Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN Holdings Lessened by Slow Capital Inc.

Slow Capital Inc. decreased its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 2.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 139,965 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 3,458 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for about 3.9% of Slow Capital Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. Slow Capital Inc.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $32,307,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in AMZN. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Amazon.com by 1.1% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 832,274,556 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $158,348,557,000 after buying an additional 8,913,959 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in Amazon.com by 2.0% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 381,681,441 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $83,805,794,000 after buying an additional 7,584,156 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 216,717,657 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $47,332,625,000 after acquiring an additional 3,721,658 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the second quarter valued at approximately $27,438,011,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 0.3% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 97,379,134 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $18,527,354,000 after buying an additional 302,858 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Amazon launched “Amazon Supply Chain Services” (ASCS), opening its freight, fulfillment and parcel network to outside businesses — a potential new high-margin revenue stream that investors compare to the AWS monetization playbook; the move knocked down UPS/FDX as the market repriced competitive risk. Amazon opens up its logistics network to other businesses
• Positive Sentiment: Strong Q1 results and management messaging: Amazon beat Q1 EPS/revenue estimates and CEO Andy Jassy emphasized that heavy AI investment is a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity whose returns come later — supporting the long-term growth case for AWS, AI infrastructure and the new logistics product. Andy Jassy says Amazon investors will be rewarded by all its AI spending
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum: several firms raised targets or reiterated buys (examples include New Street and DZ Bank), adding upside to the stock’s outlook and validating the growth/AI/logistics thesis. DZ Bank raises target
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider transaction: director Jonathan Rubinstein sold ~3,700 shares under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan — a disclosed plan sale that typically has limited informational value for fundamentals. Director sale disclosed
• Neutral Sentiment: Internal AI tooling rollout: Amazon adopted Claude Code and Codex company-wide, widening employee access to AI tools — a constructive operational step but one whose near-term revenue impact is unclear. Amazon employees pushed for Claude Code
• Negative Sentiment: CapEx and free‑cash‑flow pressure: analysts and articles point out Amazon’s massive AI/capex spend has materially reduced near-term free cash flow, which could concern investors if returns take longer to materialize. Monitor capex-to-revenue and FCF trends. CapEx reduces FCF
• Negative Sentiment: Macro inflation/cost risk: commentary warns that hyperscaler AI spending could add to inflationary pressure (energy, wages, tariffs), which would be a headwind for multiples and margins across the market. Think AI spending won’t stoke inflation?

Amazon.com Trading Up 1.4%

AMZN stock opened at $271.90 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $183.85 and a twelve month high of $276.10. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.92 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.46. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $223.63 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $227.48.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.63 by $1.15. Amazon.com had a net margin of 12.22% and a return on equity of 19.92%. The business had revenue of $181.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $177.28 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.59 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.71 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AMZN has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. HSBC lifted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $280.00 to $310.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $315.00 target price (up from $300.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Thursday. Moffett Nathanson lifted their target price on Amazon.com from $283.00 to $288.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 7th. DZ Bank boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $295.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, Evercore boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $285.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Fifty-six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $311.65.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. This represents a 65.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total transaction of $2,187,624.07. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 41,190 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,461,661.70. The trade was a 20.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 131,741 shares of company stock valued at $29,839,291. 8.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.