Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Shares Sold by Tikehau Investment Management

Key Points

• Tikehau Investment Management reduced its stake in Amazon.com by 36.8%, resulting in ownership of 31,514 shares worth approximately $5.996 million, making Amazon the fourth largest holding in their portfolio.
• Insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold over 4.2 million shares of Amazon stock, valued at almost $961 million, reducing his ownership by 0.47% while still holding a significant number of shares worth over $201 billion.
• Amazon's stock price increased by 0.3% to hit $228.71, with notable earnings results showing an EPS of $1.68, exceeding analysts' expectations.

Tikehau Investment Management decreased its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 36.8% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 31,514 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after selling 18,383 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for 9.3% of Tikehau Investment Management's portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest position. Tikehau Investment Management's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $5,996,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Western Wealth Management LLC increased its position in Amazon.com by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 140,122 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $26,660,000 after acquiring an additional 1,297 shares during the period. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $514,000. Bearing Point Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Amazon.com in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $12,014,000. Evergreen Capital Management LLC increased its position in Amazon.com by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC now owns 242,550 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $53,213,000 after acquiring an additional 1,198 shares during the period. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership increased its position in Amazon.com by 173.6% in the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 3,461,573 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $759,434,000 after acquiring an additional 2,196,353 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other news, insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 4,273,237 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the insider owned 897,722,088 shares in the company, valued at approximately $201,816,902,603.28. The trade was a 0.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders sold a total of 25,097,911 shares of company stock worth $5,675,986,299 in the last quarter. Insiders own 9.70% of the company's stock.

Amazon.com Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of AMZN stock traded down $2.60 on Friday, reaching $229.00. 26,167,914 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 42,576,432. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $161.38 and a 12-month high of $242.52. 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 company has a market capitalization of $2.44 trillion, a P/E ratio of 34.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 1.31. The business's 50 day moving average price is $224.25 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $208.10.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results 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. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 23.84% and a net margin of 10.54%.The business had revenue of $167.70 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $161.80 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.26 earnings per share. Amazon.com's revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently commented on AMZN. Benchmark restated a "buy" rating and issued a $260.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $235.00 price target on Amazon.com and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 1st. Scotiabank lifted their price target on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a "sector outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Oppenheimer lowered their price target on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $245.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on Amazon.com from $255.00 to $265.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $262.87.

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.