Insider Selling: Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) SVP Sells 13,570 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• David Zapolsky, SVP of Amazon.com, sold **13,570 shares** at an average price of **$222.76**, totaling over **$3 million**, leading to a **23.53% decrease** in his ownership of the stock.
• Amazon's stock is currently trading around **$227.94**, reflecting a **0.4% decline**, with a market capitalization of approximately **$2.43 trillion**.
• In recent analyst evaluations, Zacks downgraded Amazon from a "strong-buy" to a "hold," while other firms like Roth Capital and Deutsche Bank raised their target prices, indicating ongoing investment interest.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) SVP David Zapolsky sold 13,570 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, the senior vice president owned 44,110 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,825,943.60. This represents a 23.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link.

David Zapolsky also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, August 21st, David Zapolsky sold 7,100 shares of Amazon.com stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.54, for a total transaction of $1,572,934.00.

Amazon.com Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN traded down $0.90 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $227.94. 22,446,394 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 44,411,660. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $222.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $207.85. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $161.38 and a one year high of $242.52. The company has a market cap of $2.43 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.75, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.31.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last announced its 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 the consensus estimate of $161.80 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.54% and a return on equity of 23.84%. Amazon.com's revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.26 earnings per share. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 10.9% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,036,091 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $885,478,000 after buying an additional 397,007 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 4.1% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 25,045 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $5,495,000 after buying an additional 986 shares in the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,016,869 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $442,481,000 after buying an additional 54,987 shares in the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 5.5% in the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 28,975 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $6,357,000 after buying an additional 1,518 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Liberty Square Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in Amazon.com in the fourth quarter valued at $2,153,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AMZN has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Amazon.com from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 19th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Amazon.com from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, August 2nd. Roth Capital set a $250.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $220.00 to $244.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $230.00 to $266.00 in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $262.87.

About Amazon.com

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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