Palliser Capital UK Ltd Invests $2 Million in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Key Points

• Palliser Capital UK Ltd. bought 8,404 Amazon shares worth approximately $2 million in the second quarter, making Amazon its 16th-largest holding. Institutional investors collectively own 72.2% of Amazon’s stock.
• Amazon CEOs Douglas Herrington and Andrew Jassy sold shares under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans; insiders sold 71,589 shares worth about $18.6 million over the past 90 days.
• Amazon reported quarterly EPS of $5.75 versus the $1.82 consensus estimate, while revenue rose 19.6% year over year to $200.61 billion. Analysts maintain a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating with an average price target of $321.19.

Palliser Capital UK Ltd acquired a new position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 8,404 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock, valued at approximately $2,003,000. Amazon.com makes up approximately 1.1% of Palliser Capital UK Ltd's holdings, making the stock its 16th biggest holding.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMZN. Stockbridge Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the 2nd quarter valued at about $423,327,000. Paradigm Capital Management LLC NV bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,410,000. Front Street Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Amazon.com during the second quarter valued at approximately $547,000. Womack Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Amazon.com during the second quarter valued at approximately $1,577,000. Finally, Peak Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the second quarter worth approximately $6,096,000. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Douglas Herrington sold 6,362 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $259.01, for a total value of $1,647,821.62. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 476,681 shares in the company, valued at approximately $123,465,145.81. The trade was a 1.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Andrew Jassy sold 20,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.01, for a total transaction of $5,180,200.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,235,766 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $579,085,751.66. This represents a 0.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 71,589 shares of company stock valued at $18,568,785. 8.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Amazon.com Trading Up 1.9%

Amazon.com stock opened at $258.45 on Tuesday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $196.00 and a one year high of $287.20. The company's fifty day moving average price is $256.32 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $246.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 1.03 and a quick ratio of 0.87. The company has a market capitalization of $2.79 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.79, a PEG ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 1.44.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AMZN has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. KeyCorp boosted their target price on Amazon.com from $335.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Weiss Ratings restated a "buy (b)" rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $320.00 price objective (down from $330.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $320.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $320.00 target price (up from $315.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Fifty-six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $321.19.

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

Amazon.com 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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