National Pension Service Has $3.75 Billion Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

National Pension Service raised its holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 1.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 17,083,851 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after buying an additional 163,325 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up approximately 3.5% of National Pension Service's portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. National Pension Service owned 0.16% of Amazon.com worth $3,748,026,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of AMZN. Quattro Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 23.8% in the 4th quarter. Quattro Financial Advisors LLC now owns 234 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. White Wing Wealth Management boosted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. White Wing Wealth Management now owns 1,972 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $433,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. MBM Wealth Consultants LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. MBM Wealth Consultants LLC now owns 8,578 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $1,889,000 after acquiring an additional 48 shares during the period. Semus Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in 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 purchasing an additional 49 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GGM Financials LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 2.1% in the fourth quarter. GGM Financials LLC now owns 2,463 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $540,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock.

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Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on Amazon.com from $220.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, December 13th. Telsey Advisory Group restated an "outperform" rating and set a $275.00 target price on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $230.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Sanford C. Bernstein upped their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $235.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Finally, Loop Capital boosted their price target on Amazon.com from $275.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-two have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $260.11.

Insider Transactions at Amazon.com

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Douglas J. Herrington sold 27,500 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $230.27, for a total value of $6,332,425.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 497,067 shares of the company's stock, valued at $114,459,618.09. The trade was a 5.24 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 20,784 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $220.65, for a total transaction of $4,585,989.60. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,118,886 shares in the company, valued at $467,532,195.90. This trade represents a 0.97 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 102,298 shares of company stock valued at $22,871,828. Insiders own 10.80% of the company's stock.

Amazon.com Stock Down 2.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ:AMZN traded down $4.14 during trading on Monday, hitting $188.58. The company's stock had a trading volume of 32,306,674 shares, compared to its average volume of 39,807,073. The company has a market capitalization of $2.00 trillion, a PE ratio of 34.12, a PEG ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.19. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $151.61 and a fifty-two week high of $242.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.06. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $216.86 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $209.25.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.34. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 24.25% and a net margin of 9.29%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 EPS 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.