In a recent exclusive interview with Benzinga, Stephanie Link, Chief Investment Strategist & Portfolio Manager at Hightower Advisors, shared her insights into Amazon.com Inc's (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock, making it clear that she's playing the long game with this tech titan.
Seizing The Dip: A Strategic Play On Amazon
Despite a recent dip, Link saw an opportunity in the temporary pullback, saying, "We already had a position in Amazon that has done well. Between their latest earnings report and the dip last week, AMZN traded over -12% lower and there was not a material change in the business."
For Link, the numbers spoke for themselves. She noted Amazon was trading at "12.9x EV/EBITDA & 27.8x P/E," which signaled an entry point to double down on a stock she believes in.
The key factors behind her confidence?
"Amazon continues to have tailwinds behind them from their regional distribution change that is unlocking operating margin growth and cost-cutting," she said.
Factoring in AWS's status as the largest cloud provider with a "multi-billion dollar run rate generative AI business," and the decision to buy more Amazon stock seems like a no-brainer.
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AI – The Game-Changer For Amazon
When asked about Amazon's expanding AI capabilities and their impact on future growth, Link was equally optimistic. "We think that this is a tailwind for Amazon," she said.
Highlighting Amazon's recent AI innovations, she pointed out that AWS has launched "more than twice as many machine learning and generative AI features than all of the other major cloud providers combined" over the past 18 months.
This, coupled with Amazon's new generative AI-powered shopping assistant Rufus, has positioned the company for what Link believes will be significant long-term gains.
Why The Economic Slowdown Doesn't Scare Link
Despite fears of a looming economic slowdown, Link isn't worried about Amazon's resilience.
"There are always headlines out there that promote fear... but we have faith in the data," she said. With Amazon being the largest player in both e-commerce and cloud computing, Link is confident in the company's ability to weather any potential storms, noting that even in a weaker economy, Amazon's innovative edge and dominant market positions give it a distinct advantage.
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在最近接受Benzinga獨家採訪時,Hightower Advisors的首席投資策略師兼投資組合經理Stephanie Link分享了她對亞馬遜公司(納斯達克:AMZN)股票的見解,明確表示她對這家科技巨頭持有長期看好的投資策略。
抓住機會:對亞馬遜的戰略性操作
儘管最近出現了小幅下跌,Link看到了臨時回調中的機會,她表示:「我們已經持有亞馬遜的股票,表現不錯。在他們最新的收益報告和上週的回調之間,AMZN的交易價格下跌超過12%,但業務並沒有出現重大變化。」
對於Link來說,數字證明了一切。她指出,亞馬遜的交易價格爲「12.9倍的企業價值/息稅折舊及攤銷前利潤(EV/EBITDA)和27.8倍的市盈率(P/E)」,這表明了一個加碼的入場點,她對這支股票充滿信心。
她的信心背後的關鍵因素是什麼?
她說:「亞馬遜仍然受益於其區域分銷變革,這使得營業利潤率增長並實現了成本削減。」
考慮到AWS作爲最大的雲服務商,具有「數十億美元的營運率和產生人工智能業務」,再次買入亞馬遜的股票似乎理所當然。
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人工智能 - 亞馬遜的改變者
在被問及亞馬遜不斷擴大的人工智能能力及其對未來增長的影響時,林克同樣持樂觀態度。"我們認爲這對亞馬遜來說是一個助推力," 她說。
她強調了亞馬遜最近的人工智能創新,並指出AWS在過去18個月推出了"比其他所有主要雲計算服務商加起來還多一倍的機器學習和生成式人工智能功能"。
這加上亞馬遜的新生成式人工智能購物助手Rufus,使該公司處於林克認爲將帶來顯著長期收益的位置。
爲何經濟放緩不會讓林克感到害怕
儘管擔心經濟放緩即將來臨,林克並不擔心亞馬遜的韌性。
"總會有一些標題在推動恐懼......但我們對數據有信心," 她說。由於亞馬遜是電子商務和雲計算領域最大的參與者,林克對公司在應對潛在風險的能力充滿信心,她指出即使在經濟較弱的情況下,亞馬遜的創新優勢和佔主導市場地位使其具有明顯優勢。
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