TCTC Holdings LLC Decreases Stock Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

TCTC Holdings LLC decreased its position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 3.1% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 191,079 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 6,157 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up 1.3% of TCTC Holdings LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest holding. TCTC Holdings LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $44,105,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. MilWealth Group LLC raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 79.0% during the fourth quarter. MilWealth Group LLC now owns 179 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 95.6% in the 4th quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 221 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 108 shares in the last quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2,330.0% in the 3rd quarter. Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC now owns 243 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $53,000 after buying an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Amazon.com by 23.5% in the 2nd quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $54,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Strategic Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Amazon.com during the 4th quarter worth $68,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

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Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have commented on AMZN. Tigress Financial lifted their price target on Amazon.com from $305.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 25th. Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on Amazon.com from $265.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Benchmark lifted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $275.00 to $370.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $320.00 price target (up from $245.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Fifty-seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $312.78.

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Amazon.com Trading Up 1.5%

Shares of AMZN opened at $241.51 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $196.00 and a twelve month high of $278.56. The company has a current ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.60 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.89, a PEG ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.44. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $252.93 and its two-hundred day moving average is $233.59.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZNGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $2.78 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.63 by $1.15. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 19.92% and a net margin of 12.22%.The business had revenue of $181.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $177.28 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.59 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 7.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 15,467 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $263.40, for a total transaction of $4,074,007.80. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 14,159 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,729,480.60. This represents a 52.21% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 27,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.00, for a total value of $7,562,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 471,361 shares in the company, valued at approximately $129,624,275. The trade was a 5.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders sold 195,774 shares of company stock worth $51,614,434. Corporate insiders own 8.90% of the company’s stock.

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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