Amazon.com

AMZN

Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$234.27

+0.16 (+0.07%)

Market Cap

$2.52T

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Winston Score between 40 and 70. The stock passes some quality checks but not all.

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Its products offered through its stores include merchandise and content purchased for resale; and products offered by third-party sellers The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+13.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+4.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$108.5B/ year

↑ Rising (+23% vs prior year)

15.1% of revenue

3.8x the sector average (4%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

9.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$86.8B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Heavy R&D investment

Amazon.com is putting 15% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 3.8x the sector average. And they're generating enough cash to self-fund it.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count rising — dilution

+5.1% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 10.30B (2021) → 10.83B (2025)

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Quality

Gross Margin

48.5%

Healthy — 48.5% gross margin

Operating Margin

11.7%

Modest — 11.7% operating margin

ROCE

5.2%

Weak — 5.2% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+12.4%

Fast-growing sales (12.4% YoY)

EPS YoY

+29.0%

Earnings growing fast (29.0% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

180%

Turns 180% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

1.1%

Thin free cash flow (1.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.16

Conservative — low debt load (0.16)

Interest Cover

35.17x

Comfortably covers interest (35.2x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

32.1x

Pricey — P/E 32.1

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+14.0

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (32.1 → 18.1)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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