Capital Investment Advisors LLC Purchases 6,702 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Key Points

• Capital Investment Advisors LLC raised its Amazon stake by 2.4%, acquiring 6,702 shares to hold 282,206 shares worth about $65.14 million, roughly 1.0% of its portfolio and its 28th largest position.
• Insider selling has been sizable recently: CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares (~$3.64M) and insiders disposed of 71,686 shares (~$14.69M) over the past 90 days, leaving insiders with about 9.7% ownership.
• The stock carries a consensus "Moderate Buy" rating with a $286.59 price target, but new developments — talks to buy Globalstar (~$9B), a 3.5% seller surcharge, an NLRB union negotiation ruling and reported damage to an AWS data center — create both strategic upside and near‑term operational/geopolitical risks.

Capital Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 2.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 282,206 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after acquiring an additional 6,702 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up about 1.0% of Capital Investment Advisors LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 28th largest position. Capital Investment Advisors LLC's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $65,139,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Fairway Wealth LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 113.2% during the 3rd quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 2,330.0% during the 3rd quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $53,000 after buying an additional 233 shares during the period. Cooksen Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% during the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $54,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 62.3% during the third quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $55,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Amazon.com from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, January 10th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $300.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. New Street Research cut their price target on Amazon.com from $285.00 to $280.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. Wedbush reduced their price target on Amazon.com from $340.00 to $300.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Wolfe Research decreased their price objective on Amazon.com from $255.00 to $250.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $286.59.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total value of $3,642,860.22. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,405 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. The trade was a 65.37% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $204.25, for a total value of $204,250.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 521,361 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $106,487,984.25. The trade was a 0.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739. 9.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of AMZN stock opened at $209.77 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $161.38 and a 12-month high of $258.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $214.29 and a 200-day moving average of $224.53.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.The business's quarterly revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.86 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Reports that Amazon is in talks to acquire Globalstar for roughly $9 billion — a deal that would accelerate Project Kuiper and strengthen Amazon’s ability to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink — pushed momentum in related space stocks and supports a longer‑term connectivity growth narrative. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo nudged its price target slightly higher to $305 and reiterated an overweight view, highlighting AWS acceleration and improving free‑cash‑flow prospects — a modest vote of confidence from the Street. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary continues to emphasize AWS as the core long‑term driver for AMZN (AI/cloud infrastructure exposure), keeping longer‑term investor conviction intact even as the stock digests short‑term noise. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon told U.S. and Canadian third‑party sellers it will add a 3.5% “fuel and logistics” surcharge to fulfillment fees starting April 17 to offset higher transportation costs driven by the Iran war — a move that could squeeze seller economics, trigger higher prices for consumers, and create seller pushback that weighs on GMV. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: The NLRB ruled Amazon must negotiate with a union representing ~5,000 Staten Island warehouse workers — a reminder that labor and unionization risks could increase operating costs and create local disruptions. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that an Iranian strike damaged an AWS data center in Bahrain add geopolitical and operational risk for Amazon’s cloud business; investors may demand clarity on outages, redundancy and potential costs. Read More.

Amazon.com Company 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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