Stock · AMZN · Consumer Cyclical

Amazon.com Inc

United States · Large Cap · listed since 1997 · Revenue 12 mo. $797.5B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
0.9
of 10 1 of 11 points Low Match To the score
Price
$259.30
1 Y −2.9%
Market cap
$2.7T
Phase
Growth
revenue growing, core business profitable
Revenue +11.7% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 11.2%Payout 0.0% of operating cash flow

Summary

Amazon.com Inc is around the middle of the Consumer Cyclical sector overall

46.3 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

Capital spending of €118.3B is pushing down FCF: the price requires more than 30% FCF growth a year, 17.7% at a normal investment rate.

If free cash flow stays at €6.9B (2025), it supports €76.7B. The remaining €2.4T of the market value assume it grows more than 30% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

over 30%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€2.5T market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€76.7B without growth
€2.4T priced-in growth
  • 10 yrs achieved 15.8%
  • priced in above 30%

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 16.8×, below its usual range.

Middle half of 20 quarters: 18.0× to 20.8×, median 19.1×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

1 sign supports the expectation, 2 speak against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • High, rising gross margin from 42.0% to 50.3% (5 years)

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Expectation above the company's own record at a normal investment rate priced in 17.7%, own record at most 15.8%
  • Profit well above operating result 1.29 times EBIT, last 12 months

AI summary of the 2025 annual report

The business of Amazon.com Inc according to its report

A language model selected and condensed statements from the report. Each statement carries a verbatim quote. The selection is not complete and shows the state of the report. It gives no rating and does not feed into the score.

Form 10-K, fiscal year ended 12/31/2025, filed 02/06/2026. Open the report at the SEC

Revenue by segment, fiscal year ended 12/31/2025

SegmentShareRevenue
North America
59.5%
$426.3B
International
22.6%
$161.9B
Amazon Web Services
18.0%
$128.7B

From the report's structured data (XBRL), not from the language model. The sum can differ slightly from group revenue.

Business model according to the report

  • The company makes and sells electronic devices, such as Kindle, Fire tablet, Fire TV, Echo, Ring, Blink and eero. It also develops and produces media content.

    Quote
    We also manufacture and sell electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablet, Fire TV, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero, and we develop and produce media content.
  • The company earns fixed fees, a percentage of sales, per-unit activity fees, interest, or a mix of these, for its seller programs.

    Quote
    We earn fixed fees, a percentage of sales, per-unit activity fees, interest, or some combination thereof, for our seller programs.
  • AWS offers a broad set of on-demand technology services, such as computing, storage, databases, analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

    Quote
    through AWS, which offers a broad set of on-demand technology services, including compute, storage, database, analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and other services.
  • The company offers advertising services to sellers, vendors, publishers, authors and others, through programs such as sponsored ads, display and video advertising.

    Quote
    We provide advertising services to sellers, vendors, publishers, authors, and others, through programs such as sponsored ads, display, and video advertising.
  • The company offers subscription services such as Amazon Prime, a membership program that includes fast, free shipping on tens of millions of items.

    Quote
    we offer subscription services such as Amazon Prime, a membership program that includes fast, free shipping on tens of millions of items

Customers according to the report

  • The company serves consumers through its online and physical stores.

    Quote
    We serve consumers through our online and physical stores
  • The company serves developers and enterprises of all sizes, including start-ups, government agencies and academic institutions, through AWS.

    Quote
    We serve developers and enterprises of all sizes, including start-ups, government agencies, and academic institutions, through AWS
  • The company offers programs that let sellers grow their businesses, sell their products in its stores and fill orders using its services.

    Quote
    We offer programs that enable sellers to grow their businesses, sell their products in our stores, and fulfill orders using our services.

Competition according to the report

  • Some of the company's current and potential competitors have greater resources, longer histories, more customers, greater brand recognition and greater control over key inputs.

    Quote
    Some of our current and potential competitors have greater resources, longer histories, more customers, greater brand recognition, and greater control over inputs critical to our various businesses.
  • The internet and other technologies, including artificial intelligence, make competitive entry and price comparison easier, which improves the ability of new, smaller or lesser-known businesses to compete with the company.

    Quote
    The internet and other technologies including artificial intelligence facilitate competitive entry and comparison shopping, which enhances the ability of new, smaller, or lesser-known businesses to compete against us.

Risks according to the report

  • Sellers based in China account for significant portions of the company's third-party seller services and advertising revenues.

    Quote
    China-based sellers account for significant portions of our third-party seller services and advertising revenues
  • Third parties have brought claims alleging that the company infringed their intellectual property rights, and the company expects to keep facing such claims.

    Quote
    We have been subject to, and expect to continue to be subject to, claims and legal proceedings regarding alleged infringement by us of the intellectual property rights of third parties.
  • The company faces a number of open investigations based on claims that parts of its operations violate competition or consumer protection rules, including its stores, fulfillment network and Prime.

