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| − | '''Amazon.com, Inc.''' (Amazon.com) is an e-commerce company which retails products through third parties on its websites | + | '''Amazon.com, Inc.''' ([[Amazon.com]]) is an e-commerce company which retails products through third parties on its websites. The Amazon Web Services division provides services based primarily on cloud computing. For international customers, Amazon.com offers services to [[Amazon.ca|Canada]], [[amazon.co.uk|United Kingdom]], [[Amazon.de|Germany]], [[amazon.co.jp|Japan]], [[amazon.fr|France]], and [[amazon.cn|China]]. |
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
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*[[NASDAQ.com|NASDAQ]]: AMZN | *[[NASDAQ.com|NASDAQ]]: AMZN | ||
| − | == | + | ==Vital statistics== |
| − | + | ===Revenue=== | |
| − | + | :Revenue (ttm): 15.96B | |
| + | :Revenue Per Share (ttm): 38.515 | ||
| + | :Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy): 37.10% | ||
| + | :Gross Profit (ttm): 3.35B | ||
| + | :EBITDA (ttm): 957.00M | ||
| + | :Net Income Avl to Common (ttm): 508.00M | ||
| + | :Diluted EPS (ttm): 1.19 | ||
| + | :Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): 28.80% | ||
| + | :Operating Cash Flow (ttm): 1.04B | ||
| + | :Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm): 554.50M | ||
| − | == | + | ===Trading=== |
| − | * | + | *'''Stock price''' |
| − | : | + | :Beta: 3.2 |
| − | + | :52-Week Change3: 17.31% | |
| − | : | + | :S&P500 52-Week Change3: -5.81% |
| − | + | :52-Week High (23-Oct-07)3: 101.09 | |
| − | : | + | :52-Week Low (03-Mar-08)3: 61.20 |
| − | + | :50-Day Moving Average3: 78.33 | |
| − | : | + | :200-Day Moving Average3: 78.64 |
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| − | : | ||
| − | ==Acquisitions== | + | *'''Shares''' |
| + | :Average Volume (3 month)3: 8,310,240 | ||
| + | :Average Volume (10 day)3: 7,052,400 | ||
| + | :Shares Outstanding5: 417.68M | ||
| + | :Float: 312.33M | ||
| + | :% Held by Insiders1: 24.04% | ||
| + | :% Held by Institutions1: 75.90% | ||
| + | :Shares Short (as of 12-May-08)3: 35.63M | ||
| + | :Short Ratio (as of 12-May-08)3: 4.9 | ||
| + | :Short % of Float (as of 12-May-08)3: 11.20% | ||
| + | :Shares Short (prior month)3: 41.26M | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Company history== | ||
| + | As one of the first major companies to sell products online, it began as an online bookstore, but soon diversified its product lines considerably. Amazon was initiated by Jeff Bezos in 1995. Company was so named "Amazon" after the world's most ample river. One of the hottest stocks of the 1990's, Amazon survived the burst of the dot-com bubble. It announced its first gains in the fourth quarter of 2002. Earnings continued to bloom due to product diversity and international presence: US$3.9 billion in 2002, US$5.3 billion in 2003, US$6.9 billion in 2004, US$8.5 billion in 2005, and US$10.7 billion in 2006. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===People=== | ||
| + | * Jeff Bezos, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO | ||
| + | * Tom Szkutak, SVP & CFO | ||
| + | * Jeffrey Blackburn, SVP, Business Development | ||
| + | * Sebastian J. Gunningham, SVP, Merchant Services | ||
| + | * Andrew Jassy, SVP, Web Services | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Acquisitions=== | ||
* [[imdb.com]] | * [[imdb.com]] | ||
* [[Alexa.com|Alexa Internet]] | * [[Alexa.com|Alexa Internet]] | ||
* [[audible.com|Audible Inc.]] | * [[audible.com|Audible Inc.]] | ||
* [[Exchange.com]] | * [[Exchange.com]] | ||
| + | * [[Amapedia.com]] | ||
| + | * [[CDNow.com]] | ||
| + | * [[dpreview.com]] | ||
| + | * [[Joyo.com]] | ||
| − | ==Competitors== | + | ===Competitors=== |
*[[ibm.com|IBM Corporation]] | *[[ibm.com|IBM Corporation]] | ||
:Revenue: $91.4 Billion | :Revenue: $91.4 Billion | ||
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*[[Overstock.com]] | *[[Overstock.com]] | ||
:Revenue: $788.2 Million | :Revenue: $788.2 Million | ||
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| + | ==Headlines== | ||
