Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Price Target Raised to $345.00 at BNP Paribas Exane

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) had its price target lifted by equities research analysts at BNP Paribas Exane from $320.00 to $345.00 in a research report issued on Tuesday,MarketScreener reports. The brokerage presently has an “outperform” rating on the e-commerce giant’s stock. BNP Paribas Exane’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 24.65% from the company’s previous close.

AMZN has been the subject of a number of other reports. Moffett Nathanson boosted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $283.00 to $288.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 7th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $310.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Amazon.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, January 10th. Pivotal Research reissued a “buy” rating and set a $320.00 price objective (up from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Scotiabank reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $325.00 target price (up from $275.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Thursday. Fifty-six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $313.09.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $276.77 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $223.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $227.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.18. Amazon.com has a 52 week low of $183.85 and a 52 week high of $278.47. The firm has a market cap of $2.98 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.22, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.46.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.63 by $1.15. The firm had revenue of $181.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $177.28 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 19.92% and a net margin of 12.22%.During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.59 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Amazon.com will post 7.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total value of $3,642,860.22. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. This trade represents a 65.37% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 20,500 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $245.00, for a total value of $5,022,500.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 499,861 shares in the company, valued at $122,465,945. The trade was a 3.94% decrease in their position. 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 90 days, insiders have sold 131,741 shares of company stock worth $29,839,291. 8.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amazon.com

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Fairway Wealth LLC raised its position in Amazon.com by 113.2% in the third 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 acquired a new stake in Amazon.com during the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. MilWealth Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 79.0% in the 4th quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the period. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Finally, Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 900.0% in the 4th quarter. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership now owns 200 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $46,000 after buying an additional 180 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon launched “Amazon Supply Chain Services” (ASCS), opening its freight, fulfillment and delivery network to outside businesses — a potential new high?margin monetization path similar to the AWS playbook; the announcement triggered steep declines in UPS/FDX as markets reprice competitive dynamics. Amazon opens up its logistics network to other businesses
• Positive Sentiment: Q1 results and management tone support the growth case: Amazon beat Q1 EPS/revenue expectations and CEO Andy Jassy defended the company’s large AI infrastructure spending as a long?term growth investment, which bolsters the AWS/AI revenue backlog narrative. Andy Jassy says Amazon investors will be rewarded by all its AI spending
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum: several firms raised or widened price targets and maintained buy/overweight calls this week, signaling incremental analyst confidence in AWS/AI and the new logistics opportunity (example: New Street raised its target). New Street raises target
• Neutral Sentiment: Options and institutional flows show elevated activity — unusually large options volume and put/call skew indicate speculative positioning and hedging around the recent catalysts rather than a clear directional bet. Huge unusual options volume
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider transaction: a director sold ~3,700 shares under a pre?arranged 10b5?1 plan — routine disclosure that typically has limited informational value. Director sale disclosed
• Negative Sentiment: CapEx and free?cash?flow pressure: commentary and data point to materially higher AI capex reducing near?term free cash flow — a risk if revenue realization or efficiency gains lag expectations. Investors should watch capex/FCF trends and the timeline for margin recovery. CapEx reduces FCF
• Negative Sentiment: Some market voices urge caution on expected returns — analysis arguing that analyst price targets limit upside and suggesting alternative trades (e.g., shorting AMZN puts) highlights a segment of investor skepticism about risk/reward. Expected returns low — short puts suggested

About Amazon.com

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.