Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Sold by Private Capital Advisors Inc.

Key Points

• Private Capital Advisors Inc. trimmed its Amazon stake by 5.8% in Q4, selling 4,587 shares and leaving it with 74,628 shares worth about $17.2 million.
• Despite some insider selling and a small legal headwind in Australia, the broader sentiment around Amazon remains upbeat, with analysts citing AWS growth, AI momentum, and margin expansion as key catalysts.
• Amazon recently posted strong quarterly results, beating expectations with $2.78 EPS and $181.5 billion in revenue, while shares were trading near their 52-week high and analysts maintained a Moderate Buy consensus.

Private Capital Advisors Inc. cut its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 5.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 74,628 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after selling 4,587 shares during the period. Amazon.com comprises approximately 1.8% of Private Capital Advisors Inc.'s holdings, making the stock its 8th biggest position. Private Capital Advisors Inc.'s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $17,226,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 1,740 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $402,000 after buying an additional 41 shares during the period. Financial Connections Group Inc. lifted its position in Amazon.com by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Financial Connections Group Inc. now owns 1,633 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $376,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. Marquette Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 5.1% in the 4th quarter. Marquette Asset Management LLC now owns 886 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $205,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the last quarter. Western Financial Corp CA lifted its position in Amazon.com by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Western Financial Corp CA now owns 3,076 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $710,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Navalign LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Navalign LLC now owns 13,349 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $3,081,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon Web Services got a major lift from news that Snowflake signed a $6 billion multiyear deal with AWS, underscoring strong demand for Amazon’s cloud infrastructure and AI-related chips. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple analysts and market commentators remain bullish on AMZN, citing AWS acceleration, AI backlog growth, and margin expansion potential; UBS and Bank of America both reiterated constructive views and high price targets. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is also broadening its AI moat by making its shopping AI tools and potentially even SpaceX’s Grok models available through AWS, which could attract more enterprise customers and deepen platform usage. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Investor sentiment was helped by coverage arguing Amazon’s AI strategy is differentiated and that its cloud and retail ecosystem could remain a long-term winner as AI spending scales. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Walmart’s expansion of 30-minute delivery adds competitive pressure in fast delivery, but it also confirms Amazon’s fulfillment model is still setting the pace in retail logistics. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon’s local unit is facing an Australian regulator lawsuit over alleged missing warning labels on children’s backpacks with button batteries, creating a small legal and reputational headwind. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Some articles also pointed to heavy AI capex and insider selling, which may remind investors to watch margins and execution even as the growth narrative stays intact. Article Title

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AMZN has been the topic of several recent research reports. Tigress Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $305.00 to $315.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 25th. HSBC lifted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $280.00 to $310.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $330.00 price objective (up from $280.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $285.00 to $310.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Scotiabank reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $325.00 price objective (up from $275.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Fifty-seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $312.66.

Amazon.com Stock Up 0.8%

AMZN stock opened at $274.00 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $196.00 and a 52 week high of $278.56. The company has a market capitalization of $2.95 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.46. The firm's 50-day moving average is $244.17 and its two-hundred day moving average is $232.34. The company has a current ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.63 by $1.15. Amazon.com had a net margin of 12.22% and a return on equity of 19.92%. The company had revenue of $181.52 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.28 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.59 EPS. Amazon.com's revenue was up 16.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In other news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 9,270 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $268.53, for a total value of $2,489,273.10. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares of the company's stock, valued at $11,060,750.70. The trade was a 18.37% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,363 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $262.38, for a total transaction of $620,003.94. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares in the company, valued at $31,427,876.40. This represents a 1.93% 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. Insiders sold 195,774 shares of company stock worth $51,552,494 in the last three months. Insiders own 8.90% of the company's stock.

About Amazon.com

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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