What does the company do?
Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon.com) offers services to consumer customers, seller customers and developer customers. The Company serves its consumer customers through its retail Websites. It offers programs that enable seller customers to sell their products on the Company’s Websites and their own branded Websites. It serves developer customers through Amazon Web Services, which provides access to technology infrastructure that developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. In addition, the Company generates revenue through co-branded credit card agreements and other marketing and promotional services, such as online advertising. The Company’s operations are organized into two principal segments: North America and International. In August 2008, Amazon.com purchased Shelfari, a social network for book lovers. In December 2008, Amazon.com announced the completion of its acquisition of AbeBooks. In November 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of Zappos.com, Inc.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Amazon com one-year sales: 21.69 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Catalog & Mail Order Houses group: 41.12% - Amazon com one-year income: 744.00 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Catalog & Mail Order Houses group: -12.60%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 21.69 Bil | 15.37 Bil | | Income | 744.00 Mil | 851.21 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Amazon com one-year sales growth: 20.30%.
Difference from the average for the Catalog & Mail Order Houses group: 8.90 pct. pts. - Amazon com one-year income growth: 23.60%.
Difference from the average for the Catalog & Mail Order Houses group: 17.60 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | 20.30% | 11.40% | | Income Growth | 23.60% | 6.00% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Amazon com one-year net profit margin: 3.4%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: -0.3 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Catalog & Mail Order Houses group: -3.5 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | 3.4% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 3.7% | | Industry | 7.0% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Amazon com debt/equity ratio: 0.03.
Difference from the average for the Catalog & Mail Order Houses group: -40.00%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.03 | 0.05 |
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