As Amazon Com (AMZN) Share Price Rose, Beech Hill Advisors Has Lifted Stake; Exxon Mobil (XOM) Stake Has Boosted by Fenimore Asset Management Inc

December 30, 2017 - By wolcottdaily

Beech Hill Advisors Inc increased its stake in Amazon Com Inc (AMZN) by 12.75% based on its latest 2017Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC. Beech Hill Advisors Inc bought 666 shares as the company’s stock rose 13.58% with the market. The institutional investor held 5,890 shares of the consumer services company at the end of 2017Q3, valued at $5.66M, up from 5,224 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Beech Hill Advisors Inc who had been investing in Amazon Com Inc for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $563.54B market cap company. The stock decreased 1.40% or $16.63 during the last trading session, reaching $1169.47. About 2.69M shares traded. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has risen 37.41% since December 30, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 20.71% the S&P500.

Fenimore Asset Management Inc increased its stake in Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) by 50.01% based on its latest 2017Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC. Fenimore Asset Management Inc bought 8,863 shares as the company’s stock rose 0.21% with the market. The institutional investor held 26,584 shares of the integrated oil company at the end of 2017Q3, valued at $2.18 million, up from 17,721 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Fenimore Asset Management Inc who had been investing in Exxon Mobil Corporation for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $354.39B market cap company. The stock decreased 0.45% or $0.38 during the last trading session, reaching $83.64. About 8.52M shares traded. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has declined 9.08% since December 30, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 25.78% the S&P500.

Since August 3, 2017, it had 0 insider buys, and 9 insider sales for $16.47 million activity. Another trade for 1,985 shares valued at $1.96 million was sold by Jassy Andrew R. $2.31M worth of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) was sold by Olsavsky Brian T on Tuesday, August 15. Blackburn Jeffrey M sold $2.05M worth of stock. 544 shares valued at $536,666 were sold by Reynolds Shelley on Tuesday, August 15. Zapolsky David sold $2.30 million worth of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) on Tuesday, August 15.

Among 50 analysts covering Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), 47 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 3 Hold. Therefore 94% are positive. Amazon.com had 240 analyst reports since July 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets with “Outperform” on Friday, April 29. The stock of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, May 31 by J.P. Morgan. The rating was maintained by Maxim Group with “Buy” on Thursday, July 20. The rating was maintained by Stifel Nicolaus with “Buy” on Friday, February 3. The firm earned “Overweight” rating on Friday, October 23 by JP Morgan. Credit Suisse maintained the stock with “Outperform” rating in Tuesday, January 12 report. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Friday, October 27 by Wells Fargo. Goldman Sachs maintained Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) on Monday, October 24 with “Buy” rating. The stock has “Buy” rating by Needham on Friday, October 27. Mizuho maintained it with “Buy” rating and $685 target in Friday, January 29 report.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.26 in 2017 Q3. Its down 0.10, from 1.36 in 2017Q2. It worsened, as 73 investors sold AMZN shares while 549 reduced holdings. 127 funds opened positions while 657 raised stakes. 279.77 million shares or 1.91% less from 285.20 million shares in 2017Q2 were reported. Hilltop holds 446 shares or 0.13% of its portfolio. 4,474 are owned by Savant Capital Ltd Liability. Eagle Mngmt owns 1.34 million shares or 4.96% of their US portfolio. Cibc Asset Mngmt Incorporated owns 65,072 shares for 0.39% of their portfolio. Jacobus Wealth holds 228 shares or 0.06% of its portfolio. 339 are owned by Spinnaker Trust. Granite Partners Ltd Liability Company has invested 1.27% in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). Friess Assoc Limited Co holds 20,544 shares. Whale Rock Cap Mgmt Limited Liability Com reported 8.87% stake. State Board Of Administration Of Florida Retirement holds 1.5% in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) or 573,223 shares. Rech & accumulated 102 shares. Fiduciary Trust stated it has 31,442 shares. Strs Ohio holds 1.5% or 362,439 shares in its portfolio. Moreover, Bridgecreek has 3.15% invested in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). Breton Hill Ltd invested 0.25% in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN).

Investors sentiment is 0.85 in Q3 2017. Its the same as in 2017Q2. It has no change, as 57 investors sold XOM shares while 806 reduced holdings. only 114 funds opened positions while 621 raised stakes. 2.13 billion shares or 0.48% more from 2.12 billion shares in 2017Q2 were reported. 47,243 were reported by Colony Llc. Croft accumulated 23,637 shares. Srb accumulated 1.24 million shares. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt reported 167,994 shares. Utd Automobile Association has invested 0.56% in Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM). Cullen Frost Bankers Inc stated it has 2.33% of its portfolio in Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM). Montecito Savings Bank stated it has 33,987 shares or 0.97% of all its holdings. D Scott Neal Incorporated has invested 0.11% of its portfolio in Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM). The Texas-based Fruth Inv Mngmt has invested 2.31% in Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM). Lafayette Invs accumulated 89,767 shares or 2.74% of the stock. American Century invested 0.4% of its portfolio in Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM). Lakeview Limited Co holds 1.33% of its portfolio in Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) for 20,210 shares. Reik & Ltd Com holds 2.52% of its portfolio in Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) for 92,110 shares. Fairfield Bush Com holds 0.76% of its portfolio in Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) for 29,760 shares. Amer Invest Serv has 2.52% invested in Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM).

Since August 4, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 6 insider sales for $5.32 million activity. Corson Bradley W also sold $1.62M worth of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) shares. Franklin Robert Stuart also sold $1.81 million worth of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) shares. Milton Bryan W sold $606,082 worth of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) on Tuesday, December 12. Chapman Neil A sold $996,628 worth of stock or 12,000 shares. 1,100 shares were sold by REINEMUND STEVEN, worth $88,253.

Among 26 analysts covering Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), 10 have Buy rating, 6 Sell and 10 Hold. Therefore 38% are positive. Exxon Mobil had 79 analyst reports since July 22, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. On Thursday, June 2 the stock rating was downgraded by Bank of America to “Neutral”. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Monday, October 9 by RBC Capital Markets. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Friday, June 23 by Jefferies. The firm has “Neutral” rating given on Monday, October 31 by Goldman Sachs. The firm earned “Hold” rating on Tuesday, March 29 by Deutsche Bank. On Wednesday, November 18 the stock rating was downgraded by Raymond James to “Underperform”. TD Securities maintained Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) rating on Thursday, August 6. TD Securities has “Hold” rating and $52 target. The firm earned “Underperform” rating on Wednesday, October 18 by Morgan Stanley. The firm has “Sector Outperform” rating given on Monday, June 5 by Howard Weil. BMO Capital Markets maintained it with “Hold” rating and $7800 target in Monday, June 26 report.