# Amazon.Com Inc (AMZN) — Stock CV

Amazon.Com Inc is a $2.83T consumer company. Revenue grew 15.8% over the last year, it keeps 17¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and it holds more cash than debt. It trades at 20.9× earnings — near the lowest of its own history.

> Amazon is the leading online retailer and marketplace for third party sellers. Retail related revenue represents approximately 74% of total, followed by Amazon Web Services (17%), and advertising services (9%).

## Identity

- **Ticker**: AMZN
- **Sector**: Consumer Cyclical
- **Industry**: Internet Retail
- **Headquarters**: SEATTLE, WA
- **Employees**: 1 576 000
- **Website**: https://www.amazon.com
- **Market cap**: $2.83T
- **Last price**: $262.48
- **Financial profile**: Mixed

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $776B
- **Net income**: $135B
- **Free cash flow**: -$11.6B
- **Net cash**: $57.4B
- **P/E**: 20.9
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 15.8%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 57 |
| Growth | 70 |
| Profitability | 77 |
| Health | 65 |
| Quality | 65 |
| Moat | 53 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 9 of 10 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +15.8% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $135B TTM
- [x] Profit growing — +28.0% YoY
- [ ] Generates cash — -$11.6B TTM
- [x] Debt under control — more cash than debt
- [x] Established company — $2.83T market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — +6.1% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 9/10 profitable years
- [x] Financially stable — Altman Z 4.1 — safe
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 20.9

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2025** — Best year on record: $77.7B net income
- **FY2022** — Revenue crossed $500B: $514B for the year
- **Jul 5, 2021** — Bezos hands over the CEO role: Andy Jassy — AWS chief — takes over
- **2018** — It was acquired in 2018 for under $1 billion. * Souq, the former largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world
- **Aug 28, 2017** — Acquired Whole Foods: $13.7B jump into physical grocery
- **FY2016** — First recorded profitable year: $2.37B net income
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $100B: $136B in first reported year
- **2016** — The first 14 buildings Amazon occupied in South Lake Union were purchased for $1.16 billion in 2016
- **2013** — Amazon announced a partnership with the US Postal Service to begin delivering orders on Sundays
- **2008** — Amazon bought the company in August 2008
- **2006** — AWS launches: S3 and EC2 — a bookstore starts the cloud industry
- **Feb 2, 2005** — Amazon Prime: paid loyalty program that rewired consumer expectations
- **2002** — The company launched Amazon Web Services (AWS), which initially focused on providing APIs for web…
- **2000** — Marketplace opens: third-party sellers — now the majority of units sold
- **May 15, 1997** — IPO on Nasdaq: went public at $18 per share
- **Jul 16, 1995** — Bezos renamed the company Amazon to reflect his ambitions for his company
- **Jul 5, 1994** — Founded in a Bellevue garage: Jeff Bezos left a hedge-fund job to sell books online

## Strengths

- High gross margin (50.8%)
- Revenue growing 15.8% year over year
- Net cash position after subtracting debt from cash
- High returns on invested capital (ROIC 22.0%)
- Altman Z-Score 4.07 — low bankruptcy-risk zone

## Watch-outs

- Negative free cash flow (-$11.6B)
- Thin interest coverage (0.6×)
- Loss-making in 1 of the recent years

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $470B | $33.4B | -$14.7B |
| FY2022 | $514B | -$2.72B | -$16.9B |
| FY2023 | $575B | $30.4B | $32.2B |
| FY2024 | $638B | $59.2B | $32.9B |
| FY2025 | $717B | $77.7B | $7.70B |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/AMZN — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.