Roth Capital Has Strong Estimate for Amazon.com Q1 Earnings

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital boosted their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Amazon.com in a research note issued to investors on Monday, December 9th. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now anticipates that the e-commerce giant will post earnings per share of $1.47 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.

A number of other research firms have also recently weighed in on AMZN. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $197.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $236.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on Amazon.com from $225.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on Amazon.com from $224.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Benchmark lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $200.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-one have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $237.42.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $225.04 on Tuesday. Amazon.com has a fifty-two week low of $143.64 and a fifty-two week high of $230.08. The company’s 50-day moving average is $198.19 and its 200 day moving average is $188.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.09. The company has a market capitalization of $2.37 trillion, a P/E ratio of 48.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.16.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.43 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.29. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 22.41% and a net margin of 8.04%. The business had revenue of $158.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $157.28 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.85 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Activity

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 15,260 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.19, for a total value of $3,054,899.40. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 349,261 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $69,918,559.59. This trade represents a 4.19 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 5,502 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.81, for a total transaction of $1,132,366.62. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 518,911 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $106,797,072.91. This trade represents a 1.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 6,030,183 shares of company stock valued at $1,252,883,795. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of AMZN. DGS Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 4.3% in the 3rd quarter. DGS Capital Management LLC now owns 25,410 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $4,735,000 after buying an additional 1,039 shares during the last quarter. Copley Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in Amazon.com in the third quarter valued at $705,000. Milestone Resources Group Ltd increased its position in Amazon.com by 31.9% during the 3rd quarter. Milestone Resources Group Ltd now owns 1,183,916 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $220,599,000 after purchasing an additional 286,141 shares during the period. FFG Partners LLC raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. FFG Partners LLC now owns 61,275 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $11,417,000 after purchasing an additional 210 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dantai Capital Ltd lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 10.6% in the 3rd quarter. Dantai Capital Ltd now owns 30,415 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $5,667,000 after purchasing an additional 2,925 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

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.