Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Stock Price Expected to Rise, BMO Capital Markets Analyst Says

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) had its price target boosted by equities research analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $310.00 to $315.00 in a research note issued on Thursday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. The firm currently has an “outperform” rating on the e-commerce giant’s stock. BMO Capital Markets’ price objective suggests a potential upside of 23.36% from the company’s current price.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Bank of America lifted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $275.00 to $298.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Barclays reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, April 17th. Citizens Jmp reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and set a $315.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, April 10th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $296.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. Finally, William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-four have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $288.75.

Amazon.com Trading Up 2.2%

AMZN stock opened at $255.36 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Amazon.com has a twelve month low of $178.85 and a twelve month high of $258.60. The company has a market cap of $2.75 trillion, a P/E ratio of 35.62, a PEG ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.38. The business has a fifty day moving average of $216.43 and a 200-day moving average of $225.75.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.86 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Amazon.com will post 7.72 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Amazon.com

In related news, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total transaction of $554,900.50. Following the sale, the vice president owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $24,662,702. This trade represents a 2.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total value of $3,642,860.22. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. This represents a 65.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 124,186 shares of company stock valued at $27,826,739. 9.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amazon.com

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of AMZN. American Capital Advisory LLC raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 63.9% in the third quarter. American Capital Advisory LLC now owns 8,081 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $1,774,000 after purchasing an additional 3,152 shares during the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA acquired a new position in Amazon.com during the third quarter worth $451,642,000. Ethos Financial Group LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 9.6% in the fourth quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 36,485 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $8,421,000 after purchasing an additional 3,196 shares in the last quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. grew its position in Amazon.com by 1.9% in the third quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 239,862 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $52,667,000 after purchasing an additional 4,558 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Culbertson A N & Co. Inc. increased its stake in Amazon.com by 8.6% in the 4th quarter. Culbertson A N & Co. Inc. now owns 30,444 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $7,027,000 after buying an additional 2,412 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

More Amazon.com News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Big AI revenue visibility — Amazon expanded its Anthropic partnership (additional $5B now with up to $25B possible) while Anthropic committed to more than $100B of AWS spend over the next decade, increasing long‑term demand for AWS, custom chips (Trainium) and infrastructure. Amazon to invest up to another $25 billion in Anthropic (CNBC)
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum — several firms have raised price targets and reiterated buy/overweight calls ahead of earnings, reflecting expectation that AWS/AI and advertising will drive upside. Bank of America Boosts Amazon Price Target (AmericanBankingNews)
• Positive Sentiment: Healthcare diversification — Amazon One Medical launched a GLP‑1 weight‑loss program integrating care, prescriptions and Amazon Pharmacy delivery, creating a recurring‑revenue channel and pressuring incumbents. Amazon launches GLP-1 weight loss program (CNBC)
• Neutral Sentiment: Upcoming earnings event — Amazon and peers report Q1 on April 29; results (AWS margins, ad growth and guidance) are likely to drive short‑term volatility. Q1 earnings on April 29 (TipRanks)
• Neutral Sentiment: Operational/ESG moves — Amazon is trialing 75 electric heavy trucks with Einride for U.S. freight (modest near‑term impact, longer‑term logistics/ESG benefit). Einride to deploy 75 electric trucks for Amazon (Reuters)
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider transaction — CEO Andy Jassy sold 31,000 shares under a pre‑arranged 10b5‑1 plan; size is small relative to his holdings and consistent with scheduled diversification. SEC Form 4: Andy Jassy sale (SEC)
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/legal overhang — California’s attorney general released filings alleging Amazon pressured vendors to raise prices on competing platforms; antitrust probes could lead to fines, remedies or operational friction. California accuses Amazon of price‑fixing (Reuters)
• Negative Sentiment: Profitability and capex concerns — analysts warn the AI/Anthropic commitments boost revenue visibility but raise capital intensity and near‑term margin/FCF uncertainty, which could pressure multiple compression if growth doesn’t offset spending. AI infrastructure push lifts outlook but profitability debate grows (Proactive Investors)

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.