Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Shares Down 1.4% – Time to Sell?

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s stock price fell 1.4% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $206.64 and last traded at $207.24. 34,437,939 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 33% from the average session volume of 51,127,375 shares. The stock had previously closed at $210.14.

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: AWS AI momentum and deeper integration at the cloud unit point to higher‑margin growth for AWS, supporting the investment case for AMZN. Reports of deeper AI integration at AWS
• Positive Sentiment: Major analyst endorsements (TD Cowen, Barclays, Jefferies) and recent $300 price targets have bolstered bullish sentiment that AWS/AI investments will pay off. Dual $300 price target endorsements
• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia deal and increased GPU supply for AWS (discussed in market pieces) and rising AI infrastructure demand improve Amazon’s capacity to win large cloud/AI contracts. Nvidia chip deal coverage
• Positive Sentiment: Zoox (Amazon unit) is expanding robotaxi operations (Austin, Miami, SF, Las Vegas) and partnering in ride‑hailing — a long‑term growth and new‑revenue avenue beyond retail/cloud. Zoox expansion report
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon’s media arm is demonstrating box‑office strength (Project Hail Mary), which helps content monetization but is a smaller earnings driver versus AWS and retail. Project Hail Mary box office
• Neutral Sentiment: European regulators are meeting Big Tech CEOs to discuss AI/competition — regulatory outcomes are uncertain but could raise compliance costs or restrictions over time. EU antitrust meetings
• Negative Sentiment: AWS Bahrain region has been disrupted by drone activity tied to the Middle East conflict, prompting outages and customer migration risk — a near‑term operational and reputational hit for AWS. AWS Bahrain disruption
• Negative Sentiment: Logistics pressures: FedEx’s same‑day push and reports that Amazon‑USPS negotiations are deteriorating raise concerns about shipping costs, margins, and delivery reliability. FedEx same‑day competition Amazon‑USPS negotiations
• Negative Sentiment: Investor unease over Amazon’s very large AI capex program (near‑term cash/ROI uncertainty) continues to weigh on sentiment despite long‑term upside scenarios. Capex/AI spending concerns

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on AMZN. BNP Paribas Exane started coverage on Amazon.com in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $250.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Roth Mkm restated a “buy” rating and set a $295.00 target price (up from $270.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Evercore lowered their target price on Amazon.com from $335.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Thursday, January 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $286.57.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

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 stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $219.04 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $225.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.22 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.40.

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). The company had revenue of $213.39 billion for 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 last year, the company earned $1.86 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In related news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total value of $3,642,860.22. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer 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 position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total value of $1,406,779.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 522,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $107,512,341.02. The trade was a 1.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739 over the last three months. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amazon.com

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of AMZN. Fairway Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 113.2% during 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 Amazon.com during the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. MilWealth Group LLC boosted its position in Amazon.com by 79.0% during the 4th quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the period. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new stake in Amazon.com in the 4th quarter worth $45,000. Finally, Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership increased its position in shares of Amazon.com by 900.0% in the fourth quarter. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership now owns 200 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $46,000 after acquiring an additional 180 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.