about $59,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have weighed in on AMZN shares. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $245.00 to $262.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Westpark Capital reissued a "buy" rating and set a $280.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Morgan Stanley reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $300.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $255.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Finally, JMP Securities reissued a "market outperform" rating and set a $285.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $262.87.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other news, insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 4,273,237 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, July 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $224.81, for a total value of $960,666,409.97. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 897,722,088 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $201,816,902,603.28. This represents a 0.47% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 25,097,911 shares of company stock valued at $5,676,032,574. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company's stock.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN traded down $3.35 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $232.33. 36,684,807 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 32,905,296. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.02. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.48 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.42, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.30. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $225.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $208.13. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $161.38 and a 52 week high of $242.52.

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

Amazon.com 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.