Moran Wealth Management LLC Increases Stake in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Moran Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 14.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 83,184 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,721 shares during the quarter. Moran Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $19,201,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.4% during the fourth quarter. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 1,740 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $402,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares during the period. Financial Connections Group Inc. increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 2.6% during the 4th quarter. Financial Connections Group Inc. now owns 1,633 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $376,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares during the period. Marquette Asset Management LLC raised its position in Amazon.com by 5.1% during the 4th quarter. Marquette Asset Management LLC now owns 886 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $205,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the last quarter. Western Financial Corp CA raised its position in Amazon.com by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Western Financial Corp CA now owns 3,076 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $710,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Union Savings Bank lifted its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 10,723 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,510,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other 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: Q1 beat and AWS reacceleration — Amazon reported stronger?than?expected Q1 revenue and EPS with AWS growth reaccelerating, reinforcing the thesis that AI demand is lifting cloud backlog and revenue prospects. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Launch of Amazon Supply Chain Services — AMZN opened its freight/fulfillment/parcel network to third parties, creating a potential high?margin, scalable business (markets are comparing the opportunity to the early AWS monetization path). Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum — multiple firms raised price targets (example: BNP Paribas lift), adding analyst validation and buyer interest. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Product / commercial expansion — same?day fresh grocery deliveries and other Business offerings widen TAM and recurring order flows for Amazon Business. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider sales disclosed — several pre?arranged 10b5?1 filings (CEO, directors) show planned selling; typical for tax/planning but worth monitoring for timing/scale. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Operational AI moves with unclear near?term monetization — Amazon is expanding internal AI tooling and exploring merging AI chat into search; improves UX/productivity but revenue timing is uncertain. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: CapEx and free?cash?flow pressure — the $200B+ AI/infra buildout and ramped capex have compressed FCF (reported drop from prior levels), creating execution and timing risk if AWS/AI monetization lags. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst caveats on earnings quality — some analysts warn the current cloud/AI backlog may be partly cyclical or concentrated (OpenAI/Anthropic exposure), which could make near?term results look stronger than sustainable growth. Read More.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Amazon.com from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 22nd. China Renaissance upped their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Daiwa Securities Group dropped their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $319.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. Fifty-six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $313.09.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 31,352 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.00, for a total value of $8,621,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,175,766 shares in the company, valued at $598,335,650. This represents a 1.42% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total transaction of $2,187,624.07. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 41,190 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,461,661.70. The trade was a 20.54% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 191,593 shares of company stock worth $46,289,241. 8.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

Shares of AMZN stock opened at $275.06 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.96 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 1.46. 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, Inc. has a one year low of $185.01 and a one year high of $278.56. The company’s 50-day moving average is $226.29 and its 200 day moving average is $228.31.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.63 by $1.15. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 19.92% and a net margin of 12.22%.The business had revenue of $181.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $177.28 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.59 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 16.6% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 8 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.