ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd Sells 108,722 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd reduced its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZNFree Report) by 13.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 675,608 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 108,722 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up approximately 3.3% of ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest position. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $148,354,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Amazon.com by 2.1% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 849,721,601 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $186,420,422,000 after purchasing an additional 17,447,045 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.4% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 374,097,285 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $82,073,203,000 after purchasing an additional 5,163,208 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 216,717,657 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $47,332,625,000 after purchasing an additional 3,721,658 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $27,438,011,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp grew its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 97,379,134 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $18,527,354,000 after buying an additional 302,858 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 10,649 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.43, for a total transaction of $2,187,624.07. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 41,190 shares in the company, valued at $8,461,661.70. This trade represents a 20.54% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total value of $4,077,336.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,238,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $459,217,051.24. This represents a 0.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739 in the last quarter. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

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Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AMZN has been the topic of several analyst reports. Citigroup reduced their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $320.00 to $265.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Oppenheimer set a $260.00 target price on Amazon.com and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Evercore decreased their price target on Amazon.com from $335.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $287.29.

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Amazon.com Stock Down 2.6%

NASDAQ:AMZN opened at $213.31 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $224.83 and its two-hundred day moving average is $227.22. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 52 week low of $161.38 and a 52 week high of $258.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.29 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.40.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZNGet 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 firm had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.86 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS for the current year.

About Amazon.com

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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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