Mandatum Life Insurance Co Ltd Trims Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Mandatum Life Insurance Co Ltd reduced its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 49.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 4,303 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 4,248 shares during the quarter. Mandatum Life Insurance Co Ltd’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $945,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fairway Wealth LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com by 113.2% during the 3rd quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 23.5% in the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $54,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. PayPay Securities Corp lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 62.3% in 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. Finally, Access Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter valued at $74,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of AMZN opened at $208.73 on Wednesday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $161.38 and a twelve 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 firm has a market capitalization of $2.24 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.11, a PEG ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.40. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $225.79 and its two-hundred day moving average is $227.47.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 EPS 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 firm had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.86 EPS. Amazon.com’s revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have commented on AMZN shares. Monness Crespi & Hardt dropped their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, January 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $287.29.

Amazon.com News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Goldman and other analysts called Amazon’s strategic partnership and investment commitment with OpenAI a strong competitive proof point for AWS’s AI positioning, supporting upside to cloud revenue and customer workloads. Amazon’s OpenAI tie-up ‘positive proof’ for AI growth, Goldman says
• Positive Sentiment: AWS revenue is accelerating (recently +24% YoY) and analysts point to faster cloud growth and lofty price targets that underpin a rebound thesis after the February selloff. Amazon’s Drop Was Loud, But Its Rebound Could Be Louder
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon is expanding AI/data infrastructure — buying George Washington University’s Virginia campus and investing heavily in Spain — moves that scale AWS capacity for AI workloads. Those investments support long‑term AWS monetization. Amazon (AMZN) Invests $427 Million in New AI Data Hub
• Positive Sentiment: Product & logistics innovation persists — Amazon launched a 15‑minute delivery rollout in Brazil and rolled out an AI “Canvas” for sellers, which could boost marketplace engagement and unit economics over time. Amazon Deploys 15-Minute Delivery in Brazil Expansion Amazon Gives Sellers an Agentic Window Into Their Business
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon is pruning non-core apps (Wondery app and Wondery+ subscription will close), a limited consumer-facing re‑org that is unlikely to move revenues materially. Amazon Is Shutting Down The Wondery App
• Negative Sentiment: Operational disruption: AWS confirmed drone strikes and fire damage at data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, causing outages and prompting customer migrations and prolonged recovery risk — a clear near‑term negative for reliability and reputation in the region. Amazon data center unit says drone strikes damaged UAE and Bahrain facilities
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical fallout prompted Amazon to temporarily close corporate offices in the Middle East and disrupted some services — a catalyst for short‑term declines amid broader market risk. Nvidia, Amazon temporarily close Dubai offices, Google employees stranded amid U.S.-Iran war
• Negative Sentiment: Financial concern: the market remains sensitive to Amazon’s planned ~ $200B capex and a steep free‑cash‑flow decline last year — a spending profile that explains prior heavy selling and keeps short‑term downside risk elevated. Amazon’s Drop Was Loud, But Its Rebound Could Be Louder
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and some hedge‑fund trimming have been reported, which can weigh on sentiment even if driven by routine portfolio moves. Amazon Stock (AMZN) Opinions on Data Center Acquisition and Middle East Disruptions

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total transaction of $4,077,336.96. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,238,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $459,217,051.24. This trade represents a 0.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total value of $554,900.50. Following the completion of the transaction, 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. Insiders have sold 70,686 shares of company stock worth $14,484,489 in the last quarter. 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.