    Quote
    we face a number of open investigations based on claims that aspects of our operations infringe competition-related or consumer protection rules or regulations, including aspects of Amazon’s operation of its stores, including its fulfillment network and Prime
  • The company expects a disproportionate amount of its retail sales to fall in its fourth quarter.

    Quote
    we expect a disproportionate amount of our retail sales to occur during our fourth quarter

Since the last quarter

Q2 → Q3 2026

Mostly worse than the previous quarter: 4 of 5 changes for the worse.

  • FCF, 12 mo.−$11.6B → −$46.9B−303.4%worse
  • EBIT margin12.1% → 13.1%+1.0 ppbetter
  • FCF margin−1.5% → −5.9%−4.4 ppworse
  • Net debt$145.0B → $216.2B+49.1%worse
  • Return on equity24.5% → 22.0%−2.6 ppworse

3 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, Shares outstanding

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability51.4around the middleEarns about as much as the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity18.89%11.07%Rank 69
Return on capital (Greenblatt)17.61%17.91%Rank 48
EBIT margin11.16%10.89%Rank 52
FCF margin1.07%8.07%Rank 13
Gross margin50.29%34.00%Rank 73
Growth84.7above the middleGrows faster than the sector: Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) 18.39%, sector 4.34%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year12.38%5.10%Rank 78
Earnings growth, 3 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank–8.34%
Earnings growth, 5 years per year27.96%15.10%Rank 78
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)18.39%4.34%Rank 98
Valuation17.6below the middleValued higher than the sector: EV/EBIT 34.68, sector 16.88.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield2.77%4.32%Rank 28
FCF yield0.28%4.17%Rank 10
EV/saleslower is better3.871.95Rank 23
EV/EBITlower is better34.6816.88Rank 10
Momentum47.1around the middleShare price moving about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year−2.92%−4.35%Rank 52
Share price, 6 months−4.42%3.63%Rank 29
Share price, 3 months−0.40%2.92%Rank 39
Distance from 52-week high−8.70%−15.83%Rank 68
Quality20.3below the middleQuality below the sector: Accruals (Sloan) 11.19%, sector 0.39%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better11.19%0.39%Rank 5
Change in share countlower is better0.99%−0.37%Rank 13
Dividend streak in years–4Rank 12
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted0.19%0.16%Rank 51
Balance sheet & risk56.8around the middleRisk about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio50.25%40.59%Rank 61
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better0.180.99Rank 64
Debt to equitylower is better0.370.49Rank 59
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better34.89%33.42%Rank 43

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $136.0B (2016) to $716.9B (2025), 20.3% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenue, $BEBIT marginFCF, $BSharesNet debt, $B
2016136.03.1%9.49.68B−4.1
2017177.92.3%6.49.86B17.4
2018232.95.3%17.310.0B1.4
2019280.55.2%21.710.1B27.1
2020386.15.9%25.910.2B42.3
2021469.85.3%−14.710.3B80.2
2022514.02.4%−16.910.2B86.2
2023574.86.4%32.210.5B62.2
2024638.010.8%32.910.7B52.1
2025716.911.2%7.710.8B66.2
0.9 / 10Low MatchStockScorer score1 of 11 points

1 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

Amazon.com Inc mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

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How Amazon.com Inc's score is built

Amazon.com Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

1 of 7 rules met

1 of 11 points

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector medianmet1 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%not met0 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.no data0 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketnot met0 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksdoes not apply

Detail data

How does Amazon.com Inc stock perform across 18 strategies?

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  • Undervalued Stocks: Multi-Factor Check
  • Acquirer's Multiple: EV/EBIT Deep Value
  • Dividend Aristocrats & Continuity
  • Dividend Quality: 4 Factors
  • High-Growth / Rule of 40
  • Levermann Strategy (13 Criteria)
  • Magic Formula: Value + Quality
  • Trending Value: Value + Momentum

Amazon.com Inc key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for Amazon.com Inc.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio36.121.6
P/B ratio6.82.4
Return on equity (ROE)18.9%11.1%
Equity ratio50.2%40.6%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)0.370.49
Dividend yield0.0%2.2%

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Frequently asked questions about Amazon.com Inc stock

How does Amazon.com Inc stock (AMZN) score in the StockScorer model?
Amazon.com Inc stock reaches a StockScorer score of 0.9 out of 10, which is a low match with the rule-based strategies. 1 out of 7 flagship profile rules are met.
What is Amazon.com Inc's P/E ratio?
Amazon.com Inc's P/E ratio is 36.1. The Consumer Cyclical sector median is 21.6.
What sector is Amazon.com Inc in?
Amazon.com Inc is assigned to the Consumer Cyclical sector. Its rank within the sector is 46.3 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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