IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd Has $21.74 Million Stock Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 216.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 99,008 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 67,695 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for about 1.5% of IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest holding. IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $21,739,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Fairway Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% in the 3rd quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 23.5% in the 2nd quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $54,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. PayPay Securities Corp grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 62.3% during the third quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $55,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the period. Finally, Access Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in Amazon.com during the second quarter worth approximately $74,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

AMZN opened at $210.00 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.05. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52-week low of $161.38 and a 52-week high of $258.60. The firm has a market cap of $2.25 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.37. The business’s fifty day moving average is $226.66 and its 200-day moving average is $227.72.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced 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). Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.The business had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.86 earnings per share. Amazon.com’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In related news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $24,662,702. This represents a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 6,835 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the chief executive officer owned 522,361 shares in the company, valued at $107,512,341.02. This represents a 1.29% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 73,186 shares of company stock valued at $15,067,539. 9.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon committed to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI and deepen a strategic partnership that expands cloud & chip relationships — a major long‑term accelerator for AWS revenue and product differentiation. Amazon to invest $50 billion in OpenAI
• Positive Sentiment: The OpenAI tie includes tighter commercial integration (AWS as a key cloud partner and OpenAI buying Amazon-made AI chips), which supports higher‑margin cloud exposure and possible cross‑sell into Amazon consumer products and services. How Amazon’s massive stake in OpenAI could boost its AI and cloud businesses
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is expanding data‑center capacity (announced $12B Louisiana investment) to support cloud growth and AI workloads — a direct investment in AWS scale that should underpin long‑term revenue. Amazon.com Data Center Push Continues with $12B Investment in Louisiana
• Positive Sentiment: Notable investors and funds (e.g., Stanley Druckenmiller, some ARK activity) have added to Amazon exposure this quarter, signaling continued institutional conviction in AMZN as an AI/cloud play. Druckenmiller buys Amazon
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest reports in the feed are effectively zero (days‑to‑cover ~0) and appear non‑informative — no clear short squeeze signal from these data entries.
• Negative Sentiment: Market concerns about massive near‑term spending and capex — reports on a potential $200B capex surge and shrinking free cash flow expectations have pressured the stock and prompted investor caution. Will heavy capex spending weigh on Amazon’s AI ambitions?
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk: a U.K. appeals court cleared the way for large collective suits from sellers/consumers alleging anticompetitive conduct (potentially ~£4bn), creating a headline legal overhang. Amazon refused permission to appeal go-ahead for UK lawsuits
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst / market signals: Evercore trimmed its price target (from $335 to $285), and there are reports of insider stock sales — both can weigh on sentiment even if strategic fundamentals remain intact. Evercore adjusts price target on Amazon Insider Selling: CEO sells $3.6M

Analyst Ratings Changes

AMZN has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Scotiabank reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective (down from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Roth Mkm reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $295.00 price objective (up from $270.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $265.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Desjardins raised their target price on shares of Amazon.com to $218.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a 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. According to data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $287.29.

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.