Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) is -2.65% 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 $207.91 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 5.66%.
Currently trading at $213.57, the stock is 3.88% and 10.84% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 39.41 million and changing 2.72% at the moment leaves the stock 5.62% off its SMA200. AMZN registered 19.09% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 0.06%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $192.684 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $202.2147.
The stock witnessed a 13.17% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 7.19%, and is 4.18% 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 1.34% over the week and 2.10% over the month.
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) has around 1556000 employees, a market worth around $2267.33B and $650.31B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 34.83 and Fwd P/E is 29.44. Profit margin for the company is 10.14%. Distance from 52-week low is 40.87% and -11.94% 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 11.89% this year.
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) Top Institutional Holders
7018.0 institutions hold shares in Amazon.com Inc (AMZN), with institutional investors hold 71.73% 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 65.47% 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 2,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 02 ’25 at a price of $204.98 per share for a total of $0.51 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 Herrington Douglas J (CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores) sold a total of 6,843 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 21 ’25 and was made at $200.77 per share for $1.37 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.52 million shares of the AMZN stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 21 ’25, Jassy Andrew R (President and CEO) disposed off 19,872 shares at an average price of $201.30 for $4.0 million. The insider now directly holds 2,148,694 shares of Amazon.com Inc (AMZN).
