Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Price Target Raised to $288.00 at Moffett Nathanson

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) had its price objective hoisted by equities researchers at Moffett Nathanson from $283.00 to $288.00 in a research report issued on Tuesday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. The brokerage presently has a “buy” rating on the e-commerce giant’s stock. Moffett Nathanson’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 36.00% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on AMZN. Tigress Financial boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $305.00 to $315.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 25th. New Street Research cut their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $285.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 30th. Barclays reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, March 23rd. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $175.00 price objective (down from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $300.00 price objective (down from $315.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, February 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $287.21.

Amazon.com Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN traded down $1.02 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $211.77. The stock had a trading volume of 9,786,705 shares, compared to its average volume of 49,636,207. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.05. Amazon.com has a twelve month low of $165.29 and a twelve month high of $258.60. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $213.19 and its 200 day moving average price is $224.13. The firm has a market cap of $2.27 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.38.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.86 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Amazon.com will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,238,118 shares in the company, valued at $459,217,051.24. This trade represents a 0.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total value of $2,187,624.07. Following the completion of the sale, 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. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 72,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,899,239 in the last three months. Company insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position 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 worth $885,478,000 after acquiring an additional 397,007 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 4.1% during the 4th 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 last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG grew its position in Amazon.com by 2.8% during the 4th 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 last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE grew its position in Amazon.com by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 28,975 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $6,357,000 after acquiring an additional 1,518 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Liberty Square Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,153,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon reached a new deal with the U.S. Postal Service that will keep ~80% of current USPS-delivered packages, averting a logistics shock and limiting near‑term delivery disruption risk. Exclusive: Amazon says it has reached deal with US Postal Service on package deliveries
• Positive Sentiment: AWS is expanding into healthcare AI with UnitedHealthcare, highlighting AWS’s enterprise AI monetization pathway and recurring revenue upside for cloud services. AWS and UnitedHealthcare Take Back-Office to Front-End Approach to Healthcare AI
• Positive Sentiment: Alexa product upgrades (conversational ordering integrations with Uber Eats/Grubhub and expanded smart‑home functionality) increase opportunities for advertising, commerce and device monetization. Amazon’s Alexa+ Adds Conversational Uber Eats and Grubhub Ordering
• Positive Sentiment: Macro/market pieces are again framing Amazon as a core Magnificent Seven/QQQ holding, with analysts and strategists calling the pullback a buying opportunity tied to AI adoption — supportive for institutional demand. If Magnificent 7 Executives Don’t Believe In Their Stocks, Should You?
• Positive Sentiment: MarketBeat/Macro coverage argues tech valuations and earnings momentum (including Amazon within QQQ) make the sector a buy-on-dip case — reinforces the buy-the-dip narrative. A One-Stop Shop to Track the Magnificent Seven as Big Tech Tries to Stabilize (AMZN)
• Neutral Sentiment: Reports that Amazon is exploring a satellite play (Globalstar/LEO assets) underline strategic ambitions to control connectivity for devices/Alexa but would be a sizable, multi‑year capital plan if pursued. Could Acquiring the Satellite Communications Company Globalstar Send Amazon Stock Soaring?
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst moves are mixed but marginally positive (small price‑target tweaks and inclusion in bullish tech/long-term lists) — supportive but not catalytic. Amazon.com (AMZN) Price Target Raised by $1
• Negative Sentiment: Investor coalitions are pressing Amazon over water and power use at data centers; community pushback has already stalled projects — this raises ESG risk, potential permitting delays and incremental capex/mitigation costs. Amazon Data Center Water Concerns Put ESG In Focus For Investors
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon is imposing a 3.5% fuel surcharge for Fulfillment‑by‑Amazon sellers amid higher energy costs — a near‑term margin/headwind for marketplace sellers that could pressure GMV or seller sentiment. Amazon Imposes 3.5% Fuel Surcharge as Energy Costs Rise
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: a reported small CEO stock sale was filed this week — not large enough to alter fundamentals but it can be perceived negatively by sentiment‑sensitive traders. Insider Selling: Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Sells $210,500.00 in Stock

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.