Brave Asset Management Inc. decreased its position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 3.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 46,246 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after selling 1,503 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up 3.2% of Brave Asset Management Inc.'s holdings, making the stock its 11th biggest holding. Brave Asset Management Inc.'s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $10,146,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Rench Wealth Management Inc. increased its stake in Amazon.com by 7.9% in the third quarter. Rench Wealth Management Inc. now owns 50,403 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $9,392,000 after purchasing an additional 3,703 shares in the last quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com by 9.7% in the third quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 184,594 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $34,395,000 after purchasing an additional 16,392 shares in the last quarter. Blankinship & Foster LLC increased its stake in Amazon.com by 216.4% in the third quarter. Blankinship & Foster LLC now owns 6,930 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $1,291,000 after purchasing an additional 4,740 shares in the last quarter. Umpqua Bank increased its stake in Amazon.com by 0.4% in the third quarter. Umpqua Bank now owns 35,120 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $6,544,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares in the last quarter. Finally, One Wealth Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com in the fourth quarter valued at $4,270,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company's stock.

In related news, Director Daniel P. Huttenlocher sold 1,237 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.06, for a total transaction of $246,237.22. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 24,912 shares in the company, valued at $4,958,982.72. This represents a 4.73 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Jeffrey P. Bezos sold 2,996,362 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, November 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $208.85, for a total transaction of $625,790,203.70. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 917,416,976 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $191,602,535,437.60. The trade was a 0.33 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 6,032,344 shares of company stock valued at $1,253,456,822 over the last quarter. Insiders own 10.80% of the company's stock.

AMZN has been the subject of several recent research reports. Scotiabank boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $246.00 to $306.00 and gave the stock a "sector outperform" rating in a research report on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $197.00 to $212.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Moffett Nathanson boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $235.00 to $248.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $236.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Finally, Evercore ISI boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-two have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $249.46.

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Shares of Amazon.com stock opened at $235.50 on Tuesday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $151.61 and a 12-month high of $236.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.48 trillion, a PE ratio of 50.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The stock's fifty day moving average is $220.27 and its 200-day moving average is $197.44.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.43 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.29. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 22.41% and a net margin of 8.04%. The firm had revenue of $158.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $157.28 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.85 earnings per share. Amazon.com's quarterly revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 5.39 earnings per share for the current year.

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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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