Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) is -6.55% 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 $205.70 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.69%.
Currently trading at $205.01, the stock is 2.17% and 6.84% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 51.62 million and changing -0.34% at the moment leaves the stock 1.80% off its SMA200. AMZN registered 12.55% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 1.77%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $191.8878 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $201.37535.
The stock witnessed a 11.16% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.42%, and is 0.94% 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 1.40% over the week and 2.17% over the month.
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) has around 1556000 employees, a market worth around $2176.46B and $650.31B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 33.44 and Fwd P/E is 28.27. Profit margin for the company is 10.14%. Distance from 52-week low is 35.22% and -15.47% 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 11.88% this year.
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) Top Institutional Holders
7017.0 institutions hold shares in Amazon.com Inc (AMZN), with institutional investors hold 71.69% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 10.61B, and float is at 9.49B with Short Float at 0.75%. Institutions hold 65.44% of the Float.
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
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 6,843 shares of the company’s common stock on May 21 ’25 at a price of $200.77 per share for a total of $1.37 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.52 million shares.
Amazon.com Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 21 ’25 that Jassy Andrew R (President and CEO) sold a total of 19,872 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 21 ’25 and was made at $201.30 per share for $4.0 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 2.15 million shares of the AMZN stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 21 ’25, Garman Matthew S (CEO Amazon Web Services) disposed off 20,923 shares at an average price of $201.30 for $4.21 million. The insider now directly holds 0 shares of Amazon.com Inc (AMZN).
