B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC Increases Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Key Points

• B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. by 24.8%, now holding 21,650 shares valued at $4.75 million.
• Several institutional investors, including Newman Dignan & Sheerar Inc. and Parkwoods Wealth Partners LLC, also boosted their stakes in Amazon during the second quarter, indicating renewed interest in the stock.
• Amazon's stock has received optimistic ratings from analysts, with target prices recently raised to between $265 and $275, reflecting strong growth expectations.

B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 24.8% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 21,650 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after buying an additional 4,302 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com comprises 1.2% of B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC's holdings, making the stock its 18th largest position. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $4,750,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Newman Dignan & Sheerar Inc. lifted its position in Amazon.com by 2.4% during the second quarter. Newman Dignan & Sheerar Inc. now owns 28,730 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $6,303,000 after buying an additional 669 shares in the last quarter. Madrona Financial Services LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 6.8% during the second quarter. Madrona Financial Services LLC now owns 9,322 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $2,045,000 after buying an additional 590 shares in the last quarter. Parkwoods Wealth Partners LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 85.5% during the second quarter. Parkwoods Wealth Partners LLC now owns 2,087 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $458,000 after buying an additional 962 shares in the last quarter. Dogwood Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 21.7% during the second quarter. Dogwood Wealth Management LLC now owns 9,637 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $2,114,000 after buying an additional 1,721 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vigilare Wealth Management lifted its position in Amazon.com by 21.7% during the second quarter. Vigilare Wealth Management now owns 28,186 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $6,184,000 after buying an additional 5,035 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In related news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 13,570 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.76, for a total transaction of $3,022,853.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 44,110 shares of the company's stock, valued at $9,825,943.60. The trade was a 23.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Brian T. Olsavsky sold 17,750 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.74, for a total value of $3,953,635.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 49,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at $10,914,260. The trade was a 26.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 10,864,716 shares of company stock worth $2,486,013,854. 9.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AMZN has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $255.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Morgan Stanley restated an "overweight" rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Wednesday, September 10th. Wedbush restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Scotiabank lifted their target price 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. Finally, Monness Crespi & Hardt lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $265.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $266.26.

Amazon.com Price Performance

AMZN stock opened at $214.47 on Friday. 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 company has a market capitalization of $2.29 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.69, a P/E/G ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.28. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $161.38 and a 12-month high of $242.52. The business's fifty day moving average price is $225.85 and its 200 day moving average price is $212.38.

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

About Amazon.com

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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