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As a NASDAQ listed company, AMZN falls under the Consumer Cyclical sector while operating within the Internet Retail industry segment. The current market capitalization of Amazon.com Inc. is $1817.69B. A total of 59.26 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 48.17M shares.
Insider Activity
Aside from predicting where a stock will go, investors also consider insider trades as an indicator of the stock’s future direction. 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 99 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 275,277 shares during that period but sold 4,392,661.
In the most recent transaction, Selipsky Adam sold 500 shares of AMZN for 173.00 per share on Feb 22. After the transaction, the CEO Amazon Web Services now owns 134,100 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 21, Jassy Andrew R sold 22,048 shares at 168.79 per share. AMZN shares that President and CEO owns now total 2,044,182.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Olsavsky Brian T disposed of 16,800 shares on Feb 21 at a per-share price of $168.97. This resulted in the Senior Vice President and CFO holding 49,000 shares of AMZN after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Zapolsky David sold 10,920 shares at $169.21 per share on Feb 21. Company shares held by the Senior Vice President now total 59,100.
In spite of price targets being rarely accurate, it tends to exert some kind influence from time to time, and was often accepted by the market as having some value. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for AMZN in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $208.31 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 $0.83 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 35 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.98 per share and a lower estimate of $0.61. 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
The balance sheet of a company shows what assets and liabilities a company has, as well as the amount, equity investors have invested. With the help of this information, a company’s financial ratios can be calculated to give investors an overview of the company’s prospects. 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
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. 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.
