Texas Permanent School Fund Increases Bets On Tesla, Apple And Amazon Stocks In Q3

The Texas Permanent School Fund, a public endowment of the State of Texas, has hiked its stake in Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), and Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) during the third quarter of 2022, according to its 13-F filing. The $6.2-billion fund increased its stake in Tesla by adding 44,338 shares during the quarter after accounting for a 3-for-1 stock split, to take the value of its holding of the EV maker to $99.96 million.

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Top Buys: Tesla last week reported third-quarter revenue of $21.45 billion, up 56% year-over-year. The total came in shy of analysts' estimate of $21.96 billion. On Monday, Morgan Stanley analysts slashed the price target of the company from $350 to $330 while maintaining an ‘overweight’ rating, according to the Benzinga Analyst Stock Ratings toolTesla shares have lost over 44% so far this year.

The endowment has also upped its holding of Amazon by 8.5% in the quarter, taking its valuation to $141 million. The retail giant said on Tuesday that it would soon begin offering Venmo as a new payment option for orders placed on Amazon.com and the Amazon mobile app. Amazon shares have lost over 29% since the beginning of the year.

The fund also hiked its stake in Apple by more than 5%, taking the valuation of its holding to over $295 million, according to the filing.

Top Holdings: According to Whale Wisdom, Tesla, Amazon and Apple were the top buys of the fund during the quarter while Apple, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Amazon were among the top holdings of the endowment.

Editor's Note: This story was updated to account for a Tesla stock split. We regret the error.

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