Fiduciary Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 19.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,249 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after buying an additional 1,511 shares during the period. Fiduciary Financial Group LLC's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $2,025,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of AMZN. Semus Wealth Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.3% during the third quarter. Semus Wealth Partners LLC now owns 17,920 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $3,339,000 after buying an additional 49 shares during the period. Bell Investment Advisors Inc increased its position in shares of Amazon.com by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 3,359 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $626,000 after acquiring an additional 51 shares during the period. O Connor Financial Group LLC raised its stake in Amazon.com by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. O Connor Financial Group LLC now owns 2,536 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $473,000 after acquiring an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Cherrydale Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in Amazon.com by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Cherrydale Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,492 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $1,396,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cedar Point Capital Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 4.4% in the third quarter. Cedar Point Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,324 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $247,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock.

A number of analysts have recently commented on AMZN shares. HSBC upped their target price on Amazon.com from $225.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, January 13th. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $236.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $230.00 to $264.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, December 16th. Roth Mkm lifted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on Amazon.com from $230.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-two have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $249.02.

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In related news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 15,260 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.19, for a total transaction of $3,054,899.40. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 349,261 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $69,918,559.59. The trade was a 4.19 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Jonathan Rubinstein sold 5,004 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.85, for a total transaction of $1,000,049.40. Following the transaction, the director now owns 99,396 shares in the company, valued at $19,864,290.60. The trade was a 4.79 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 6,032,344 shares of company stock worth $1,253,456,822 over the last ninety days. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $234.85 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The stock has a market cap of $2.47 trillion, a P/E ratio of 50.29, a P/E/G ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.14. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $220.27 and a two-hundred day moving average of $197.45. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $151.61 and a twelve month high of $236.40.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 quarter last year, the company posted $0.85 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts forecast 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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