Bellecapital International Ltd. Purchases 4,243 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Bellecapital International Ltd. boosted its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 7.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 64,135 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after purchasing an additional 4,243 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com comprises approximately 2.4% of Bellecapital International Ltd.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 17th largest holding. Bellecapital International Ltd.'s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $15,286,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of AMZN. Brighton Jones LLC grew its stake in Amazon.com by 10.9% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,036,091 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $885,478,000 after purchasing an additional 397,007 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 4.1% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 25,045 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $5,495,000 after purchasing an additional 986 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,016,869 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $442,481,000 after buying an additional 54,987 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE grew its position in Amazon.com by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 28,975 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $6,357,000 after buying an additional 1,518 shares during the period. Finally, Liberty Square Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in Amazon.com during the fourth quarter valued at about $2,153,000. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have commented on AMZN shares. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $375.00 price objective (up from $335.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, July 31st. HSBC restated a "buy" rating and set a $310.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Citizens Jmp reiterated a "market outperform" rating and issued a $315.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Barclays reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $365.00 price objective (up from $330.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Truist Financial raised their target price on Amazon.com from $320.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $323.09.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 9,258 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.77, for a total transaction of $2,404,950.66. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares of the company's stock, valued at $10,699,926.30. The trade was a 18.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Brian T. Olsavsky sold 6,172 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.31, for a total value of $1,606,633.32. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 109,207 shares of the company's stock, valued at $28,427,674.17. The trade was a 5.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 70,589 shares of company stock worth $18,314,015 in the last three months. 8.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Amazon.com News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: AWS expansion supports long-term growth. AWS is bringing OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic models to AWS GovCloud, potentially strengthening Amazon’s position in government AI workloads. Separately, AWS plans more than $5.3 billion in cloud infrastructure investment in Saudi Arabia. Amazon brings AI models to AWS GovCloud
• Positive Sentiment: Operating momentum remains a bullish counterweight. Recent coverage highlights accelerating AWS growth, expanding advertising revenue and improving profitability. Amazon’s latest reported quarter included $200.6 billion of revenue, up nearly 20% year over year, while AWS revenue rose 36.7% to $42.2 billion and generated $16.6 billion in operating income. Analysts cited in the articles continue to see additional upside, with a reported median price target of $320. Amazon growth outlook
• Neutral Sentiment: Capital spending remains a key debate. Amazon’s roughly $220 billion 2026 capital-expenditure plan is intended to build AI and cloud capacity, but investors remain concerned about near-term free-cash-flow pressure and whether the spending will generate adequate returns.
• Negative Sentiment: FTC lawsuit creates substantial regulatory risk. The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states allege Amazon secretly manipulated ad auctions and used undisclosed surcharges to overcharge approximately 1.2 million advertisers by more than $20 billion. Potential remedies, damages, changes to Amazon Ads and reputational harm could threaten a rapidly growing, high-margin business. Amazon denies the allegations and says regulators mischaracterized its auction system. FTC lawsuit against Amazon
• Negative Sentiment: Near-term sentiment is particularly sensitive because AMZN is trading near record levels. The lawsuit gives investors a fresh reason to take profits and reassess valuation, even as the company’s underlying cloud and advertising growth remains strong.

Amazon.com Stock Down 2.5%

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $259.77 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.03, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. The business has a 50-day moving average of $252.16 and a 200-day moving average of $241.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.80 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.90, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.45. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $196.00 and a 12 month high of $287.20.

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 (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $3.93. The business had revenue of $200.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $197.03 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 17.44% and a return on equity of 18.00%. Amazon.com's revenue for the quarter was up 19.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.68 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 8.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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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