AMAZON COM INC vs CVS HEALTH CORPORATION, two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AMZN and CVS diverge most: on fcf yield, AMZN reads -0.4% and CVS reads 9.7%; on p/s, AMZN reads 3.61 and CVS reads 0.29. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AMZN's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What CVS's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AMZN | CVS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $256.80 | $94.67 |
| Market cap | $2.80T | $121.8B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 20.7 | 25.0 |
| P/B | 5.08 | 1.52 |
| P/S | 3.61 | 0.29 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.9 | 13.3 |
| Revenue growth | +15.8% | +7.3% |
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 4.4% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 0.7% |
| Return on equity | 10.7% | 3.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 1.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.8% | 4.5% |
| FCF yield | -0.4% | 9.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.25 | 0.74 |
| Current ratio | 1.03 | 0.87 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.24 | 2.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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