Oarsman Capital Inc. Raises Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Oarsman Capital Inc. grew its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 9.6% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 27,702 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 2,433 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for about 0.9% of Oarsman Capital Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 21st biggest position. Oarsman Capital Inc.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $6,083,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in Amazon.com by 10.9% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,036,091 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $885,478,000 after acquiring an additional 397,007 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 4.1% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 25,045 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $5,495,000 after acquiring an additional 986 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,016,869 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $442,481,000 after acquiring an additional 54,987 shares during the period. Highview Capital Management LLC DE raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 28,975 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $6,357,000 after purchasing an additional 1,518 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Liberty Square Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,153,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Key Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Big long-term upside from AWS: CEO Andy Jassy told staff he expects AI could drive AWS to roughly $600B in annual revenue by 2036 — a reiteration of AWS as the core growth/profit engine. Reuters: AWS $600B
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support: Wolfe Research recently raised its price target citing stronger AWS AI and data-center demand, which underpins upside for shares. Yahoo Finance: Wolfe Research
• Positive Sentiment: Product and cloud partnerships accelerating AI offerings — AWS announced deals (including a Cerebras collaboration for fast inference) and OpenAI/AWS commercial/government arrangements that expand addressable market for cloud and AI services. InsiderMonkey: Cerebras partnership
  Reuters: OpenAI-AWS gov deal
• Positive Sentiment: Faster delivery push and Prime Day timing: Amazon expanded 1‑hour/3‑hour delivery and reportedly moved Prime Day into June — both moves aim to pull demand forward, boost Q2 revenue and defend share in quick-commerce. Reuters: 1-hour delivery
  MarketBeat: Prime Day shift
• Neutral Sentiment: Capital spending and debt context: Amazon’s large bond sale and planned AI capex have analysts revising hyperscaler debt forecasts higher — supports growth but keeps focus on near-term margin/cash use. Reuters: debt forecasts
• Negative Sentiment: Legal/cloud competition risk: Reports say Microsoft is weighing legal action over a large Amazon–OpenAI cloud arrangement, creating regulatory / contract uncertainty for AWS/OpenAI deals. Reuters: Microsoft legal threat
• Negative Sentiment: Operational & headlines risk from logistics shuffle: Multiple reports that Amazon plans to sharply cut USPS volume (potentially two‑thirds) have pressured the stock amid concerns over transition costs and negative press; CNBC/WSJ coverage also shows negotiation frictions. WSJ: USPS volume cut
  CNBC: USPS talks

Amazon.com Trading Down 2.5%

Shares of AMZN stock opened at $209.87 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The company has a market cap of $2.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.27, a PEG ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.40. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1 year low of $161.38 and a 1 year high of $258.60. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $221.35 and a 200-day moving average price of $226.32.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.97 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.Amazon.com’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.86 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AMZN has been the topic of several research reports. President Capital dropped their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $320.00 to $296.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 1st. DZ Bank raised Amazon.com to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $304.00 price target on Amazon.com and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Finally, Oppenheimer set a $260.00 price objective on Amazon.com and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $286.93.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total value of $2,187,624.07. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,461,661.70. This trade represents a 20.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated 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 in the company, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. The trade was a 65.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739. 9.70% 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.