Representative Cleo Fields (D-Louisiana) recently bought shares of Amazon.com, Inc. NASDAQ: AMZN. In a filing disclosed on September 03rd, the Representative disclosed that they had bought between $100,001 and $250,000 in Amazon.com stock on August 1st. The trade occurred in the Representative's "MORGAN STANLEY - E*TRADE #2" account.
Representative Cleo Fields also recently made the following trade(s):
- Purchased $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of NVIDIA NASDAQ: NVDA on 8/22/2025.
- Purchased $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of NVIDIA NASDAQ: NVDA on 8/20/2025.
- Purchased $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of Advanced Micro Devices NASDAQ: AMD on 8/15/2025.
- Purchased $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing NYSE: TSM on 8/15/2025.
- Purchased $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of Broadcom NASDAQ: AVGO on 8/15/2025.
- Purchased $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of Amazon.com NASDAQ: AMZN on 8/15/2025.
- Purchased $50,001 - $100,000 in shares of Amazon.com NASDAQ: AMZN on 8/15/2025.
- Purchased $100,001 - $250,000 in shares of NVIDIA NASDAQ: NVDA on 8/15/2025.
- Purchased $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of NVIDIA NASDAQ: NVDA on 8/15/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Apple NASDAQ: AAPL on 8/14/2025.
Amazon.com Trading Down 1.4%
Shares of AMZN stock traded down $3.35 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $232.33. The company had a trading volume of 36,684,807 shares, compared to its average volume of 32,905,296. The company has a 50 day moving average of $225.74 and a 200 day moving average of $208.13. 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 market cap of $2.48 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.42, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.30. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1-year low of $161.38 and a 1-year high of $242.52.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly 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. The company had revenue of $167.70 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $161.80 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 23.84% and a net margin of 10.54%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.26 EPS. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.
Insider Transactions at Amazon.com
In other Amazon.com news, CFO Brian T. Olsavsky sold 17,750 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.74, for a total value of $3,953,635.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 49,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at $10,914,260. This trade represents a 26.59% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 2,500 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $223.49, for a total value of $558,725.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 518,007 shares in the company, valued at approximately $115,769,384.43. This represents a 0.48% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 25,097,911 shares of company stock worth $5,676,032,574. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
AMZN has been the subject of several analyst reports. Westpark Capital restated a "buy" rating and set a $280.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Zacks Research lowered Amazon.com from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. DA Davidson boosted their target price on Amazon.com from $230.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Roth Capital set a $250.00 price objective on Amazon.com and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $280.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $262.87.
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Institutional Trading of Amazon.com
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of AMZN. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 542,733.6% in the 2nd quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 132,641,388 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $29,100,194,000 after purchasing an additional 132,616,953 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter valued at about $27,438,011,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at about $11,674,091,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 21,420.5% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 30,245,061 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $5,754,425,000 after purchasing an additional 30,104,520 shares during the period. Finally, Capital World Investors raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 36.8% in the 4th quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 65,709,496 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $14,416,078,000 after purchasing an additional 17,681,004 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company's stock.
About Representative FIELDS
Cleo Fields (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2025. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.
Fields (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on November 3, 2026.
Cleo Fields graduated from McKinley High School in 1980. He earned a bachelor's degree in mass communications from Southern University in 1984 and a J.D. from the Southern University Law Center in 1987. His career experience includes working as a state legislator and U.S. congressman. When Fields was elected to the Louisiana State Senate in 1986, he was the youngest person ever elected to the State Senate in Louisiana’s history. In 1995, Fields ran for governor of Louisiana, becoming the first African American since reconstruction to make the runoff.
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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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