| + | * [http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN0642893320080606?rpc=44 Amazon website hit by technical failure, stock off] | ||
| + | :[[Reuters.com|Reuters]] June 6, 2008 | ||
| + | * [http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/25148/Jeff-Bezos%3A-The-Best-CEO-on-Wall-Street%2C-Says-Fund-Manager-Howard-Lindzon Jeff Bezos: 'The Best CEO on Wall Street,' Says Fund Manager Howard Lindzon] | ||
| + | :TechTicker [[finance.yahoo.com|Yahoo Finance]] June 6, 2008 | ||
| + | * [http://www.thestreet.com/s/mad-money-lightning-round-amazon-is-dicey/funds/lightninground/10419777.html? Will Michelle Malkin go after Amazon.com Next for their Kaffiyeh's?] | ||
| + | :[[bbsnews.net|BBSNews]] June 6, 2008 | ||
| + | * [http://www.thestreet.com/story/10419777/1/mad-money-lightning-round-amazon-is-dicey.html 'Mad Money Lightning Round': Amazon Is Dicey] | ||
| + | :[[TheStreet.com]] June 4, 2008 | ||
__NOTOC__ | __NOTOC__ | ||
| + | [[Category:Online_Retail]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Seattle,_Washington]] | ||
[[Category:Software]] | [[Category:Software]] | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Software_Design]] |
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Software_Development]] |
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[[Category:eCommerce]] | [[Category:eCommerce]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:18, 7 June 2008
Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon.com) is an e-commerce company which retails products through third parties on its websites. The Amazon Web Services division provides services based primarily on cloud computing. For international customers, Amazon.com offers services to Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, France, and China.
Summary
- Industry: Consumer Internet, Software, Software Development & Design
- Ownership: Public
- Ranking: Fortune 500
- Revenues: $10.7 Billion
- Employees: 13,900
- NASDAQ: AMZN
Vital statistics
Revenue
- Revenue (ttm): 15.96B
- Revenue Per Share (ttm): 38.515
- Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy): 37.10%
- Gross Profit (ttm): 3.35B
- EBITDA (ttm): 957.00M
- Net Income Avl to Common (ttm): 508.00M
- Diluted EPS (ttm): 1.19
- Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): 28.80%
- Operating Cash Flow (ttm): 1.04B
- Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm): 554.50M
Trading
- Stock price
- Beta: 3.2
- 52-Week Change3: 17.31%
- S&P500 52-Week Change3: -5.81%
- 52-Week High (23-Oct-07)3: 101.09
- 52-Week Low (03-Mar-08)3: 61.20
- 50-Day Moving Average3: 78.33
- 200-Day Moving Average3: 78.64
- Shares
- Average Volume (3 month)3: 8,310,240
- Average Volume (10 day)3: 7,052,400
- Shares Outstanding5: 417.68M
- Float: 312.33M
- % Held by Insiders1: 24.04%
- % Held by Institutions1: 75.90%
- Shares Short (as of 12-May-08)3: 35.63M
- Short Ratio (as of 12-May-08)3: 4.9
- Short % of Float (as of 12-May-08)3: 11.20%
- Shares Short (prior month)3: 41.26M
Company history
As one of the first major companies to sell products online, it began as an online bookstore, but soon diversified its product lines considerably. Amazon was initiated by Jeff Bezos in 1995. Company was so named "Amazon" after the world's most ample river. One of the hottest stocks of the 1990's, Amazon survived the burst of the dot-com bubble. It announced its first gains in the fourth quarter of 2002. Earnings continued to bloom due to product diversity and international presence: US$3.9 billion in 2002, US$5.3 billion in 2003, US$6.9 billion in 2004, US$8.5 billion in 2005, and US$10.7 billion in 2006.
People
- Jeff Bezos, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO
- Tom Szkutak, SVP & CFO
- Jeffrey Blackburn, SVP, Business Development
- Sebastian J. Gunningham, SVP, Merchant Services
- Andrew Jassy, SVP, Web Services
Acquisitions
Competitors
- Revenue: $91.4 Billion
- Revenue: $6 Billion
- Revenue: $788.2 Million
Headlines
- Reuters June 6, 2008
- TechTicker Yahoo Finance June 6, 2008
- BBSNews June 6, 2008
- TheStreet.com June 4, 2008