FY2025 EPS Forecast for Amazon.com Increased by Analyst

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research boosted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Amazon.com in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, May 22nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the e-commerce giant will post earnings per share of $6.16 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $6.11. The consensus estimate for Amazon.com's current full-year earnings is $6.31 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Amazon.com's Q4 2026 earnings at $1.91 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $7.18 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $2.02 EPS.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $155.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $154.96 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 24.25% and a net margin of 9.29%. The business's revenue was up 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.98 earnings per share.

Several other analysts have also issued reports on AMZN. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price on Amazon.com from $235.00 to $230.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 2nd. Oppenheimer reduced their price target on Amazon.com from $260.00 to $220.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 28th. Truist Financial reduced their price target on Amazon.com from $265.00 to $230.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Mizuho reduced their price target on Amazon.com from $285.00 to $255.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th. Finally, Evercore ISI reduced their price target on Amazon.com from $270.00 to $260.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and forty-four have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $244.09.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of AMZN traded up $0.98 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $205.70. The stock had a trading volume of 34,630,040 shares, compared to its average volume of 41,998,938. The firm has a market cap of $2.18 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.20, a PEG ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.30. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $190.60 and a 200-day moving average price of $208.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.06 and a quick ratio of 0.87. Amazon.com has a 52 week low of $151.61 and a 52 week high of $242.52.

Insider Activity

In other Amazon.com news, Director Keith Brian Alexander sold 1,000 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Monday, May 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.68, for a total transaction of $210,680.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 5,465 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,151,366.20. The trade was a 15.47% 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. Also, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.79, for a total value of $541,129.05. Following the transaction, the vice president now owns 119,780 shares of the company's stock, valued at $24,050,626.20. The trade was a 2.20% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 99,537 shares of company stock worth $20,018,625 in the last quarter. 9.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Amazon.com

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 1.1% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 832,274,556 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $158,348,557,000 after purchasing an additional 8,913,959 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 328,464,225 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $72,061,766,000 after acquiring an additional 1,725,664 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 204,930,426 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $44,837,256,000 after acquiring an additional 5,015,380 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 182,813,905 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $40,107,544,000 after acquiring an additional 4,087,933 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the fourth quarter worth $27,266,582,000. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock.

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.