Fiera Capital Corp Raises Stock Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Fiera Capital Corp raised its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 10.2% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 496,181 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after buying an additional 46,068 shares during the period. Fiera Capital Corp's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $94,403,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Castlekeep Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Amazon.com during the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Prudent Man Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. LSV Asset Management purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 4th quarter worth approximately $35,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 1st quarter worth approximately $36,000. Finally, Inlight Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 1st quarter worth approximately $40,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Amazon.com news, CFO Brian T. Olsavsky sold 17,750 shares of the firm'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 sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 49,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,914,260. This trade represents a 26.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the firm'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. The trade was a 0.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 25,097,911 shares of company stock valued at $5,675,986,299 in the last three months. 9.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Amazon.com stock opened at $231.60 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $2.47 trillion, a PE ratio of 35.30, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $223.86 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $208.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 0.81. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $242.52.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently commented on AMZN. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Amazon.com from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. BNP Paribas Exane upgraded shares of Amazon.com from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $254.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Friday, June 27th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $220.00 to $244.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Pivotal Research upped their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $260.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $255.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price 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.

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