What is Roth Capital’s Estimate for Amazon.com Q1 Earnings?

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital raised their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Amazon.com in a report released on Monday, December 9th. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now anticipates that the e-commerce giant will earn $1.47 per share for the quarter, up from their prior 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.

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

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. JMP Securities lifted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $265.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Benchmark boosted their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $200.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $197.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $230.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Amazon.com from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-one have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $237.42.

Amazon.com Price Performance

AMZN opened at $230.26 on Tuesday. 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 stock has a market capitalization 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 stock’s 50 day moving average price is $198.98 and its 200-day moving average price is $188.78. Amazon.com has a 52-week low of $144.05 and a 52-week high of $231.20.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com

In related news, Director Jonathan Rubinstein sold 4,351 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $229.85, for a total transaction of $1,000,077.35. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 88,203 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,273,459.55. The trade was a 4.70 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 2,190 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $195.00, for a total transaction of $427,050.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 62,420 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,171,900. The trade was 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 valued at $1,253,883,872. Insiders own 10.80% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amazon.com

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Alternative Investment Advisors LLC. lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Alternative Investment Advisors LLC. now owns 10,164 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $1,894,000 after buying an additional 215 shares in the last quarter. DGS Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 4.3% during the third quarter. DGS Capital Management LLC now owns 25,410 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $4,735,000 after acquiring an additional 1,039 shares during the period. Copley Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the third quarter valued at about $705,000. Milestone Resources Group Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 31.9% in the third quarter. Milestone Resources Group Ltd now owns 1,183,916 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $220,599,000 after acquiring an additional 286,141 shares during the period. Finally, FFG Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 0.3% during the third 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. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.