Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) is 3.30% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $151.61 and a high of $242.52 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The AMZN stock was last observed hovering at around $226.65 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.02%.
Currently trading at $226.63, the stock is -3.13% and -0.73% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 28.47 million and changing -0.01% at the moment leaves the stock 14.66% off its SMA200. AMZN registered 33.47% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 28.00%.
The stock witnessed a 0.31% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 7.16%, and is -2.63% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.53% over the week and 2.02% over the month.
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) has around 1556000 employees, a market worth around $2401.76B and $637.96B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 41.04 and Fwd P/E is 29.68. Profit margin for the company is 9.29%. Distance from 52-week low is 49.48% and -6.55% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (14.21%).
with sales reaching $154.98B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 14.77% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 9.60% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 8.14% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 10.59B, and float is at 9.47B with Short Float at 0.75%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 767.07 million shares valued at $148.24 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 7.3806 of the AMZN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 648.7 million shares valued at $125.36 billion to account for 6.2417 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 347.81 million shares representing 3.3293 and valued at over $67.21 billion, while FMR LLC holds 3.1522 of the shares totaling 329.31 million with a market value of $63.64 billion.
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Herrington Douglas J, the company’s CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores. SEC filings show that Herrington Douglas J sold 5,501 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 18 ’25 at a price of $228.44 per share for a total of $1.26 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.51 million shares.
Amazon.com Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 12 ’25 that Herrington Douglas J (CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores) sold a total of 27,500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 12 ’25 and was made at $230.27 per share for $6.33 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.5 million shares of the AMZN stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 12 ’25, DOUGLAS HERRINGTON (Officer) Proposed Sale 39,105 shares at an average price of $232.76 for $9.1 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Amazon.com Inc (AMZN).
