Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Purchased by Moody Lynn Lieberson & Walker LLC

Key Points

• Moody Lynn Lieberson & Walker LLC increased its Amazon stake by 2.6% in the second quarter, buying 6,377 additional shares for a total of 251,450 shares valued at approximately $59.9 million. Institutional investors and hedge funds collectively own 72.2% of Amazon’s stock.
• Wall Street remains broadly bullish on AMZN. Fifty-six analysts rate the stock a Buy and one rates it a Strong Buy, producing a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating and an average price target of $322.39.
• Amazon reported quarterly earnings of $5.75 per share, well above the $1.82 consensus estimate, while revenue rose 19.6% year over year to $200.61 billion. The stock opened at $260.28, near its 52-week high of $287.20, although heavy AI infrastructure spending is pressuring free cash flow and insiders have continued selling shares under pre-arranged plans.

Moody Lynn Lieberson & Walker LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 2.6% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 251,450 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after buying an additional 6,377 shares during the period. Amazon.com comprises 3.2% of Moody Lynn Lieberson & Walker LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 8th largest holding. Moody Lynn Lieberson & Walker LLC's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $59,931,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 832,274,556 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $158,348,557,000 after acquiring an additional 8,913,959 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its stake in Amazon.com by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 388,653,121 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $89,708,913,000 after purchasing an additional 6,971,680 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.1% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 225,120,994 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $51,753,622,000 after purchasing an additional 2,479,324 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Amazon.com during the fourth quarter worth $32,868,735,000. Finally, Auto Owners Insurance Co boosted its position in Amazon.com by 27,376.7% during the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 98,448,885 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $2,272,397,000 after purchasing an additional 98,090,585 shares in the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have weighed in on AMZN shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Amazon.com from $330.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. China Renaissance boosted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $319.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Telsey Advisory Group set a $335.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Citizens Jmp restated a "market outperform" rating and set a $315.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, July 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-six have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $322.39.

Amazon.com Trading Down 0.3%

Amazon.com stock opened at $260.28 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $2.81 trillion, a PE ratio of 20.94, a P/E/G ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.45. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $250.94 and a 200 day moving average price of $239.94. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $196.00 and a 52 week high of $287.20. The company has a current ratio of 1.03, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $5.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 net margin of 17.44% and a return on equity of 18.00%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 19.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.68 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 8.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,343 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $259.01, for a total value of $606,860.43. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 119,780 shares of the company's stock, valued at $31,024,217.80. The trade was a 1.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 9,258 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $259.77, for a total transaction of $2,404,950.66. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 41,190 shares in the company, valued at $10,699,926.30. The trade was a 18.35% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 71,589 shares of company stock valued at $18,580,205. Corporate insiders own 8.90% of the company's stock.

Amazon.com News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Amazon.com this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AWS expands its data-analytics offering. Amazon Web Services agreed to acquire DuckLabs, the team behind open-source DuckDB. The deal could strengthen AWS’s position in analytics and help attract developers and enterprise workloads, while DuckDB is expected to remain independent. Amazon DuckLabs acquisition
• Positive Sentiment: AI-related cloud demand remains a major catalyst. Amazon is reportedly negotiating with Moonshot AI to host its Kimi K3 model under a potential revenue-sharing arrangement. If completed, the agreement could add AI workloads to AWS, although U.S. scrutiny of Moonshot creates geopolitical and regulatory uncertainty. Reuters Moonshot AI article
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and large investors remain optimistic. Citizens maintained a Market Outperform rating and a $315 price target, while several hedge funds and prominent investors, including Peter Thiel, David Tepper and Bill Ackman, have recently held or increased Amazon positions. These reports support the view that AMZN’s valuation and AWS growth remain attractive.
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk. The closure of the 21-year-old crowdsourcing platform on September 30 appears financially immaterial, but it signals continued portfolio streamlining as AI replaces some human-completed digital tasks. Mechanical Turk shutdown
• Negative Sentiment: AI spending is weighing on cash generation. AWS growth is reportedly accelerating, but infrastructure investment pushed trailing free cash flow backward by approximately $25.8 billion. Investors want evidence that massive data-center spending will translate into durable profits and improved cash flow. Amazon AWS free cash flow article
• Negative Sentiment: Executives sold more than $15 million of stock. CEO Andy Jassy, AWS CEO Matthew Garman, CFO Brian Olsavsky and other senior leaders reported sales. The trades were made under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans, reducing their significance, but the concentration of selling can still weigh on sentiment. Amazon insider selling article

Amazon.com Profile

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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