Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH Has $491.55 Million Stock Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH reduced its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 0.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,129,583 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 2,410 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for about 2.6% of Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH’s portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest holding. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $491,550,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Amazon.com by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 1,740 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $402,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC boosted its position in Amazon.com by 3.8% during the third quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 1,225 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $269,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in Amazon.com by 3.5% in the third quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,328 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $292,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Union Savings Bank grew its stake in Amazon.com by 0.4% in the second quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 10,723 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,510,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Doheny Asset Management CA increased its position in shares of Amazon.com by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Doheny Asset Management CA now owns 17,821 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $3,910,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Amazon.com

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

• Positive Sentiment: Reports that Amazon is in talks to acquire Globalstar for roughly $9 billion — a deal that would accelerate Project Kuiper and strengthen Amazon’s ability to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink — pushed momentum in related space stocks and supports a longer‑term connectivity growth narrative. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo nudged its price target slightly higher to $305 and reiterated an overweight view, highlighting AWS acceleration and improving free‑cash‑flow prospects — a modest vote of confidence from the Street. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary continues to emphasize AWS as the core long‑term driver for AMZN (AI/cloud infrastructure exposure), keeping longer‑term investor conviction intact even as the stock digests short‑term noise. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Amazon told U.S. and Canadian third‑party sellers it will add a 3.5% “fuel and logistics” surcharge to fulfillment fees starting April 17 to offset higher transportation costs driven by the Iran war — a move that could squeeze seller economics, trigger higher prices for consumers, and create seller pushback that weighs on GMV. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: The NLRB ruled Amazon must negotiate with a union representing ~5,000 Staten Island warehouse workers — a reminder that labor and unionization risks could increase operating costs and create local disruptions. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that an Iranian strike damaged an AWS data center in Bahrain add geopolitical and operational risk for Amazon’s cloud business; investors may demand clarity on outages, redundancy and potential costs. Read More.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently commented on AMZN. Wall Street Zen downgraded Amazon.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, January 10th. Arete Research boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $283.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Truist Financial dropped their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $290.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Oppenheimer set a $260.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One investment 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 company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $286.59.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Amazon.com news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total transaction of $554,900.50. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 119,780 shares in the company, valued at $24,662,702. This trade represents a 2.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the business’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 value of $4,077,336.96. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,238,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $459,217,051.24. This represents a 0.88% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of Amazon.com stock opened at $209.77 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $214.29 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $224.53. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1 year low of $161.38 and a 1 year high of $258.60. The company has a market capitalization of $2.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.26, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.38.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.83% and a return on equity of 21.87%. Amazon.com’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.86 earnings per share. Research analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

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.