Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Invests $60.54 Million in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Key Points

• Banque Cantonale Vaudoise acquired a new stake in Amazon.com, Inc., purchasing 318,194 shares valued at approximately $60.5 million, making Amazon 2.7% of its portfolio.
• Amazon reported better-than-expected earnings with an EPS of $1.68 for the last quarter, significantly exceeding the consensus estimate of $1.31.
• Currently, 72.20% of Amazon's stock is owned by institutional investors, with several firms recently adjusting their positions in the company.

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise acquired a new position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 318,194 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock, valued at approximately $60,539,000. Amazon.com comprises about 2.7% of Banque Cantonale Vaudoise's investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest position.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. RD Finance Ltd acquired a new stake in Amazon.com in the first quarter valued at $7,304,000. FSA Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 12.5% in the 1st quarter. FSA Advisors Inc. now owns 3,948 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $751,000 after buying an additional 438 shares in the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. grew its stake in Amazon.com by 6.8% in the 1st quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 3,576,374 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $680,441,000 after acquiring an additional 227,653 shares during the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 43.9% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 152,787 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $29,069,000 after acquiring an additional 46,634 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Creekside Partners increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Creekside Partners now owns 9,593 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $1,825,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In other news, insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 4,273,237 shares of the 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 in the company, valued at $201,816,902,603.28. This represents a 0.47% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 25,095,411 shares of company stock worth $5,675,473,849. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company's stock.

Amazon.com Trading Down 1.1%

Shares of Amazon.com stock traded down $2.60 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $229.00. 26,167,914 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 37,773,448. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52-week low of $161.38 and a 52-week high of $242.52. The company has a fifty day moving average of $224.25 and a 200-day moving average of $207.79. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.44 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.31.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.68 EPS 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $161.80 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.26 earnings per share. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AMZN has been the topic of several recent research reports. Rosenblatt Securities upped their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $288.00 to $297.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $245.00 to $262.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $235.00 target price on Amazon.com and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 1st. Moffett Nathanson raised their price target on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $253.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 24th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price target on Amazon.com from $230.00 to $266.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target 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.