AMAZON COM INC vs JD.com, Inc., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AMZN and JD diverge most: on fcf yield, AMZN reads -0.1% and JD reads 3.5%; on operating margin, AMZN reads 13.1% and JD reads 0.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AMZN's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What JD'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 | JD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $232.10 | $30.20 |
| Market cap | $2.52T | $45.0B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +1.0% |
| P/E | 27.8 | 16.4 |
| P/B | 5.71 | 1.07 |
| P/S | 3.40 | 0.24 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.3 | 18.0 |
| Revenue growth | +14.2% | +6.0% |
| Operating margin | 13.1% | 0.2% |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 1.8% |
| Return on equity | 15.0% | 7.9% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 3.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.9% | 0.7% |
| FCF yield | -0.1% | 3.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.28 | 0.16 |
| Current ratio | 1.18 | 1.22 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.38 | 2.66 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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