AMAZON COM INC vs WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AMZN and WSM diverge most: on fcf yield, AMZN reads -0.4% and WSM reads 4.0%; on debt / equity, AMZN reads 0.25 and WSM reads 0.00. 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 WSM'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 | WSM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $271.46 | $228.56 |
| Market cap | $2.96T | $27.4B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +28.4% |
| P/E | 21.8 | 25.6 |
| P/B | 5.37 | 14.66 |
| P/S | 3.82 | 3.48 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.9 | 18.2 |
| Revenue growth | +15.8% | +1.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 44.0% |
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 16.2% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 10.7% | 58.2% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 21.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.8% | 58.7% |
| FCF yield | -0.4% | 4.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.25 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.03 | 1.33 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.24 | 7.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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