Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Stock

About Amazon.com, Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc. operates a vast global retail enterprise, distributing consumer goods and subscription services through both its extensive online platforms and a network of physical stores across North America and internationally. Its operations are structured into three primary segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company's product offerings encompass both merchandise and content procured for direct resale, alongside items sold by third-party merchants on its platform. Furthermore, the company develops and markets its own range of electronic devices, such as Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets and TVs, Ring, Blink, eero, and Echo products. It also invests in the development and production of original media content. Amazon provides various programs designed to enable independent sellers to offer their products, and empowers authors, musicians, filmmakers, Twitch streamers, and app developers to publish and commercialize their content. Beyond this, it delivers a comprehensive suite of cloud computing solutions, including compute, storage, database, analytics, and machine learning services through AWS. The company also offers fulfillment services, advertising solutions, and digital content subscriptions. A key offering is Amazon Prime, its exclusive membership program. Amazon caters to a wide array of clientele, including individual consumers, third-party sellers, software developers, enterprise clients, content creators, and advertisers. Incorporated in 1994, Amazon.com, Inc. maintains its headquarters in Seattle, Washington.

Amazon.com, Inc. is led by CEO Andrew R. Jassy, employs 1,560,000 people, headquartered in Seattle, US, publicly traded since 1997.

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) stock trades at $274.48 with a market capitalization of $2.95T. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.76, price-to-book of 5.94, price-to-sales of 3.54. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $196.00 and $285.01, and currently trades 3.7% below its 52-week high.

On profitability, Amazon.com, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 23.34% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 12.21%, an operating margin of 11.50%, a net profit margin of 12.22%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Amazon.com, Inc. reported annual revenue of $716.9B, net profit of $77.7B, revenue has compounded at 13.2% a year over the last five years, profit at 29.5% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 1.18, total assets of $818.0B, $86.8B in cash and equivalents.

AMZN has an average daily trading volume of 48,490,000 shares, a beta of 1.46 (more volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.amazon.com