AMAZON COM INC vs HOME DEPOT, INC., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AMZN and HD diverge most: on fcf yield, AMZN reads -0.4% and HD reads 4.3%; on return on equity, AMZN reads 10.7% and HD reads 101.0%. 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 HD'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 | HD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $271.46 | $332.02 |
| Market cap | $2.96T | $330.7B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +7.2% |
| P/E | 21.8 | 23.6 |
| P/B | 5.37 | 23.84 |
| P/S | 3.82 | 1.99 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.9 | 13.7 |
| Revenue growth | +15.8% | +2.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 33.0% |
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 11.9% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 8.4% |
| Return on equity | 10.7% | 101.0% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 13.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.8% | 89.7% |
| FCF yield | -0.4% | 4.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Current ratio | 1.03 | 1.04 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.24 | 5.06 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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