Signal Tree Financial Partners LLC Takes $1.10 Million Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Key Points

• Signal Tree Financial Partners LLC acquired a position in Amazon.com, Inc. worth approximately $1.10 million during the second quarter, representing about 0.9% of its total holdings.
• Insider trading activity included CEO Andrew Jassy selling nearly 20,000 shares valued at approximately $4.4 million, while founder Jeffrey Bezos sold over 4.27 million shares valued at about $960.7 million.
• Amazon's stock is currently rated as a "Buy" by numerous analysts, with a consensus target price of $266.26.

Signal Tree Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 5,001 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock, valued at approximately $1,097,000. Amazon.com accounts for about 0.9% of Signal Tree Financial Partners LLC's holdings, making the stock its 24th largest holding.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.58, for a total transaction of $4,403,237.76. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,178,502 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $482,712,473.16. This represents a 0.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 4,273,237 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $224.81, for a total value of $960,666,409.97. Following the sale, the insider owned 897,722,088 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $201,816,902,603.28. The trade was a 0.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 18,798,540 shares of company stock worth $4,273,477,287 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 10.80% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently commented on AMZN shares. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Thursday, September 11th. Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $280.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Oppenheimer reduced their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $250.00 to $245.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 1st. JMP Securities reaffirmed a "market outperform" rating and set a $285.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $230.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Three equities research 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $266.26.

Amazon.com Stock Down 1.3%

Shares of AMZN opened at $219.51 on Monday. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $226.55 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $211.24. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $242.52. The company has a market capitalization of $2.34 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.46, a PEG ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 1.28. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15.

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