Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.34 EPS

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The e-commerce giant reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.52 by $0.34, Zacks reports. Amazon.com had a net margin of 8.04% and a return on equity of 22.41%. Amazon.com updated its Q1 2025 guidance to EPS.

Amazon.com Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of AMZN stock opened at $238.83 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $151.61 and a twelve month high of $242.52. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $226.51 and its 200 day simple moving average is $200.30. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.51 trillion, a P/E ratio of 51.14, a P/E/G ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.15.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently commented on AMZN shares. Tigress Financial lifted their price target on Amazon.com from $245.00 to $290.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 20th. Pivotal Research assumed coverage on Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, October 11th. They set a “buy” rating and a $260.00 target price for the company. Benchmark increased their price target on Amazon.com from $215.00 to $265.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Scotiabank upped their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $246.00 to $306.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Moffett Nathanson increased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $235.00 to $248.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-one have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $254.02.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other news, Director Jonathan Rubinstein sold 4,351 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $229.85, for a total transaction of $1,000,077.35. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 88,203 shares in the company, valued at $20,273,459.55. This trade represents a 4.70 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Daniel P. Huttenlocher sold 1,237 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $199.06, for a total value of $246,237.22. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 24,912 shares in the company, valued at $4,958,982.72. The trade was a 4.73 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 3,026,212 shares of company stock worth $625,666,424. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Amazon.com Company Profile

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.