Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) have been given an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the fifty-nine research firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and fifty-six have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $311.6491.

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Mizuho boosted their price objective on Amazon.com from $315.00 to $325.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. Citizens Jmp reiterated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $315.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, April 10th. Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $320.00 price objective (up from $245.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $313.00 price objective (up from $307.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday. Finally, KeyCorp boosted their price objective on Amazon.com from $325.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of AMZN opened at $271.90 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.18. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $223.63 and a 200 day simple moving average of $227.48. Amazon.com has a 52-week low of $183.85 and a 52-week high of $276.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.92 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.52, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.46.

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

Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com

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?

Insider Activity

In other Amazon.com news, Director Jonathan Rubinstein sold 3,849 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.00, for a total transaction of $1,000,740.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 78,654 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,450,040. This represents a 4.67% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 31,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $255.00, for a total value of $7,905,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,207,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $562,815,090. This trade represents a 1.39% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 131,741 shares of company stock worth $29,839,291. 8.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amazon.com

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $32,868,735,000. Auto Owners Insurance Co boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 27,376.7% in the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 98,448,885 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,272,397,000 after buying an additional 98,090,585 shares during the last quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 20,598.0% in the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 87,982,814 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $20,308,193,000 after buying an additional 87,557,736 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $11,674,091,000. Finally, Cardano Risk Management B.V. boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 879.4% in the 4th quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 27,862,400 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $6,431,199,000 after buying an additional 25,017,588 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s 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.