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AMZN

LONGSHORTINSIDER SELLCONGRESS BUYCONGRESS SELL

AMAZON COM INC

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🗄 Viewing archived Q1 2026 data — frozen, no longer refreshed.

Buyers
5
7.50
Sellers
4
4.70
vs SPY
+6.4%
Stock return (since Q-end)
+26.1%
SPY return (since Q-end)
+19.7%
Current price
$262.65
Days to cover (short int.)
1.9d-7.6%
as of 2026-07-31

News Summary

Neutral

Amazon delivered exceptional Q2 earnings (EPS $5.75 vs. $1.82 consensus) with 20% revenue growth and AWS surging 37% to $42.2B, though results were significantly boosted by a $53.4B Anthropic investment gain. However, Q3 guidance disappointed, CapEx was raised to $220B annually amid AI infrastructure spending, free cash flow turned negative (-$7.6B TTM), and the company faces multiple regulatory headwinds including an imminent FTC antitrust trial.

Red flags

  • Q3 2026 guidance ($197-202B) came in below analyst expectations despite strong Q2 beat
  • Free cash flow turned negative at -$7.6B TTM due to massive CapEx acceleration ($54.2B in Q3 alone)
  • CapEx guidance raised to $220B for 2026 (from $200B), representing unsustainable capital intensity and execution risk
  • FTC antitrust trial scheduled with 'Project Nessie' allegations could result in material operating restrictions
  • Q2 EPS beat heavily dependent on $53.4B Anthropic investment gain — underlying operating performance less clear
  • 16,000 layoffs announced under 'Project Dawn' along with prior cuts (28,000-30,000 total) signal efficiency concerns despite AI claims
  • EU Digital Markets Act restrictions on data usage and Buy Box presentation may constrain advertising and marketplace growth
  • AWS backlog at $496B is strong but EU regulatory changes threaten government contract access

Funds Buying (5)

FundManagerShares Held∆ SharesPosition Value% of FundQoQStatus
Pershing SquareBill Ackman11.5M+1.8M$2.4B17.4%+19%Existing
Appaloosa LPDavid Tepper4.3M+2.1M$900M15.2%+98%Existing
Baupost GroupSeth Klarman3.1M+997K$650M12.7%+47%Existing
D1 CapitalDan Sundheim1.8M+467K$376M3.4%+35%Existing
Glenview CapitalLarry Robbins1.1M+150K$221M6.0%+17%Existing

Shares Held and Position Value reflect total quarter-end holdings. ∆ Shares is the change from the prior quarter. % of Fund is the position's share of the fund's reported equity portfolio — it drives the size weighting in the conviction score.

Portfolio Context

Where AMZN ranks in each buying fund's book, and the positions immediately around it. What a holding sits next to often says more about the thesis than the position size does.

Appaloosa LP

position #1 of this fund's book

  1. 1AMAZON COM INC$900M
  2. 2MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC$563M
  3. 3ALPHABET INC$497M
  4. 4UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC$456M
Baupost Group

position #1 of this fund's book

  1. 1AMAZON COM INC$650M
  2. 2RESTAURANT BRANDS INTL INC$597M
  3. 3WESCO INTL INC$393M
  4. 4UNION PAC CORP$374M
Pershing Square

position #2 of this fund's book

  1. 1BROOKFIELD CORP$2,416M
  2. 2AMAZON COM INC$2,385M
  3. 3UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC$2,155M
  4. 4MICROSOFT CORP$2,093M
  5. 5RESTAURANT BRANDS INTL INC$1,674M
Glenview Capital

position #4 of this fund's book

  1. 1CVS HEALTH CORP$589M
  2. 2GLOBAL PMTS INC$428M
  3. 3TENET HEALTHCARE CORP$288M
  4. 4AMAZON COM INC$221M
  5. 5TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS LTD$201M
  6. 6THE CIGNA GROUP$133M
  7. 7ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC$132M
D1 Capital

position #8 of this fund's book

  1. 5FLOWSERVE CORP$432M
  2. 6US FOODS HLDG CORP$395M
  3. 7CLEAN HARBORS INC$384M
  4. 8AMAZON COM INC$376M
  5. 9NU HLDGS LTD$372M
  6. 10THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC$356M
  7. 11SOMNIGROUP INTERNATIONAL INC$347M

Values are quarter-end position sizes. Shown only for funds where AMZN ranks inside their 40 largest equity positions — below that, neighbouring names carry no signal. Adjacency is an inference about a fund's reasoning, not a disclosure of it.

Funds Reducing / Exiting (4)

FundManagerShares Held∆ SharesPosition Value% of FundQoQStatus
Viking GlobalAndreas Halvorsen1.2M-1,931,509$249M1.9%-62%Existing
Duquesne Family OfficeStanley Druckenmiller46K-691,720$10M4.0%-94%Existing
Berkshire HathawayWarren Buffett0−2.3M0.2%-100%EXITED
Lone Pine CapitalSteve Mandel0−2.4M4.1%-100%EXITED

Shares Held reflects quarter-end positions for partial reductions. Funds that fully exited show 0 shares held. ∆ Shares is the change from the prior quarter. % of Fund is the prior-quarter position size — how much of the book was sold down.

