Lakehouse Capital, a Sydney-based investment manager, released its “Lakehouse Global Growth Fund” May 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. May proved to be a favorable month for the Fund, driven by a boost in investor sentiment and solid results from portfolio holdings. Overall, the firm remains satisfied with the strong fundamental performance and long-term growth outlook of its portfolio holdings. The Fund returned 6.1% net of fees and expenses for the month compared to 5.1% for its benchmark. Since its inception in December 2017, the Fund has returned 250.6% compared to 133.8% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index, Net Total Returns (AUD). In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2025.
In its May 2025 investor letter, Lakehouse Global Growth Fund highlighted stocks such as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) provides consumer products, advertising, and subscription services through online and physical stores. The one-month return of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) was 7.46%, and its shares gained 13.07% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On July 3, 2025, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock closed at $223.41 per share, with a market capitalization of $2.372 trillion.
Lakehouse Global Growth Fund stated the following regarding Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in its May 2025 investor letter:
“Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) reported a solid quarterly result with net sales up 9% year-on-year (10% in constant currency terms) to $155.7 billion and operating profit up 20% to $18.4 billion. The company’s core e-commerce business remained resilient in the face of potential tariffs, with management noting they hadn’t seen any material change in consumer buying behaviour as at the end of April. Amazon web services (AWS) grew 17% to $29.3 billion which was a slight deceleration from the 19% delivered last quarter. Whilst this seems disappointing at first blush, management reiterated that demand is very strong they are still capacity constrained. Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be a key growth driver with AI workloads growing in excess of 100% year-on-year on AWS. Overall, it was a positive result, and we remain confident that the company is set to deliver many years of solid revenue growth and margin expansion.”
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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is in first position on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 328 hedge fund portfolios held Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) at the end of the first quarter compared to 339 in the fourth quarter. In Q1 2025, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) achieved global revenue of $155.7 billion, representing an 10% year-over-year growth excluding the impact of foreign exchange. While we acknowledge the potential of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the undervalued AI stock set for massive gains.
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