Sicart Associates LLC Sells 3,220 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Sicart Associates LLC lessened its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 53.6% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,787 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after selling 3,220 shares during the quarter. Sicart Associates LLC's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $611,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of AMZN. Ridgecrest Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.5% in the second quarter. Ridgecrest Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,399 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $1,843,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. Bare Financial Services Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 5.4% in the first quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc now owns 930 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $177,000 after acquiring an additional 48 shares during the period. Heritage Oak Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 1.2% in the second quarter. Heritage Oak Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,927 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $862,000 after acquiring an additional 48 shares during the period. Cobblestone Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 3.1% in the second quarter. Cobblestone Asset Management LLC now owns 1,673 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $367,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Finally, Seek First Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.5% in the second quarter. Seek First Inc. now owns 9,156 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $2,009,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AMZN has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $220.00 to $244.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $230.00 to $266.00 in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $288.00 to $297.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. BNP Paribas raised Amazon.com from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, June 27th. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed an "overweight" rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $266.26.

Amazon.com Trading Down 0.4%

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $215.57 on Thursday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1-year low of $161.38 and a 1-year high of $242.52. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $226.02 and a 200-day moving average of $212.21. The firm has a market cap of $2.30 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.28.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results 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. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 23.84% and a net margin of 10.54%.The company had revenue of $167.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $161.80 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.26 EPS. Amazon.com's revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Amazon.com news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 13,570 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.76, for a total transaction of $3,022,853.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 44,110 shares of the company's stock, valued at $9,825,943.60. This represents a 23.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 2,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.10, for a total value of $542,750.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 515,507 shares of the company's stock, valued at $111,916,569.70. The trade was a 0.48% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 10,864,716 shares of company stock worth $2,486,013,854 in the last 90 days. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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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