Siligmueller & Norvid Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 94.8% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 5,794 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,819 shares during the quarter. Siligmueller & Norvid Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $1,272,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Probity Advisors Inc. raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Probity Advisors Inc. now owns 12,157 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,667,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the period. IMPACTfolio LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 3.8% during the third quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 1,225 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $269,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. Cadence Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com by 3.5% during the third quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,328 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $292,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Union Savings Bank increased its stake in Amazon.com by 0.4% during the second quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 10,723 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,510,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Doheny Asset Management CA raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Doheny Asset Management CA now owns 17,821 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $3,910,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
AMZN has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $305.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $304.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Daiwa Securities Group decreased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $290.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Finally, President Capital reduced their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $320.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $287.29.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total transaction of $554,900.50. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares in the company, valued at $24,662,702. This trade represents a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total transaction of $1,406,779.70. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 522,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $107,512,341.02. The trade was a 1.29% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Amazon.com News Summary
Here are the key news stories impacting Amazon.com this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Bill Ackman materially increased his AMZN stake in Q4 2025 (holds ~9.61M shares after adding 3.78M), listing Amazon among his top picks — a high?profile endorsement that can attract further institutional interest. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Among Bill Ackman’s Top Picks
- Positive Sentiment: OpenAI/Nvidia demand is ramping AI compute on cloud platforms; Sam Altman thanked Jensen Huang as Nvidia scales capacity for OpenAI on AWS — implies strong, multi?year revenue potential for AWS from AI workloads. Sam Altman Thanks Jensen Huang As Nvidia Ramps AI Capacity
- Positive Sentiment: Amazon’s big AI bet — widespread coverage of a $200B+ capex commitment for AI/data?center infrastructure signals aggressive growth investment that should expand AWS capacity and long?term TAM capture (but note near?term cash intensity). Amazon Just Committed $200 Billion to Capital Expenditures
- Positive Sentiment: Strategic land purchase in Ashburn: Amazon reportedly bought George Washington University’s Virginia campus (~$427M) to expand its data?center footprint in a critical U.S. hub — concrete capacity addition for AWS. Amazon Expands AI Footprint With $427 Million George Washington University Campus Acquisition
- Positive Sentiment: Brokerage/analyst tone remains constructive: consensus “Moderate Buy” and many buy/outperform ratings with a median multi?month price target above current levels support demand. Amazon Given Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy”
- Neutral Sentiment: Compute?capacity stories and ETF flows show continued investor interest in AMZN as an AI/cloud exposure — supportive context but not an immediate catalyst. Compute Capacity Offering Support to Amazon
- Neutral Sentiment: Robotics division cut ~100 white?collar roles — a cost?reduction move that reduces near?term spend but signals mixed execution/priority refinements. Amazon Eliminates 100 White Collar Jobs In Robotics Team
- Negative Sentiment: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, causing outages and structural harm — a direct operational risk to AWS reliability and an example of physical exposures to geopolitical conflict; could raise recovery costs and customer concern. Drone Strikes On AWS Test Amazon Resilience And Investor Risk Assumptions
- Negative Sentiment: Major AWS outages prompted social?media alarm and investor debate about cloud reliability and the scale of Amazon’s AI commitments (some shareholders worried about the fiscal cost of large AI deals). These reliability and spending concerns are immediate negative sentiment drivers. Amazon Stock (AMZN) Opinions on AWS Outage
- Negative Sentiment: Macro shock risk: rapidly rising oil prices are being flagged as a potential drag on consumer confidence and discretionary spending, a tail risk for Amazon’s retail business. Surging Oil Prices Threaten NVIDIA, Amazon, and Meta
Amazon.com Price Performance
Shares of AMZN stock opened at $213.31 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $224.83 and a two-hundred day moving average of $227.22. The firm has a market cap of $2.29 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.75, a P/E/G ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.40. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1-year low of $161.38 and a 1-year high of $258.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.97 by ($0.02). Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The company had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.02 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.86 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Amazon.com 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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