Moody Lynn & Lieberson LLC lowered its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 2.7% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 242,736 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after selling 6,694 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for 3.0% of Moody Lynn & Lieberson LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest position. Moody Lynn & Lieberson LLC's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $56,028,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 1,740 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $402,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares during the period. IMPACTfolio LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 3.8% during the third quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 1,225 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $269,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. Cadence Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 3.5% during the third quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,328 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $292,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. Union Savings Bank grew its position in Amazon.com by 0.4% during the second quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 10,723 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $2,510,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. Finally, Doheny Asset Management CA grew its position in Amazon.com by 0.3% during the second quarter. Doheny Asset Management CA now owns 17,821 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $3,910,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock.
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In other Amazon.com news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 9,405 shares in the company, valued at $1,930,094.10. This represents a 65.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,835 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.82, for a total value of $1,406,779.70. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 522,361 shares in the company, valued at $107,512,341.02. The trade was a 1.29% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 72,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,899,239. Insiders own 9.70% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on AMZN shares. Zacks Research downgraded Amazon.com from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 1st. Citizens Jmp boosted their price target on Amazon.com from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an "outperform" rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. DZ Bank upgraded Amazon.com to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Oppenheimer set a $260.00 price objective on Amazon.com and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $287.39.
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Amazon.com Trading Up 5.6%
NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $233.65 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.05. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $165.29 and a one year high of $258.60. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $211.98 and its 200 day simple moving average is $224.05. The stock has a market cap of $2.51 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 1.38.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by ($0.02). Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.The business had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.02 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.86 EPS. The company's revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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Amazon.com, Inc is a diversified technology and retail company best known for its e-commerce marketplace and broad portfolio of consumer and enterprise services. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company launched as an online bookseller and expanded into a global retail platform that sells products directly to consumers and provides a marketplace for third-party sellers. Over time Amazon has grown beyond retail into areas including cloud computing, digital media, devices and logistics.
Key businesses and offerings include Amazon's online marketplace and fulfillment services, the Amazon Prime membership program (which bundles expedited shipping with streaming and other benefits), Amazon Web Services (AWS) which supplies on-demand cloud computing and storage to businesses and public-sector customers, and a range of content and advertising services such as Prime Video and Amazon Advertising.
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