Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Stock Position Decreased by World Equity Group Inc.

World Equity Group Inc. decreased its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 11.5% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 34,405 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 4,485 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for about 2.2% of World Equity Group Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest position. World Equity Group Inc.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $7,941,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Fairway Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Amazon.com by 113.2% in the 3rd quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 2,330.0% in the third quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $53,000 after buying an additional 233 shares during the last quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% in the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $54,000 after buying an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp grew its holdings 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 valued at $55,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Amazon.com News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Amazon.com this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon announced new Prime Business and Amazon Business cards issued by U.S. Bank (Mastercard), replacing the Amex tie — a move investors see as a revenue and SMB-engagement win for Amazon’s fintech push. Amazon partners with U.S. Bank for business cards
• Positive Sentiment: Delta picked Amazon’s Leo satellite service for in?flight Wi?Fi on 500 planes starting in 2028 — a major commercial win for Amazon Leo that strengthens the company’s competitive position against Starlink and supports long?term revenue and ecosystem value. Amazon and Delta in-flight Wi-Fi deal
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon settled Teamsters/NLRB claims around alleged retaliation in a long-running labor dispute — removing a legal/PR overhang that had been a near?term risk for operations and investor sentiment. Teamsters settlement
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support: Citi and other firms have raised price targets or reiterated Buy ratings on AMZN, and Evercore flagged it among top picks if market conditions improve — bolstering investor conviction on AWS/AI upside. Citi raises target for Amazon
• Positive Sentiment: Broader AI/autonomy interest: large funds (e.g., Citadel) have added Amazon alongside Nvidia as part of robotaxi/AI exposure, signaling institutional appetite for AMZN’s role in future mobility and cloud AI stacks. Citadel adds Amazon for robotaxi/AI exposure
• Positive Sentiment: Content/commerce synergy: Amazon MGM’s “Project Hail Mary” became the studio’s top box?office success — incremental revenue and evidence Amazon can monetize theatrical releases beyond Prime subscribers. Project Hail Mary box office success
• Neutral Sentiment: OpenAI’s massive $122B funding round underscores huge demand for cloud/AI compute — positive for AWS demand over time but market?wide and not Amazon?specific in the short term. OpenAI funding round
• Neutral Sentiment: Third?party vendors (e.g., BQool) releasing AI ad tools for Amazon sellers signal growing ad ecosystem activity — helpful for ad revenue momentum but largely indirect. BQool launches Amazon AI ad tooling
• Negative Sentiment: Executive departures in Amazon’s AI chip/group (a recent senior exit and another earlier) raise questions about leadership continuity on in?house chip efforts — a potential medium?term headwind for Amazon’s custom silicon roadmap. AI chip executive exit
• Negative Sentiment: New Street trimmed its price target modestly and another research note flagged a more pessimistic near?term forecast — analysts recognizing upside but tempering near?term expectations, which can limit further near?term rallies. New Street adjusts price target

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Tigress Financial raised their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $305.00 to $315.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 25th. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their target price on Amazon.com from $305.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 6th. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $286.57.

Amazon.com Trading Up 3.5%

Amazon.com stock opened at $208.04 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $215.20 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $224.73. The company has a market cap of $2.23 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.02, a P/E/G ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.40. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52-week low of $161.38 and a 52-week high of $258.60. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.Amazon.com’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.86 EPS. Analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares in the company, valued at $1,930,094.10. This trade represents a 65.37% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total value of $554,900.50. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $24,662,702. This trade represents a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.