After Hours
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Yahoo Finance discussed the stock recently as it posted Amazon.com Set to Join Dow Jones Industrial Average; Uber to Join Dow Jones Transportation Average.
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The company is listed on the NASDAQ and operates within the Internet Retail industry segment. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $174.58 and fluctuated between $174.80 as its day high and $171.77 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Amazon.com Inc. is $1813.43B. A total of 54.51 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 48.01M shares.
Insider Activity
Furthermore, investors take into consideration insider trades when predicting a stock’s future trajectory. During the recent three months, AMZN has seen 0 BUY and 4 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 0 and the disposition of 5,500 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 41 BUYs and 100 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 275,277 shares during that period but sold 4,409,450.
In the most recent transaction, BEZOS JEFFREY P sold 2,009,208 shares of AMZN for 166.79 per share on Feb 20. After the transaction, the Executive Chair now owns 938,251,817 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 16, BEZOS JEFFREY P sold 5,998,849 shares at 169.17 per share. AMZN shares that Executive Chair owns now total 940,261,025.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Jassy Andrew R disposed of 50,000 shares on Feb 16 at a per-share price of $168.65. This resulted in the President and CEO holding 2,014,055 shares of AMZN after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Selipsky Adam sold 500 shares at $168.65 per share on Feb 16. Company shares held by the CEO Amazon Web Services now total 130,444.
It has been observed that price targets are rarely accurate, but they can exert some influence from time to time, and are often accepted as valuable in the market. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for AMZN in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $207.70 with high estimates of $233.00 and low estimates of $160.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AMZN has a high of $175.39 and a low of $88.12.
As of this writing, AMZN has an earnings estimate of $0.77 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 35 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.91 per share and a lower estimate of $0.56. The company reported an EPS of $0.86 in the last quarter, which was 62.30% higher than expectations of $0.53.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An equity investor’s investment can be viewed on a balance sheet by looking at what assets and liabilities the company has. Investors can determine the company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. AMZN’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $96.05B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $116.39B in debt and $142.27B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $19.44, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $138.25B.
Analysts Opinion
There may be slightly higher risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading than during regular market hours. Due to the fact that issuers often announce critical financial information outside of regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for AMZN is Buy with a score of 4.89.