Signal History

QuarterDirectionFundsScorevs SPY
Q2 2026LONG1016.28+7.0%
Q1 2026SHORT44.70+6.4%
Q1 2026LONG57.50+6.4%

Same issuer appearing in consecutive quarters — persistent institutional conviction. Returns are frozen at each archived quarter's last refresh.

Insider Activity

NameTitleTypeSharesPriceValueFiledSrc
BEZOS JEFFREY PExecutive ChairSELL1.2M$286.41$346.45M2026-08-03
Herrington Douglas JCEO Worldwide Amazon StoresSELL1K$278.39$0.28M2026-08-03
Herrington Douglas JCEO Worldwide Amazon StoresSELL1K$239.77$0.24M2026-07-01
Herrington Douglas JCEO Worldwide Amazon StoresSELL1K$266.19$0.27M2026-06-01
Zapolsky DavidSenior Vice PresidentSELL9K$268.53$2.49M2026-05-22
Jassy Andrew RPresident and CEOSELL300$265.61$0.08M2026-05-21
Garman Matthew SCEO Amazon Web ServicesSELL4K$261.93$1.12M2026-05-21
Garman Matthew SCEO Amazon Web ServicesSELL5K$263.18$1.20M2026-05-21
Garman Matthew SCEO Amazon Web ServicesSELL4K$264.03$0.97M2026-05-21
Garman Matthew SCEO Amazon Web ServicesSELL3K$264.95$0.67M2026-05-21
Garman Matthew SCEO Amazon Web ServicesSELL433$265.64$0.12M2026-05-21
Herrington Douglas JCEO Worldwide Amazon StoresSELL4K$261.88$1.10M2026-05-21
Herrington Douglas JCEO Worldwide Amazon StoresSELL1K$263.12$0.36M2026-05-21
Herrington Douglas JCEO Worldwide Amazon StoresSELL800$263.85$0.21M2026-05-21
Zapolsky DavidSenior Vice PresidentSELL2K$261.96$0.42M2026-05-21
Zapolsky DavidSenior Vice PresidentSELL2K$263.17$0.51M2026-05-21
Zapolsky DavidSenior Vice PresidentSELL2K$264.12$0.43M2026-05-21
Zapolsky DavidSenior Vice PresidentSELL1$265.72$0.00M2026-05-21
Reynolds ShelleyVice PresidentSELL2K$261.83$0.42M2026-05-21
Reynolds ShelleyVice PresidentSELL463$263.25$0.12M2026-05-21
Reynolds ShelleyVice PresidentSELL300$263.99$0.08M2026-05-21
Zapolsky DavidSenior Vice PresidentSELL1K$265.12$0.27M2026-05-21
Jassy Andrew RPresident and CEOSELL5K$261.95$1.36M2026-05-21
Jassy Andrew RPresident and CEOSELL5K$263.10$1.38M2026-05-21
Jassy Andrew RPresident and CEOSELL6K$263.95$1.50M2026-05-21
Jassy Andrew RPresident and CEOSELL4K$264.97$0.95M2026-05-21
Garman Matthew SCEO Amazon Web ServicesSELL3K$261.79$0.89M2026-05-15
Garman Matthew SCEO Amazon Web ServicesSELL6K$262.85$1.62M2026-05-15
Garman Matthew SCEO Amazon Web ServicesSELL2K$263.57$0.51M2026-05-15
Herrington Douglas JCEO Worldwide Amazon StoresSELL1K$261.74$0.27M2026-05-15
Herrington Douglas JCEO Worldwide Amazon StoresSELL2K$262.73$0.55M2026-05-15
Herrington Douglas JCEO Worldwide Amazon StoresSELL600$263.57$0.16M2026-05-15
Jassy Andrew RPresident and CEOSELL31K$275.00$8.62M2026-05-04
Herrington Douglas JCEO Worldwide Amazon StoresSELL28K$275.00$7.56M2026-05-04
Herrington Douglas JCEO Worldwide Amazon StoresSELL1K$265.65$0.27M2026-05-01
RUBINSTEIN JONATHANSELL4K$273.02$1.01M2026-04-30
RUBINSTEIN JONATHANSELL4K$260.00$1.00M2026-04-24
Jassy Andrew RPresident and CEOSELL31K$255.00$7.91M2026-04-17
Herrington Douglas JCEO Worldwide Amazon StoresSELL21K$245.00$5.02M2026-04-14
Herrington Douglas JCEO Worldwide Amazon StoresSELL1K$210.50$0.21M2026-04-01

Congressional Trading

MemberChamberStateTypeAmount RangeTransaction DateFiledSrc
Matthew Robert Van EppshouseTN07SELL$1,001 - $15,0002026-06-162026-06-17
Daniel CrenshawhouseTX02SELL$1,001 - $15,0002026-06-012026-07-16
Alan ArmstrongsenateBUY$15,001 - $50,0002026-03-272026-07-21

Periodic Transaction Reports filed under the STOCK Act. Amounts are disclosed as ranges, not exact dollar figures.