Amazon.com, Inc.

NasdaqGS:AMZN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.0t

Amazon.com Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 6/6

Amazon.com has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 22.6%, while the Multiline Retail industry saw earnings growing at 20% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 14.1% per year. Amazon.com's return on equity is 20.7%, and it has net margins of 9.3%.

Key information

22.6%

Earnings growth rate

21.4%

EPS growth rate

Multiline Retail Industry Growth12.6%
Revenue growth rate14.1%
Return on equity20.7%
Net Margin9.3%
Next Earnings Update01 May 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Buy Amazon Stock Before It Explodes From Q1 Results

Apr 21

Amazon's Retail May Be Vulnerable - Its Cloud Business Is Not

Apr 14

Amazon: What Seems Expensive Today Can Look Cheap Tomorrow

Apr 01

Amazon: Margin Improvement Turned Me Into An Amazon Bull (Rating Upgrade)

Mar 25

Amazon: Heads You Don't Win, Tails You Lose

Mar 18

Amazon: Growth Scare Presents An Opportunity

Mar 11

Amazon: Unjustified Sell-Off Created A Strong Buying Opportunity

Mar 05

Anthropic - Amazon's Secret Weapon For AI Dominance

Feb 26

Amazon: First Peak, Than Pullback

Feb 18

Amazon Is Supercharging Its AI Strategy

Feb 11

Earnings Beat: Amazon.com, Inc. Just Beat Analyst Forecasts, And Analysts Have Been Updating Their Models

Feb 10
Earnings Beat: Amazon.com, Inc. Just Beat Analyst Forecasts, And Analysts Have Been Updating Their Models

Amazon Q4 Preview: Trump Tariffs Are A Good Thing

Feb 04

Amazonian Ecosystem Alive And Well - Initiating Amazon With A Buy

Jan 29

Amazon Q4 Preview: AI And AWS Remain The Company's Growth Engines

Jan 21

Earnings Tell The Story For Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Jan 20
Earnings Tell The Story For Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Amazon: Don't Let This Buying Opportunity Go To Waste

Jan 15

Amazon: The Cheapest Mega-Cap In The Market

Jan 07

Amazon Continues To Offer Attractive Upside For Long-Term Investors

Jan 01

Does Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Dec 23
Does Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?
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Narrative update from Michael Paige

Dec 19Online store growth beat my expectations, againOnline store sales grew 7% YoY to reach $61.4bn for the quarter. This is still faster than the 5% I expected. This is the third quarter where it has outp

Amazon's Sum Of The Parts Valuation Implies 40% Upside Potential

Dec 17

Is Now The Time To Look At Buying Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)?

Dec 10
Is Now The Time To Look At Buying Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)?

Amazon: Further Rise Likely, But Look Out For The Challenges

Dec 09

Amazon: A Compelling Buying Opportunity

Dec 03

Amazon: Fundamentals To Accelerate, Still A Hold

Nov 27

Amazon: Keeping Up With Temu For The Long Haul

Nov 20
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Narrative update from Goran Damchevski

Nov 14Amazon grew TTM revenues by 12% and maintains strong performance driven by AWS.

Amazon: A Prime Trade, Not A Prime Investment (Technical Analysis)

Nov 12

Amazon: Strong Operational Efficiency And AWS Demand Due To AI Cloud Infrastructure

Nov 05

Amazon.com, Inc. Beat Analyst Estimates: See What The Consensus Is Forecasting For Next Year

Nov 04
Amazon.com, Inc. Beat Analyst Estimates: See What The Consensus Is Forecasting For Next Year

Amazon.com's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Returns On Capital Are Heading Higher

Nov 02
Amazon.com's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Returns On Capital Are Heading Higher

Amazon: AI-Driven ROI And Productivity, Plus Consumer Resilience

Oct 30
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Amazon’s AI Catalyst Will Drive Long-Term Revenue Growth and Margin Expansion

Oct 24Amazon (AMZN) stands at a pivotal moment in its evolution, with its Q-powered AI services set to revolutionize its growth trajectory. While Amazon has long been known for its dominance in e-commerce a

Amazon: Watch Out For A Single Number

Oct 24

Do Amazon.com's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Earnings Warrant Your Attention?

Oct 21
Do Amazon.com's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Earnings Warrant Your Attention?

Amazon: Cheaper Than You Think

Oct 17

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Amazon.com makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

NasdaqGS:AMZN Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Dec 24637,95959,248153,77188,544
30 Sep 24620,12849,868153,09085,750
30 Jun 24604,33444,419150,11885,124
31 Mar 24590,74037,684147,84085,162
31 Dec 23574,78530,425146,80585,622
30 Sep 23554,02820,079145,55682,894
30 Jun 23538,04613,072144,24081,724
31 Mar 23524,8974,294141,82178,363
31 Dec 22513,983-2,722138,42873,213
30 Sep 22502,19111,323136,56466,102
30 Jun 22485,90211,607130,15261,412
31 Mar 22477,74821,413123,61457,738
31 Dec 21469,82233,364116,48556,052
30 Sep 21457,96526,263110,39750,941
30 Jun 21443,29829,438102,90148,180
31 Mar 21419,13026,90394,67845,331
31 Dec 20386,06421,33187,19342,740
30 Sep 20347,94517,37780,12139,433
30 Jun 20321,78213,18074,11838,119
31 Mar 20296,27410,56268,93237,083
31 Dec 19280,52211,58864,31335,931
30 Sep 19265,46911,34761,51432,941
30 Jun 19252,06312,09657,58831,181
31 Mar 19241,54512,00554,35229,710
31 Dec 18232,88710,07352,17728,837
30 Sep 18220,9578,90350,67826,382
30 Jun 18208,1256,27547,56925,513
31 Mar 18193,1943,93843,51824,186
31 Dec 17177,8663,03338,99222,620
30 Sep 17161,1541,92534,88320,450
30 Jun 17150,1241,92231,52718,850
31 Mar 17142,5732,58229,16517,283
31 Dec 16135,9872,37127,28416,085
30 Sep 16127,9932,10425,20414,934
30 Jun 16120,6371,93123,39814,047
31 Mar 16113,4171,16621,81813,256
31 Dec 15107,00659620,41112,540
30 Sep 15100,58832819,23411,483
30 Jun 1595,808-18818,28010,747
31 Mar 1591,964-40617,4529,991
31 Dec 1488,988-24116,6509,275
30 Sep 1485,246-21516,3277,801
30 Jun 1481,75918115,0407,365

Quality Earnings: AMZN has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: AMZN's current net profit margins (9.3%) are higher than last year (5.3%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: AMZN's earnings have grown significantly by 22.6% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: AMZN's earnings growth over the past year (94.7%) exceeds its 5-year average (22.6% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: AMZN earnings growth over the past year (94.7%) exceeded the Multiline Retail industry 10.4%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: AMZN's Return on Equity (20.7%) is considered high.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/04/27 00:37
End of Day Share Price 2025/04/25 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Amazon.com, Inc. is covered by 99 analysts. 65 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Kadambari DaptardarAccountability Research Corporation
Rocco StraussArete Research Services LLP
James KelleherArgus Research Company