Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Purchased by Landscape Capital Management L.L.C.

Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. lifted its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 45.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 23,886 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after acquiring an additional 7,490 shares during the quarter. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C.'s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $4,545,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Western Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 0.9% during the first quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 140,122 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $26,660,000 after buying an additional 1,297 shares during the period. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Amazon.com during the first quarter valued at $514,000. Bearing Point Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Amazon.com during the fourth quarter valued at $12,014,000. Keyvantage Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Amazon.com during the fourth quarter valued at $2,735,000. Finally, Colonial Trust Co SC grew its position in Amazon.com by 5.9% during the fourth quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 61,074 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $13,399,000 after buying an additional 3,413 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently commented on AMZN shares. Piper Sandler raised their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $250.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Amazon.com from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 2nd. Pivotal Research lifted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $260.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Monness Crespi & Hardt lifted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $265.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $230.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $262.87.

Insider Buying and Selling

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 shares were sold at an average price of $224.81, for a total transaction of $960,666,409.97. Following the transaction, the insider directly 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 Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders have sold 25,097,911 shares of company stock worth $5,676,032,574 over the last quarter. 9.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of AMZN stock opened at $229.95 on Friday. 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 firm's 50-day moving average is $226.77 and its two-hundred day moving average is $208.52. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $242.52. The company has a market capitalization of $2.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 35.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.30.

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, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $161.80 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.26 earnings per share. Amazon.com's quarterly revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. 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.

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