McDonough Capital Management Inc Acquires New Shares in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

McDonough Capital Management Inc acquired a new position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 161,150 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock, valued at approximately $28,124,000. Amazon.com accounts for 14.1% of McDonough Capital Management Inc's portfolio, making the stock its largest holding.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bard Associates Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter worth $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC purchased a new stake in Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter valued at about $33,000. MilWealth Group LLC raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 79.0% in the 4th quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the period. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. acquired a new position in Amazon.com in the fourth quarter valued at about $45,000. Finally, Prudent Man Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in Amazon.com by 87.7% in the fourth quarter. Prudent Man Investment Management Inc. now owns 229 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $53,000 after buying an additional 107 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon announced an additional $1.9 billion investment in its Delivery Service Partner program for 2027. The spending is intended to raise delivery-driver pay, improve safety and expand AI-powered routing and delivery tools. Amazon says serious crashes have declined more than 23%, while Smart Delivery Glasses could help equip more than 20,000 drivers by 2027. Amazon delivery investment announcement
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon’s agreement to purchase up to $8 billion of Generac power equipment supports faster AWS data-center construction, including $2.4 billion of expected orders in 2027–2028. The deal reinforces the investment case for AWS and the broader AI infrastructure buildout. Amazon Generac supply agreement
• Positive Sentiment: UBS reportedly sees roughly 25% potential upside for Amazon, arguing that enterprise AI adoption remains in an early stage and should support demand for cloud services, chips and data-center infrastructure. UBS Amazon upside commentary
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon blocked Meta’s Muse shopping agent, citing undisclosed access, failure to identify itself and concerns about credentials and platform rules. The move protects Amazon’s control over customer data and marketplace traffic, but highlights growing conflict over who controls agentic shopping. Amazon blocks Meta Muse
• Negative Sentiment: Investors continue to weigh risks from Amazon’s unusually large AI capital-spending program, including potential AWS margin pressure, rising financing needs and slower returns if AI demand does not keep pace. A recent analysis also warned that higher interest rates could weigh on capital-intensive technology stocks. Amazon capital spending analysis

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AMZN has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Phillip Securities cut shares of Amazon.com from a "strong-buy" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $390.00 price objective (up from $280.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, July 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $330.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. Evercore set a $355.00 target price on Amazon.com and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, August 28th. Finally, Monness Crespi & Hardt upped their price target on Amazon.com from $315.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Fifty-six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $321.19.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 9,258 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.77, for a total value of $2,404,950.66. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 41,190 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,699,926.30. This trade represents a 18.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Douglas Herrington sold 1,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $254.77, for a total value of $254,770.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 475,681 shares of the company's stock, valued at $121,189,248.37. The trade was a 0.21% 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. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 71,589 shares of company stock valued at $18,568,785. 8.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Amazon.com Trading Up 1.9%

Shares of AMZN stock opened at $258.45 on Tuesday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $196.00 and a fifty-two week high of $287.20. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $256.32 and a 200 day moving average price of $246.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.79 trillion, a P/E ratio of 20.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 1.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.03.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The e-commerce giant reported $5.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.82 by $3.93. Amazon.com had a net margin of 17.44% and a return on equity of 18.00%. The company had revenue of $200.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $197.03 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.68 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 19.6% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 8.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Amazon.com Company Profile

Amazon.com, Inc is a global technology and e-commerce company that operates online marketplaces and provides a broad range of consumer products and services. Its retail business sells merchandise directly to customers and enables third-party sellers to offer products through Amazon's websites and applications. The company also operates physical stores and provides services such as digital content, subscriptions, and consumer devices, including Kindle and Echo products.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides cloud computing, storage, database, analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other technology services to businesses, governments, and organizations.

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