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Brown Advisory Inc. Reduces Stock Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

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(NASDAQ:AMZN) by 1.1% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 13,899,337 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 150,677 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com makes up 3.9% of Brown Advisory Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Brown Advisory Inc.’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $3,049,376,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in AMZN. Momentous Wealth Management Inc. bought a new stake in Amazon.com in the 4th quarter valued at $749,000. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com by 14.3% in the 4th quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC now owns 317,114 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $69,572,000 after acquiring an additional 39,696 shares during the period. Evergreen Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC now owns 242,550 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $53,213,000 after acquiring an additional 1,198 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its stake in Amazon.com by 173.6% in the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 3,461,573 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $759,434,000 after acquiring an additional 2,196,353 shares during the period. Finally, Keyvantage Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com in the 4th quarter valued at $2,735,000. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

In other news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 6,843 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.77, for a total transaction of $1,373,869.11. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 519,550 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $104,310,053.50. This trade represents a 1.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 19,212 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.50, for a total value of $4,178,610.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 49,950 shares in the company, valued at $10,864,125. The trade was a 27.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 118,749 shares of company stock worth $24,197,235 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

AMZN has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Truist Financial dropped their price target on Amazon.com from $265.00 to $230.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 10th. Phillip Securities cut Amazon.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Monday, February 10th. Tigress Financial increased their price target on Amazon.com from $290.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th. Scotiabank dropped their price target on Amazon.com from $306.00 to $250.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 21st. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on Amazon.com from $207.00 to $203.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 25th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and forty-four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Amazon.com has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $244.09.

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Amazon.com stock opened at $200.99 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $151.61 and a 12-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. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $190.05 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $208.80. The stock has a market cap of $2.13 trillion, a PE ratio of 36.35, a P/E/G ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.30.

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