CM Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 338.6% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 12,874 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,939 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for about 0.7% of CM Wealth Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest position. CM Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $2,972,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Fairway Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% in the third quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2,330.0% in the 3rd quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $53,000 after acquiring an additional 233 shares during the last quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% during the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the period. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 62.3% during the third quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $55,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 31,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, April 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $255.00, for a total value of $7,905,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,207,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $562,815,090. This represents a 1.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Jonathan Rubinstein sold 3,706 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $273.02, for a total value of $1,011,812.12. Following the sale, the director owned 74,948 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,462,302.96. This represents a 4.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 131,741 shares of company stock worth $29,839,291. Insiders own 8.90% of the company’s stock.
Amazon.com News Summary
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon launched “Amazon Supply Chain Services” (ASCS), opening its freight, fulfillment and parcel network to outside businesses — a potential new high-margin revenue stream that investors compare to the AWS monetization playbook; the move knocked down UPS/FDX as the market repriced competitive risk. Amazon opens up its logistics network to other businesses
- Positive Sentiment: Strong Q1 results and management messaging: Amazon beat Q1 EPS/revenue estimates and CEO Andy Jassy emphasized that heavy AI investment is a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity whose returns come later — supporting the long-term growth case for AWS, AI infrastructure and the new logistics product. Andy Jassy says Amazon investors will be rewarded by all its AI spending
- Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum: several firms raised targets or reiterated buys (examples include New Street and DZ Bank), adding upside to the stock’s outlook and validating the growth/AI/logistics thesis. DZ Bank raises target
- Neutral Sentiment: Insider transaction: director Jonathan Rubinstein sold ~3,700 shares under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan — a disclosed plan sale that typically has limited informational value for fundamentals. Director sale disclosed
- Neutral Sentiment: Internal AI tooling rollout: Amazon adopted Claude Code and Codex company-wide, widening employee access to AI tools — a constructive operational step but one whose near-term revenue impact is unclear. Amazon employees pushed for Claude Code
- Negative Sentiment: CapEx and free?cash?flow pressure: analysts and articles point out Amazon’s massive AI/capex spend has materially reduced near-term free cash flow, which could concern investors if returns take longer to materialize. Monitor capex-to-revenue and FCF trends. CapEx reduces FCF
- Negative Sentiment: Macro inflation/cost risk: commentary warns that hyperscaler AI spending could add to inflationary pressure (energy, wages, tariffs), which would be a headwind for multiples and margins across the market. Think AI spending won’t stoke inflation?
Amazon.com Price Performance
Shares of AMZN opened at $271.90 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $223.63 and its 200-day moving average is $227.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 1.01. The company has a market capitalization of $2.92 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.52, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.46. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $183.85 and a fifty-two week high of $276.10.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.63 by $1.15. Amazon.com had a net margin of 12.22% and a return on equity of 19.92%. The business had revenue of $181.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $177.28 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.59 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
AMZN has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. DA Davidson increased their price target on Amazon.com from $175.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price objective on Amazon.com from $296.00 to $332.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 price objective (up from $260.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday. Monness Crespi & Hardt raised their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $280.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Amazon.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 10th. Fifty-six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $311.65.
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Amazon.com Company Profile
Amazon.com, Inc is a diversified technology and retail company best known for its e-commerce marketplace and broad portfolio of consumer and enterprise services. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company launched as an online bookseller and expanded into a global retail platform that sells products directly to consumers and provides a marketplace for third-party sellers. Over time Amazon has grown beyond retail into areas including cloud computing, digital media, devices and logistics.
Key businesses and offerings include Amazon’s online marketplace and fulfillment services, the Amazon Prime membership program (which bundles expedited shipping with streaming and other benefits), Amazon Web Services (AWS) which supplies on-demand cloud computing and storage to businesses and public-sector customers, and a range of content and advertising services such as Prime Video and Amazon Advertising.
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