AMAZON COM INC vs CARVANA CO., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AMZN and CVNA diverge most: on fcf yield, AMZN reads -0.4% and CVNA reads 1.8%; on debt / equity, AMZN reads 0.25 and CVNA reads 1.01. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AMZN's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AMZN | CVNA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $256.80 | $69.15 |
| Market cap | $2.80T | $51.2B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 20.7 | — |
| P/B | 5.08 | 9.96 |
| P/S | 3.61 | 2.04 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.9 | 24.0 |
| Revenue growth | +15.8% | +54.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 18.8% |
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 9.2% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 6.3% |
| Return on equity | 10.7% | 30.5% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 10.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.8% | 17.1% |
| FCF yield | -0.4% | 1.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.25 | 1.01 |
| Current ratio | 1.03 | 3.93 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.24 | 5.68 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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