AMAZON COM INC vs Ross Stores, Inc., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AMZN and ROST diverge most: on fcf yield, AMZN reads -0.1% and ROST reads 3.7%; on return on invested capital, AMZN reads 11.9% and ROST reads 29.8%. 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 ROST'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 | ROST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $245.35 | $222.82 |
| Market cap | $2.67T | $71.6B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +24.3% |
| P/E | 29.4 | 31.1 |
| P/B | 6.04 | 11.35 |
| P/S | 3.59 | 3.01 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.3 | 20.0 |
| Revenue growth | +14.2% | +11.9% |
| Operating margin | 13.1% | 13.4% |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 9.7% |
| Return on equity | 15.0% | 36.7% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 14.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.9% | 29.8% |
| FCF yield | -0.1% | 3.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.28 | 0.20 |
| Current ratio | 1.18 | 1.54 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.38 | 8.35 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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