Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Stake Reduced by MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB

MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB cut its holdings in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 3.7% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 456,399 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 17,684 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for about 2.7% of MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB’s portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest holding. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $105,346,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of AMZN. IMPACTfolio LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 3.8% during the 3rd quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 1,225 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $269,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the period. Cadence Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 3.5% during the 3rd quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,328 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $292,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Union Savings Bank lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 10,723 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,510,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the period. Doheny Asset Management CA boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.3% in the second quarter. Doheny Asset Management CA now owns 17,821 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $3,910,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Banco de Sabadell S.A boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.3% in the second quarter. Banco de Sabadell S.A now owns 13,409 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $2,946,000 after buying an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Amazon.com Stock Down 1.4%

AMZN stock opened at $207.24 on Wednesday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $161.38 and a 52 week high of $258.60. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $218.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $225.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.22 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.40.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share 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 analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The company’s quarterly revenue 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. Equities analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Amazon.com News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon confirmed the acquisition of humanoid-robot maker Fauna Robotics, giving AMZN a foothold in consumer/approachable humanoids and advancing its robotics/automation strategy — a long-term growth play for retail, devices and fulfillment. Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics
• Positive Sentiment: Zoox (an Amazon unit) is expanding robotaxi operations into San Francisco, Las Vegas and preparing launches in Austin and Miami — meaningful optionality for AMZN in autonomous mobility and services revenue over time. Zoox expansion
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to back Amazon’s AI/AWS story: TD Cowen/Barclays/others have reiterated buy stances and $300-ish targets, pointing to AWS reacceleration and AI-led margin upside as a multi-year thesis. Analyst buy ratings
• Neutral Sentiment: Reports note deeper AI integration at AWS and large-scale AI commitments (OpenAI, expanded Nvidia GPU deployments), which support long-term revenue mix improvement but also imply heavy near-term capex. AWS AI demand
• Neutral Sentiment: New leveraged ETFs and retail-media stories (and occasional promotional/marketing items) increase trading interest/volatility but don’t change fundamentals immediately. 2x ETF treatment
• Negative Sentiment: AWS suffered a disruption in its Bahrain region tied to drone activity amid Middle East hostilities; repeated outages raise short-term revenue/SLAs and reputational risk for cloud customers — a key downside catalyst for the stock today. AWS Bahrain disruption
• Negative Sentiment: Logistics pressure: FedEx is expanding same-day delivery and reports suggest Amazon-USPS negotiations are deteriorating — both raise short-term delivery-cost and fulfillment risk for Amazon’s retail business. FedEx same-day delivery Amazon-USPS negotiations
• Negative Sentiment: Investor concern about Amazon’s large AI capex and the pace of near-term margin recovery persists — even as analysts debate whether current weakness is a buying opportunity, capex worries keep shares under pressure. AI capex concerns

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have commented on AMZN. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $175.00 price objective (down from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Evercore cut their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $335.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 27th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday. Daiwa Securities Group lowered their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Maxim Group raised their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $280.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $286.57.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total value of $554,900.50. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $24,662,702. This trade represents a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 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 transaction, the chief executive officer owned 522,361 shares in the company, valued at $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. Insiders have sold a total of 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 10.80% of the company’s stock.

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.