DCF Advisers LLC Has $6.35 Million Stock Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

DCF Advisers LLC grew its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 11.2% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 33,350 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after acquiring an additional 3,350 shares during the period. Amazon.com comprises about 3.0% of DCF Advisers LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. DCF Advisers LLC's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $6,345,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in AMZN. Castlekeep Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Amazon.com during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. LSV Asset Management acquired a new stake in Amazon.com during the fourth quarter worth about $35,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Amazon.com during the 1st quarter worth approximately $36,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Amazon.com in the first quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, Capitol Family Office Inc. purchased a new position in Amazon.com in the first quarter valued at $42,000. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AMZN has been the topic of several recent research reports. Evercore ISI restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $280.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $235.00 price objective on Amazon.com and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 1st. Wall Street Zen raised Amazon.com from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 2nd. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Amazon.com from $255.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $262.87.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.58, for a total value of $4,403,237.76. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,178,502 shares in the company, valued at $482,712,473.16. This represents a 0.90% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 13,570 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.76, for a total value of $3,022,853.20. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 44,110 shares in the company, valued at $9,825,943.60. The trade was a 23.53% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 25,097,911 shares of company stock worth $5,676,032,574 over the last 90 days. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AMZN traded down $2.91 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $232.77. The company's stock had a trading volume of 24,467,588 shares, compared to its average volume of 43,840,941. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.48 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.49, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.30. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $161.38 and a fifty-two week high of $242.52. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $225.56 and its 200 day simple moving average is $208.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.02.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.37. The company 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.26 earnings per share. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share 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.