Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 4,273,237 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, July 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $224.81, for a total value of $960,666,409.97. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 897,722,088 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $201,816,902,603.28. This represents a 0.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.

AMZN traded up $0.66 on Tuesday, hitting $226.35. The company had a trading volume of 34,839,538 shares, compared to its average volume of 42,080,770. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 1-year low of $151.61 and a 1-year high of $242.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The company's fifty day moving average price is $210.69 and its 200 day moving average price is $208.38. The stock has a market cap of $2.40 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 1.33.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.59 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $155.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $154.96 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 10.14% and a return on equity of 24.14%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.98 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on AMZN. Benchmark restated a "buy" rating and issued a $260.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, May 2nd. DA Davidson dropped their price target on Amazon.com from $280.00 to $230.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $306.00 to $250.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 21st. BNP Paribas Exane upgraded Amazon.com from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $254.00 price target for the company in a research report on Friday, June 27th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $250.00 to $240.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-five have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $249.42.

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A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of AMZN. Momentous Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $749,000. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 14.3% in the 4th quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC now owns 317,114 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $69,572,000 after buying an additional 39,696 shares during the period. Bearing Point Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the fourth quarter worth $12,014,000. Evergreen Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Amazon.com by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC now owns 242,550 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $53,213,000 after acquiring an additional 1,198 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 173.6% during the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 3,461,573 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $759,434,000 after acquiring an additional 2,196,353 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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Amazon.com, Inc engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content.

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