Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Position Reduced by Crow s Nest Holdings LP

Crow s Nest Holdings LP cut its holdings in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 19.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 550,000 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after selling 130,000 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up approximately 25.5% of Crow s Nest Holdings LP's portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Crow s Nest Holdings LP's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $120,664,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cable Hill Partners LLC grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Cable Hill Partners LLC now owns 9,588 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $2,104,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the period. Quattro Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 23.8% during the fourth quarter. Quattro Financial Advisors LLC now owns 234 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $51,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. Northern Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Northern Capital Management Inc. now owns 7,353 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $1,613,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. White Wing Wealth Management boosted its position in Amazon.com by 2.4% during the fourth quarter. White Wing Wealth Management now owns 1,972 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $433,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MBM Wealth Consultants LLC boosted its position in Amazon.com by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. MBM Wealth Consultants LLC now owns 8,578 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $1,889,000 after purchasing an additional 48 shares in the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Amazon.com news, Director Keith Brian Alexander sold 1,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.68, for a total transaction of $210,680.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 5,465 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,151,366.20. This represents a 15.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 2,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $187.99, for a total transaction of $469,975.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 509,474 shares in the company, valued at $95,776,017.26. This represents a 0.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 118,749 shares of company stock valued at $24,197,235. 9.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Amazon.com Stock Performance

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $200.99 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $2.13 trillion, a P/E ratio of 36.35, a PEG ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.30. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $190.05 and its 200 day simple moving average is $208.81. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $151.61 and a twelve month high of $242.52. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.38 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $155.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $154.96 billion. Amazon.com had a net margin of 9.29% and a return on equity of 24.25%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.98 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts forecast that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have issued reports on AMZN. Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Scotiabank lowered their price target on Amazon.com from $306.00 to $250.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Amazon.com from $220.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Westpark Capital reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $280.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price target on Amazon.com from $235.00 to $230.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and forty-four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $244.09.

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.

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