Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Amazon.com Inc shares valued at $542,500 were sold by Herrington Douglas J on Aug 01 ’25. At $217.00 per share, Herrington Douglas J sold 2,500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 512,050 shares worth approximately $114.25 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, BEZOS JEFFREY P sold 2,643,142 shares, netting a total of over 609,055,618 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $230.43 each, the insider now holds 883,779,901 shares.
Before that, BEZOS JEFFREY P had sold 1,510,956 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $345,219,752, the Executive Chair traded Amazon.com Inc shares for $228.48 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,510,956 shares, worth approximately $197.79 billion.
As published in a research note from Telsey Advisory Group on August 01, 2025, Amazon.com Inc [AMZN] has been retained to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $265. Analysts at Susquehanna resumed the stock at ‘”a Positive”‘ outlook in a report released in early August. As of August 01, 2025, Stifel has reiterated its “Buy” rating for AMZN. Earlier on August 01, 2025, Pivotal Research Group resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for AMZN stock.
Analyzing AMZN Stock Performance
On last trading session, Amazon.com Inc [NASDAQ: AMZN] rose 0.37% to $223.13. The stock’s lowest price that day was $220.82, but it reached a high of $226.22 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -4.69%. Over the course of the year, Amazon.com Inc shares have jumped approximately 38.57%.
Is Amazon.com Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Amazon.com Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.96 million shares to 62.8 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 61.84 million shares. A jump of 1.53% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.41 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.41.
Which companies own the most shares of Amazon.com Inc (AMZN)?
In terms of Amazon.com Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 250 in the next 12 months, up nearly 12.46% from the previous closing price of $222.31. Analysts anticipate Amazon.com Inc stock to reach 280 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 235. In spite of this, 44 analysts ranked Amazon.com Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 01, 2025, Piper Sandler assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $255.
