AMAZON COM INC vs WALMART INC.. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AMZN and WMT diverge most: on fcf yield, AMZN reads -0.4% and WMT reads 1.5%; on p/s, AMZN reads 3.69 and WMT reads 1.21. 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 WMT'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 | WMT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $262.42 | $111.36 |
| Market cap | $2.86T | $888.4B |
| Sector | Retail | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +14.9% |
| P/E | 21.1 | 40.4 |
| P/B | 5.19 | 8.50 |
| P/S | 3.69 | 1.21 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.3 | 19.6 |
| Revenue growth | +15.8% | +6.2% |
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 5.0% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 3.0% |
| Return on equity | 10.7% | 21.1% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 7.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.8% | 17.0% |
| FCF yield | -0.4% | 1.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.24 | 0.48 |
| Current ratio | 1.03 | 0.77 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.24 | 8.99 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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