Bank of New Hampshire Sells 1,442 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Bank of New Hampshire reduced its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 4.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 31,611 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after selling 1,442 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up approximately 1.7% of Bank of New Hampshire's investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest position. Bank of New Hampshire's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $6,935,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of AMZN. Castlekeep Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in Amazon.com during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the 1st quarter worth about $36,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at $40,000. Capitol Family Office Inc. bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 1st quarter worth approximately $42,000. Finally, Harbor Investment Advisory LLC raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.7% in the first quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 304,091 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $58,000 after purchasing an additional 2,145 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Amazon.com news, insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 4,273,237 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the insider owned 897,722,088 shares in the company, 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 filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Insiders have sold a total of 25,097,911 shares of company stock worth $5,676,032,574 in the last quarter. Insiders own 10.80% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AMZN has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Westpark Capital reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $280.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Morgan Stanley reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Wednesday, September 10th. UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $271.00 price target (up previously from $249.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, July 28th. Barclays raised their target price on Amazon.com from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Scotiabank increased their price target on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a "sector outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Two equities 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $263.30.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Amazon.com stock opened at $231.48 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $2.47 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.29, a PEG ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 1.31. 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 stock's 50 day simple moving average is $227.81 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $209.49. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $161.38 and a fifty-two week high of $242.52.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.37. The company had revenue of $167.70 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $161.80 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.54% and a return on equity of 23.84%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.26 earnings per share. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.

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