One Wealth Advisors LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Key Points

• One Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. by 11.5% during the second quarter, now owning 17,950 shares valued at approximately $3.94 million.
• Several hedge funds, including Carderock Capital Management and Maryland Capital Advisors, have also modified their holdings in Amazon, with a total of 72.20% of the stock now owned by institutional investors.
• Amazon.com reported $1.68 earnings per share for the last quarter, significantly surpassing estimates, and showed a 13.3% year-over-year revenue growth with a total of $167.70 billion in revenue.

One Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 11.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 17,950 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after purchasing an additional 1,858 shares during the period. One Wealth Advisors LLC's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $3,938,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Carderock Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Amazon.com during the second quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the first quarter worth $36,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 1st quarter valued at $40,000. Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 81.9% during the 2nd quarter. Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 211 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capitol Family Office Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 1st quarter worth $42,000. 72.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Cowen reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, August 1st. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on Amazon.com from $270.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. HSBC increased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $256.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, September 29th. Citigroup reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. Finally, JMP Securities restated a "market outperform" rating and set a $285.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $266.26.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Amazon.com news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,715 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.64, for a total transaction of $601,752.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,548,039.20. This represents a 2.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 13,570 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.76, for a total transaction of $3,022,853.20. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 44,110 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,825,943.60. This trade represents a 23.53% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 10,864,716 shares of company stock worth $2,486,013,854 in the last 90 days. 10.80% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

AMZN opened at $216.39 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 0.81. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $226.16 and a 200 day moving average price of $212.19. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1 year low of $161.38 and a 1 year high of $242.52. The stock has a market cap of $2.31 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.99, a P/E/G ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 1.28.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results 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. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.54% and a return on equity of 23.84%. The firm had revenue of $167.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $161.80 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.26 EPS. The business's revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Amazon.com Company 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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