Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s stock price traded up 0.2% during mid-day trading on Tuesday after Truist Financial raised their price target on the stock from $195.00 to $216.00. Truist Financial currently has a buy rating on the stock. Amazon.com traded as high as $184.70 and last traded at $184.02. 10,940,023 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 74% from the average session volume of 42,826,176 shares. The stock had previously closed at $183.62.
Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $220.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Wednesday, April 10th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised their target price on Amazon.com from $175.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 2nd. Moffett Nathanson reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $228.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Thursday, April 11th. DA Davidson increased their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $200.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 10th. Finally, Evercore ISI boosted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 2nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-four have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $202.80.
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Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amazon.com
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Fiduciary Planning LLC lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 1.5% during the first quarter. Fiduciary Planning LLC now owns 349 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $1,138,000 after purchasing an additional 5 shares in the last quarter. HBC Financial Services PLLC increased its stake in Amazon.com by 0.8% in the 1st quarter. HBC Financial Services PLLC now owns 616 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $1,717,000 after buying an additional 5 shares during the last quarter. Meridian Investment Counsel Inc. lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 3.4% during the 1st quarter. Meridian Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 151 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $492,000 after buying an additional 5 shares in the last quarter. Alterna Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 1.8% in the 1st quarter. Alterna Wealth Management Inc. now owns 289 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $942,000 after buying an additional 5 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Archetype Wealth Partners boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 3.7% in the 1st quarter. Archetype Wealth Partners now owns 169 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $552,000 after buying an additional 6 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Amazon.com Trading Down 1.1 %
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The company has a market capitalization of $1.89 trillion, a P/E ratio of 62.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.16. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $177.09 and a 200-day moving average price of $156.36.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 1st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.81 by $0.19. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 16.61% and a net margin of 5.29%. The firm had revenue of $169.96 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $165.96 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.21 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 4.08 earnings per share for the current year.
About Amazon.com
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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