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Amazon.com, Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
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1 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
Profitability
4/4
Debt & liquidity
1/3
Efficiency
1/2
Revenue growth at 12.4% year over year outpaces the sector median of 4.0% by +208%, and EPS growth of 29.7% runs well ahead of a sector median sitting at -2.9% — a gap that reflects how far the earnings base has recovered from prior losses. The P/E of 21.1× sits -27% below the sector median of 28.9×, which is unusual for a company growing this quickly. FCF tells a different story: FCF yield of -0.6% trails the sector median of 3.2%, and FCF growth of -115.6% also lags the median of 13.5% by -954% — meaning the earnings expansion has not yet translated into proportional cash generation. The F-Score of 6/9 reflects solid profitability but weak scores on liquidity and efficiency, and the composite of 50/100 places the stock near the middle of the sector; consensus models continued growth, though the beat rate over recent quarters has been mixed.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMZN | Amazon.com, Inc. | 6/9 | 22% | +12% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
The market prices in an earnings decline; analyst sentiment is steady; has not always beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When results land on 2026-10-28, track whether revenue growth holds above the sector median of 4.02% and whether EPS momentum sustains the outsized year-over-year gain. Also check if FCF yield closes the gap toward the 3.16% sector median, given that it currently sits 120% below it.
In the annual report, focus on the Leverage and Liquidity section — AMZN scored 1/3 there, flagging potential pressure. Management's discussion should clarify capital allocation priorities that explain the weak FCF growth relative to the sector median of 13.5%.
Pick two or three companies from the same-sector table in section 06 and line up a single metric — P/E or FCF yield works well here. AMZN's P/E of roughly 22× sits 27% below the sector median of 28.9×; seeing where other names cluster helps frame whether that discount is sector-wide or specific to this company.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -15%+291%+2%-77%
Over 4 years: 1.240.680.430.45
Over 4 years: +9%+12%+11%+12%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 7 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| 11% |
| BABA | Alibaba | 3/9 | 10% | +8% | 5% |
| BKNG | Booking Holdings | 6/9 | — | +13% | 33% |
| F | Ford | 3/9 | -20% | +1% | -5% |
| GM | General Motors | 5/9 | 4% | -1% | 2% |
| HD | Home Depot | 3/9 | 146% | +3% | 13% |
| LOW | Lowe's | 6/9 | — | +3% | 12% |
| MAR | Marriott | 7/9 | — | +4% | 16% |
| MCD | McDonald's | 5/9 | — | +4% | 46% |
| NKE | Nike | 4/9 | 22% | +0% | — |
| ORLY | O'Reilly Automotive | 6/9 | — | +6% | 19% |
| ROST | Ross Stores | 6/9 | 37% | +8% | 12% |
| SBUX | Starbucks | 6/9 | — | +3% | 8% |
| TJX | TJX Companies | 7/9 | 59% | +7% | — |
| TSLA | Tesla | 5/9 | 5% | -3% | 5% |
| YUM | Yum! Brands | 4/9 | — | +9% | 31% |
A sample of 16 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.