WCM Investment Management LLC Purchases 26,169 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

WCM Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 6,196,849 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 26,169 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up approximately 2.9% of WCM Investment Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th biggest position. WCM Investment Management LLC owned 0.06% of Amazon.com worth $1,376,754,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of AMZN. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Amazon.com by 2.1% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 849,721,601 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $186,420,422,000 after buying an additional 17,447,045 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.4% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 374,097,285 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $82,073,203,000 after purchasing an additional 5,163,208 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 1.7% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 216,717,657 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $47,332,625,000 after purchasing an additional 3,721,658 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the second quarter worth about $27,438,011,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.3% in the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 97,379,134 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $18,527,354,000 after buying an additional 302,858 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Big, concrete AWS capacity push — Amazon announced a $12 billion data‑center buildout in northwest Louisiana to support cloud/AI demand; this strengthens AWS capacity and the company’s long‑term AI/service revenue runway. Amazon plans $12 billion data center buildout in Louisiana
• Positive Sentiment: Product and infra wins for AWS — reports highlight fast growth for Amazon’s Graviton chips and positioning as a preferred cloud/AI stack provider, supporting the case that AWS can keep accelerating revenue even amid heavy capex. Amazon Just Delivered Great News for This Top AI Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: Leadership / R&D change — David Luan, head of Amazon’s AGI lab, is leaving; monitor for any disruption to long‑term AGI projects but no immediate revenue impact flagged. Head of Amazon’s AGI lab is leaving the company
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling accelerated — multiple senior executives (including CEO Andy Jassy, SVPs and other officers) disclosed sizeable share sales last week; market interprets clustered sales as a near‑term negative sentiment signal. Jassy Form 4 filing
• Negative Sentiment: Investor fear over massive AI capex — Amazon’s roughly $200 billion AI/data‑center capex plan remains the dominant negative theme (timing of returns and FCF impact); many articles tie February’s sell‑off to capex concerns. A $200 Billion AI Bet Is Either Amazon’s Masterstroke or Its Biggest Mistake
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/legal headwinds — California has asked a court to block alleged merchant‑bullying on prices and Italy’s privacy regulator banned an Amazon unit from processing certain worker data; these raise risk of fines, injunctions or operational limits. California seeks injunction Italy privacy ban

Amazon.com Trading Up 1.6%

NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $208.56 on Wednesday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $161.38 and a 12 month high of $258.60. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.24 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.09, a PEG ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.37. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $227.59 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $228.06.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.The company had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.86 EPS. Amazon.com’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on AMZN shares. UBS Group set a $311.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $304.00 price objective on Amazon.com and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $310.00 target price (up from $304.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $287.29.

Insider Activity

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total value of $3,642,860.22. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. This trade represents a 65.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total transaction of $1,406,779.70. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly 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 ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 73,186 shares of company stock valued at $15,067,539. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.