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Explore thousands of hedge fund pitches, high-conviction equity research memos, and portfolio manager commentary extracted from quarterly letters.
Explore thousands of hedge fund pitches, high-conviction equity research memos, and portfolio manager commentary extracted from quarterly letters.
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| Pitch Type | Author | Industry | Pitch Thesis & Key Summary | Bull/Bear | Action | ||
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| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Daniel ShvartsmanMiddle Coast Investing LLC | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Middle Coast Investing - AMZN Amazon is included in the hyperscalers basket - the top of the line in the AI value chain. These companies are... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | David A. Rolfe, Michael X. Quigley, Christopher T. JersanWedgewood Partners | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Wedgewood Partners - AMZN As we have noted before, Amazon is another member of this elite group generating high returns, and we think it is being quite rational by rapidly compounding its asset base at these returns. During the quarter,... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | David SteinthalL1 Capital International Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | L1 Capital International Fund - AMZN TSMC contributed more than 2.0% to the Fund's returns (measured in A$), while Amazon.com contributed around 1.0%. We remain excited... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Jay WinthropDouglass Winthrop | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Douglass Winthrop - AMZN Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon, all three of which are core DWA investments, are the largest owners of data centers that power AI. These companies represent... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Alain ChungClaret Asset Management | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Claret Asset Management - AMZN Between Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft, they have committed over USD 725 Billion in capital spending in 2026 and promise even more in the years to come. Amazon is projected... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Vulcan Value Partners, LLCVulcan Value Partners - Focus | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Vulcan Value Partners Focus - AMZN Amazon.com reported strong results during the first quarter. AWS revenue growth... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Vulcan Value Partners LLCVulcan Value Partners Focus Plus | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Vulcan Value Partners Focus Plus - AMZN Amazon.com reported strong results during the first quarter. AWS revenue growth... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | David SteinthalPlatinum International Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Platinum International Fund - AMZN Amazon.com contributed around 1.0%. We remain excited... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Alan BreedEdgewood Management | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Edgewood Management - AMZN AWS is the growth engine: primary profit driver (~57% of 2025 op. income), re-accelerating on... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Wolf of Harcourt StreetThe Wolf of Harcourt Street | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | The Wolf of Harcourt Street - AMZN I also added to AMZN as the stock gave back most of its gains and now trades roughly flat for the year. Last week, reports... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Richard J. Milton | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | 103 Advisory group - AMZN AI-related spending on data centers, chips, and networking equipment accounted for about 0.8% of U.S. GDP in the first quarter of 2026, helping push total computing infrastructure investment to 1.5% of GDP—more than double its average share between 2015 and 2022. Effectively, the AI... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Murray StahlHorizon Kinetics | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Horizon Kinetics - AMZN Amazon's capital spending for AI data centers is rising dramatically, it has just about transitioned from free-cash-flow positive to negative, and it's begun to engage in large-scale borrowing. These are changes... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Aziz HamzaogullariLoomis Sayles Global Growth Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund - AMZN Online retailer Amazon offers millions of products – sold by Amazon or by third parties – with the value proposition to consumers of selection, price, and convenience. Amazon's enterprise IT... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | William A. AckmanPershing Square Holdings | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Pershing Square Holdings - AMZN Amazon's share price increased 3% year-to-date as of June 30, 2026. As with our... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Joe FrankenfieldSaga Partners | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Saga Partners - AMZN Amazon provides a useful contrast. Jeff Bezos recognized... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Daniel OliverMyrmikan Research | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Myrmikan Research - AMZN Amazon's CEO boasted in the company's most recent earnings release that the company's web services division grew 36.7% year over year while revenue grew 20% to $200 billion, with $496 billion in backlog orders. Net income increased... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Kyle TushausNew West Capital | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | New West Capital - AMZN Amazon has run the same capital-heavy playbook, and for years it earned roughly its hurdle and no more. Its spread even... