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

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

Amazon.com Stock Down 4.1 %

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $229.15 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $151.61 and a 12 month high of $242.52. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $226.93 and its 200 day moving average is $200.62. The stock has a market cap of $2.41 trillion, a PE ratio of 49.07, a P/E/G ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.15.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have issued reports on the stock. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $236.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $225.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on Amazon.com from $240.00 to $255.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on Amazon.com from $255.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Wolfe Research increased their price objective on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-two have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $260.20.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In other news, Director Daniel P. Huttenlocher sold 1,237 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.06, for a total transaction of $246,237.22. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 24,912 shares in the company, valued at $4,958,982.72. This trade represents a 4.73 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Jonathan Rubinstein sold 4,351 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $229.85, for a total value of $1,000,077.35. Following the completion of the sale, 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 disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 3,026,212 shares of company stock valued at $625,666,424 in the last three months. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by corporate 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.