Here’s Why Amazon.com (AMZN) Outperformed in the Third Quarter

Alger Capital, an investment management company, released its “Alger Spectra Fund” third quarter investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. In the third quarter, Class A shares of the fund outperformed the Russell 3000 Growth Index. In the quarter, the portfolio’s largest sector overweight was Health Care, and the largest sector underweight was Information Technology. In addition, you can check the top 5 holdings of the fund to know its best picks in 2022.

Alger Capital discussed stocks like Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in its Q3 2022 investor letter. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) provides consumer products and subscriptions. On November 2, 2022, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock closed at $92.12 per share. One-month return of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) was -23.42% and its shares lost 47.01% of their value over the last 52 weeks. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)  has a market capitalization of $939.781 billion.

Alger Capital made the following comment about Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in its Q3 2022 investor letter:

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is a well-known online retailer and cloud computing leader. The company’s amazon web services business provides utility-scale cloud offerings that facilitate corporate America’s transition to digital systems. Shares outperformed during the quarter as investors were encouraged by strong second-quarter performance despite a challenging macroeconomic environment. Moreover, the company’s retail segment was resilient and avoided discounting inventory like some major retailers did. Revenues for the company’s cloud computing segment, amazon web services (AWS), grew faster than analysts’ estimates during the quarter due to continuing corporate demand for digitization. As a result, management provided better-than-expected forward guidance.”

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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is in 2nd position on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 252 hedge fund portfolios held Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) at the end of the second quarter which was 271 in the previous quarter.

We discussed Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in another article and shared the best future food stocks to invest in. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q3 2022 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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