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How Amazon.com, Inc. stacks up
AMZN · against 1,605 other Consumer Cyclical companies
Profitability
84/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #250 of 1,606 · scores higher than 84% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score161 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including AMZN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 84?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 70% of peers. Return on invested capital: 12.2% vs peer median 7.3%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 75% of peers. Operating margin: 12.1% vs peer median 6.4%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 94% of peers. Return on assets: 12.3% vs peer median 3.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = AMZN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | AMZN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 1,513 reported | 12.2% | 7.3% | 70% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,596 reported | 12.1% | 6.4% | 75% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,523 reported | 12.3% | 3.3% | 94% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,473 reported | 30.6% | 7.6% | 92% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,615 reported | 50.8% | 29.9% | 80% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around AMZN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.47T JPY (≈$10.0B) | 100 | 97 | |
| 1 | 362.9B INR (≈$4.4B) | 100 | 72 | |
| 3 | 1.12T TWD (≈$34.8B) | 99 | 74 | |
| 3 | 975.0B JPY (≈$6.6B) | 99 | 68 | |
| 3 | 5.2B MYR (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 84 | |
| 250 | 74.6B TWD (≈$2.3B) | 84 | 50 | |
| 250 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score