Q1 Earnings Forecast for Amazon.com Issued By Roth Capital

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) – Roth Capital lifted their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Amazon.com in a report released on Monday, December 9th. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now forecasts that the e-commerce giant will earn $1.47 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.43. The consensus estimate for Amazon.com’s current full-year earnings is $5.29 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Amazon.com’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.41 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.63 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.76 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $6.27 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on AMZN. Susquehanna increased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Roth Mkm increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on Amazon.com from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Pivotal Research initiated coverage on Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, October 11th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $260.00 price objective for the company. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on Amazon.com from $230.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-one have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $237.42.

Amazon.com Trading Up 2.3 %

AMZN stock opened at $230.26 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $198.98 and a 200 day moving average price of $188.78. Amazon.com has a fifty-two week low of $144.05 and a fifty-two week high of $231.20. The firm has a market cap of $2.42 trillion, a PE ratio of 49.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.09.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.43 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.29. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 22.41% and a net margin of 8.04%. The company had revenue of $158.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $157.28 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.85 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Amazon.com news, Director Jonathan Rubinstein sold 4,351 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $229.85, for a total value of $1,000,077.35. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 88,203 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,273,459.55. The trade was a 4.70 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 2,190 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $195.00, for a total value of $427,050.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 62,420 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,171,900. This represents a 3.39 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 6,034,534 shares of company stock worth $1,253,883,872. 10.80% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMZN. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 31.6% in the first quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 182,359 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $32,894,000 after buying an additional 43,759 shares during the last quarter. Quent Capital LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 3.3% during the 1st quarter. Quent Capital LLC now owns 33,729 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $6,084,000 after acquiring an additional 1,081 shares during the period. BTG Pactual Global Asset Management Ltd lifted its position in Amazon.com by 225.1% during the 1st quarter. BTG Pactual Global Asset Management Ltd now owns 86,958 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $15,685,000 after acquiring an additional 60,208 shares during the period. L1 Capital International Pty Ltd grew its stake in Amazon.com by 17.0% during the 1st quarter. L1 Capital International Pty Ltd now owns 89,396 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $16,178,000 after purchasing an additional 12,979 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kodai Capital Management LP raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 9.4% in the first quarter. Kodai Capital Management LP now owns 454,565 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $81,994,000 after purchasing an additional 39,108 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Amazon.com

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.