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Dr. Mathias SaggauMSA Capital | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Short AMZN (Amazon.com, Inc.) The manager justifies selling Amazon in 2016, arguing that the company's customer-obsessed culture has degraded into a cluttered, ad-driven platform that exploits consumer inertia. Additionally, structural shifts... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Anthony BaillyRothschild & Co LongRun Equity Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Long AMZN (Amazon.com, Inc.) The fund established a new position in Amazon, viewing it as an undervalued quality giant rather than a turnaround story. Key drivers include... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Daniel BarkerApis Global Discovery Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Short AMZN (Amazon.com, Inc.) The manager uses Amazon to critique the fragile rally in mega-cap technology stocks, arguing that its surge is based on minor upward sales revisions rather than sustainable growth. Trading at 39x... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Aamer Khan and Cyril MalakQualivian Investment Partners | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Long AMZN (Amazon.com, Inc.) Amazon delivered expanding operating margins and steady AWS growth during Q2 despite a modest revenue miss and cautious near-term guidance. The manager remains... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | YCG TeamYCG Investment | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Short AMZN (Amazon.com, Inc.) The manager points out that major tech companies are now funding their massive AI infrastructure investments with debt rather than organic free cash flow. This shifts their... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Amy P. RaskinChevy Chase Trust | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Short AMZN (Amazon.com Inc.) The manager has significantly reduced exposure to mega-cap technology stocks due to growing skepticism over the near-term return on capital for massive artificial intelligence investments. While these firms... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLCMeridian Hedged Equity Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Long AMZN (Amazon.com, Inc.) Amazon achieved record operating margins and exceeded earnings estimates due to strong results from its AWS cloud segment and retail cost efficiencies. Despite a pullback... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | John W. RogersAriel Appreciation Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Long AMZN (Amazon.com, Inc.) Amazon is classified as one of the primary 'Magnificent Seven' companies driving broad market performance. | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Andrew MackenMontaka Global Investments | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Long AMZN (Amazon.com, Inc.) Amazon's cloud business AWS position it as a core beneficiary of the global expansion in artificial intelligence infrastructure. Despite recent price... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Zeno Equity Partners LLPZeno | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Long AMZN (Amazon.com, Inc.) The manager outlines a high-conviction long position in Amazon, identifying it as the fund's sole mega-cap technology investment. The investment is... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Daniel BarkerApis Flagship Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Short AMZN (Amazon) The manager argues that Amazon's stock rally is built on fragile assumptions of rising sales and earnings that have already priced in minor positive revisions. Trading at a... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Silas Myers and Brian MasseyMar Vista Global Equity Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Long AMZN (Amazon.com, Inc.) Amazon demonstrated record operating margins across AWS and International Retail alongside strong Q4 operating income guidance. Growth opportunities in... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Stuart Pearce, Alexis DelloyeAlluvium Global Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Long AMZN (Amazon) We have long admired Amazon. Its Day 1... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Burke Wealth Managament The Focused Growth Strategy - AMZN Jeff Bezos told a story in a recent interview of the early days at Amazon when one of his more senior Board members pulled him aside and told him he had just enough good ideas to bankrupt his company. | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | The Ironvine Investment TeamIronvine Capital Partners | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Long AMZN (Amazon) Our largest investment, Amazon, is a good example of this phenomenon. | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Pratik KodialTapasya Investment Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Tapasya Investment Fund - AMZN The fund established a substantial stake in Amazon, positioning it as their second-largest holding due to robust performance tailwinds in AWS and its growing $70B advertising business. The manager also... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Christina Siegel MalbonPatient Capital Management | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Long AMZN (Amazon.com, Inc.) Held as a core mega-cap holding that remains undervalued despite its massive scale. The manager warningly... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Marc WerresHinde Group | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Long AMZN (Amazon) This quarter's portfolio update covers our position in Amazon.com, Inc. common stock (NASDAQ: AMZN), a compounder investment. | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Glenn D. SurowiecGDS Investments | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Long AMZN (Amazon) Alphabet (NYQ: GOOGL) and Amazon (NYQ: AMZN) remain longstanding mainstays of our portfolio precisely because they are not dependent on a single outcome. | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | VVP Q2 Letter 06.30.26 | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Long AMZN (Amazon.com Inc.) Amazon demonstrated remarkable top-line acceleration driven by AWS, explosive adoption of its Bedrock AI services, and rapid growth in its high-margin custom silicon and advertising operations. Core e-commerce operations... