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Positives for Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) as stock gains in recent trading

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) is -3.66% lower 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 make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The AMZN stock was last observed hovering at around $208.64 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.73%.

Currently trading at $211.37, the stock is 13.39% and 11.08% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 55.4 million and changing 1.31% at the moment leaves the stock 5.98% off its SMA200. AMZN registered 11.54% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 0.63%.

The stock witnessed a 14.33% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.19%, and is 14.25% up 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 2.63% over the week and 2.97% over the month.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) has around 1556000 employees, a market worth around $2243.98B and $650.31B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 34.47 and Fwd P/E is 28.98. Profit margin for the company is 10.14%. Distance from 52-week low is 39.42% and -12.84% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (15.02%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 12.07% this year.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) Top Institutional Holders

The shares outstanding are 10.61B, and float is at 9.49B with Short Float at 0.69%.

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 7.3424% 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 6.2094 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

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Amazon.com Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 01 ’25 that Herrington Douglas J (CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores) sold a total of 2,500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 01 ’25 and was made at $190.67 per share for $0.48 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.51 million shares of the AMZN stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 01 ’25, Herrington Douglas J (CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores) disposed off 2,500 shares at an average price of $187.99 for $0.47 million. The insider now directly holds 509,474 shares of Amazon.com Inc (AMZN).

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