AlphaQ Advisors LLC Has $2.04 Million Stock Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Key Points

• AlphaQ Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. by 15.1% in Q1 2025, acquiring a total of 10,722 shares worth $2,040,000.
• Insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 4.27 million shares valued at approximately $960.67 million, resulting in a 0.47% decrease in his ownership stake.
• Analysts have raised their price targets for Amazon.com, with a consensus target price of $262.87 and a majority rating of Buy.

AlphaQ Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 15.1% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 10,722 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after acquiring an additional 1,405 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for 4.9% of AlphaQ Advisors LLC's holdings, making the stock its 5th biggest position. AlphaQ Advisors LLC's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $2,040,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Altimeter Capital Management LP grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 20.0% in the first quarter. Altimeter Capital Management LP now owns 1,045,155 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $198,851,000 after purchasing an additional 173,930 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. raised its position in Amazon.com by 457.7% in the first quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 3,163,853 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $601,955,000 after purchasing an additional 2,596,566 shares during the period. Amundi raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 15.1% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 55,337,037 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $9,884,098,000 after acquiring an additional 7,267,277 shares in the last quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 18.0% in the first quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC now owns 15,414 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $2,933,000 after acquiring an additional 2,354 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 11 Capital Partners LP boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 56.6% in the first quarter. 11 Capital Partners LP now owns 182,379 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $34,699,000 after purchasing an additional 65,900 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Amazon.com Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of Amazon.com stock traded down $1.80 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $228.15. The company had a trading volume of 38,434,486 shares, compared to its average volume of 32,713,818. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $161.38 and a fifty-two week high of $242.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 0.81. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $226.87 and a 200 day moving average price of $208.62. The firm has a market cap of $2.43 trillion, a PE ratio of 34.78, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.30.

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 for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.37. The firm had revenue of $167.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $161.80 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.54% and a return on equity of 23.84%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.26 earnings per share. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 4,273,237 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $224.81, for a total transaction of $960,666,409.97. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 897,722,088 shares of the company's stock, valued at $201,816,902,603.28. The trade was a 0.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders have sold 25,097,911 shares of company stock valued at $5,676,032,574 in the last quarter. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. 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. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their target price on Amazon.com from $288.00 to $297.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. UBS Group reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $271.00 target price (up from $249.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $245.00 to $262.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $250.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Amazon.com has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $262.87.

About Amazon.com

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.