Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Douglas Herrington Sells 1,000 Shares of Stock

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Douglas Herrington sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.50, for a total transaction of $210,500.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 520,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $109,535,990.50. This trade represents a 0.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $209.77 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.25 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.26, a P/E/G ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $161.38 and a twelve month high of $258.60. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $213.70 and a 200 day simple moving average of $224.38.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly 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). Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. The firm had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.86 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Amazon.com

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of AMZN. American Capital Advisory LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 63.9% during the third quarter. American Capital Advisory LLC now owns 8,081 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $1,774,000 after purchasing an additional 3,152 shares during the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the 3rd quarter worth $451,642,000. DJE Kapital AG increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 12.3% in the 2nd quarter. DJE Kapital AG now owns 1,037,443 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $229,890,000 after buying an additional 113,345 shares during the last quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 239,862 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $52,667,000 after buying an additional 4,558 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 3.9% during the 3rd quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 1,145,151 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $251,441,000 after acquiring an additional 42,707 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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: Reports say Amazon is in advanced talks to acquire satellite operator Globalstar to accelerate Project Kuiper and better compete with SpaceX’s Starlink — a strategic, long‑term growth move into connectivity that investors view as expansionary for AWS/IoT opportunities. Amazon in talks to buy $9bn Globalstar (Reuters)
• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo reiterated Overweight and nudged its price target higher, naming Amazon a top internet pick on improving AWS momentum and free‑cash‑flow inflection — supportive for sentiment and analyst‑driven buying. Wells Fargo names Amazon top internet pick (247WallSt)
• Positive Sentiment: Billionaire Steve Cohen/Point72 has been a long‑time holder and recent coverage highlights continued institutional interest — a bullish signal for conviction among large investors. Steve Cohen buying AMZN (InsiderMonkey)
• Neutral Sentiment: Amazon and AWS continue to show ecosystem momentum (partner certifications, new standards work such as the Linux‑backed x402 Foundation for agentic AI payments), which underpins long‑term cloud/AI positioning but has limited immediate EPS impact. x402 Foundation founding members include AWS (Cointelegraph)
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon will charge a temporary 3.5% fuel & logistics surcharge to third‑party sellers in the U.S. and Canada effective April 17 to offset rising transport costs — helps Amazon cover costs but risks seller pushback and could pressure marketplace GMV and growth metrics. Amazon adds 3.5% surcharge (CNBC)
• Negative Sentiment: NLRB ruled Amazon must bargain with a Staten Island warehouse union representing ~5,000 workers — an operational and cost risk that raises labor and reputational uncertainty for investors. NLRB orders Amazon to negotiate (Reuters)
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical fallout from the Iran conflict remains a live headwind — higher oil drove the seller surcharge and reports of an Iranian strike on an AWS Bahrain data center increase perceived geopolitical/operational risk. These macro forces can pressure valuation multiples and consumer demand. AWS Bahrain data center hit (Blockonomi)
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon’s new chatbot ad tests reportedly show weak early results — a potential near‑term headwind for advertising upside if the format doesn’t scale. Chatbot ad tests weak (TipRanks)
• Negative Sentiment: Heavy insider selling has been flagged in recent data — not proof of trouble but a signaling factor some investors watch for near‑term sentiment pressure. Insider selling and discussion (QuiverQuant)

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have weighed in on AMZN. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $310.00 target price (up from $304.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. New Street Research reduced their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $285.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 30th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, March 23rd. Citizens Jmp boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Scotiabank reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 target price (down from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note 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 given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $286.59.

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.