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Seeking Alpha | Seeking Alpha ContributorSeeking Alpha | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Amazon.com, Inc. Amazon's position in the portfolio saw a 25% increase this quarter, reflecting confidence in its growth trajectory. The stock was... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Fund Letter | Marc WerresHinde Group | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Hinde Group - AMZN This quarter's portfolio update covers our position in Amazon.com, Inc. common stock (NASDAQ: AMZN), a compounder investment. Hinde Group has... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Seeking Alpha | Seeking Alpha ContributorSeeking Alpha | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Amazon.com, Inc. Amazon delivered a strong Q2 2026 performance, showcasing robust growth across its e-commerce and AWS divisions. The company achieved... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Fund Letter | Glenn D. SurowiecGDS Investments | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | GDS Investments 2025 Q4 (AMZN) Alphabet (NYQ: GOOGL) and Amazon (NYQ: AMZN) remain longstanding mainstays of our portfolio precisely because they are not dependent on a single outcome. AI can enhance... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Fund Letter | William A. AckmanPershing Square Holdings | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Pershing Square Holdings 2025 Q4 (AMZN) Amidst broader market volatility in April 2025, we were able to opportunistically initiate a position in Amazon at a highly attractive valuation Amazon operates two of the world's great, category-defining franchises AWS is the leading cloud hyperscaler in a highly concentrated market Amazon.com is the largest global e-commerce retailer, enabled by a one-of-a-kind logistics network that fulfills over $700 billion in gross merchandise value annually Both businesses supported by decades-long secular growth trends, occupy dominant market positions, and leverage scale to continually improve their value proposition AI adoption extends and potentially accelerates AWS's growth runway Despite an impressive 20% growth rate in 2025 at a $140 billion run-rate revenue scale, AWS's ability to meet customer demand was limited by capacity constraints We expect the company's planned doubling of datacenter capacity through 2027 to be rapidly absorbed by compute demand from scaling AI inference workloads Structural potential to nearly double retail profitability, driven by increasing mix of higher-margin advertising revenue, network density, and automation initiatives Broad merchandising mix has limited cost impact from tariffs on results to-date BSD Analysis: Amazon is entering 2026 with a massive 200 billion dollar capital expenditure plan aimed at solidifying its dominance in AI infrastructure and supercomputing. AWS remains the... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Fund Letter | Antipodes Global Value Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Antipodes Global Value Fund 2025 Q4 (AMZN) Antipodes increased exposure to Amazon as both its infrastructure and retail businesses continue to win market share while the valuation remains near a 20-year low at roughly 25x EV/EBIT. AWS growth re-accelerated... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Fund Letter | Antipodes Partners LimitedAntipodes Global Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Antipodes Global Fund 2025 Q4 (AMZN) We increased exposure to Amazon and reinitiated a position. Amazon's two key... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Fund Letter | The Ironvine Investment TeamIronvine Capital Partners | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Ironvine Capital Partners 2025 Q4 (AMZN) Amazon is one of the most successful companies ever built, yet with all its accomplishments, we believe its businesses are only growing in importance with the passage of time. Over the last... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Fund Letter | Brown Advisory LLCBrown Advisory Large-Cap Growth Strategy | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Brown Advisory Large-Cap Growth Strategy 2025 Q4 (AMZN) Amazon posted another strong quarter, with sales, operating income, and earnings exceeding consensus expectations. AWS growth accelerated... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Fund Letter | Tsai Capital Corporation | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Tsai Capital 2025 Q4 (AMZN) Established in 1994 by Jeff Bezos within the humble confines of his garage, Amazon has evolved into a colossus that commands unparalleled dominance across its diverse markets. Despite its immense... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Fund Letter | Arne AlsinNightview Capital | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Nightview Capital 2025 Q4 (AMZN) Amazon's strength is often framed primarily through AWS, but the more underappreciated story is embedded in the core e-commerce operation. After years of... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Fund Letter | David A. Rolfe, Michael X. Quigley, Christopher T. JersanWedgewood Partners | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Wedgewood Partners 2025 Q4 (AMZN) We have followed Amazon for many years – and owned its stock in the past. The stock has... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Fund Letter | William C. Nygren, Michael A. Nicolas, Robert F. BierigOakmark Fund | Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN• NASDAQ | Broadline RetailBroadline Retail | Oakmark Fund 2025 Q2 (AMZN) Amazon is the world's largest online retailer and provider of cloud services. The company is... | BULL | View Pitch → |
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