Roth Capital Issues Positive Outlook for Amazon.com Earnings

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital boosted their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Amazon.com in a research note issued on Tuesday, July 8th. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now anticipates that the e-commerce giant will earn $1.52 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.50. Roth Capital has a “Buy” rating and a $250.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Amazon.com’s current full-year earnings is $6.31 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Amazon.com’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.71 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.01 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.83 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.90 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.75 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.00 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.31 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.95 EPS.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.38 by $0.21. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 24.14% and a net margin of 10.14%. The firm had revenue of $155.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $154.96 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.98 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 8.6% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on AMZN. Evercore ISI lowered their price target on Amazon.com from $270.00 to $260.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $235.00 price target on Amazon.com and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their target price on Amazon.com from $235.00 to $230.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Oppenheimer upped their target price on Amazon.com from $215.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, June 20th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Amazon.com from $201.00 to $238.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-six have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $246.41.

Amazon.com Price Performance

AMZN stock opened at $222.54 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $208.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $208.68. Amazon.com has a 12-month low of $151.61 and a 12-month high of $242.52. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. The company has a market cap of $2.36 trillion, a PE ratio of 36.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.33.

Institutional Trading of Amazon.com

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMZN. Tallon Kerry Patrick bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 4th quarter worth $800,000. Capital & Planning LLC boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 72.1% during the 4th quarter. Capital & Planning LLC now owns 3,902 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $856,000 after acquiring an additional 1,635 shares in the last quarter. LaFleur & Godfrey LLC boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. LaFleur & Godfrey LLC now owns 49,407 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $10,839,000 after acquiring an additional 860 shares in the last quarter. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 10.9% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,036,091 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $885,478,000 after acquiring an additional 397,007 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 4th quarter worth $301,650,000. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In related news, insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 2,046,582 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $223.92, for a total value of $458,270,641.44. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 902,480,530 shares in the company, valued at $202,083,440,277.60. This trade represents a 0.23% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Brian T. Olsavsky sold 17,750 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $201.57, for a total value of $3,577,867.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 49,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,876,930. This represents a 26.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 6,401,408 shares of company stock worth $1,423,159,137 over the last quarter. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

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.