Amazon Com vs Walmart
AMZN and WMT side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AMZN and WMT compare
Amazon Com is the larger company, worth 2.6 times as much as Walmart ($2.6T against $980B).
On earnings, Amazon Com is cheaper: it trades at 19.3× trailing earnings, against 44.6× for Walmart.
Amazon Com grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (15.8% versus 6.2% for Walmart).
Amazon Com keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 17.4% compared with 3.0% at Walmart.
Walmart pays a dividend yielding 0.79%; Amazon Com does not pay one.
Amazon Com scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 15 for Walmart), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AMZN | WMT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.6T | $980B |
| Share price | $240.35 | $123.51 |
| Change, 1 year | 4.4% | 20.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 36.6% | 147% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.46 | 0.58 |
| Employees | 1.6M | 2.1M |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 21 (better) | 15 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 19.3× (better) | 44.6× |
| P/S | 3.3× | 1.3× (better) |
| P/B | 4.7× (better) | 10.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.4× (better) | 21.6× |
| P/FCF | – | 72.5× |
| PEG | – | 1.83 |
| FCF yield | −0.45% | 1.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $362.95 | $72.78 |
| Margin of safety | 33.8% (better) | −69.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 15.8% (better) | 6.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 13.2% (better) | 5.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 91.6% (better) | 3.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 89.5% (better) | 4.1% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 28.0% (better) | 11.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 50.8% (better) | 25.2% |
| Operating margin | 12.1% (better) | 4.4% |
| Net margin | 17.4% (better) | 3.0% |
| FCF margin | −1.5% | 1.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | 30.6% (better) | 23.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.0% | 19.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.24 (better) | 0.51 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.06 (better) | 0.82 |
| Interest coverage | 28.1× (better) | 17.4× |
| Current ratio | 1.03 (better) | 0.77 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.30 | 6.35 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.79% |
| Payout ratio | – | 34.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 17 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 5.5% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.71% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 1.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 67.2% | 37.4% |
| Held by insiders | 9.0% | 45.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$449M (better) | −$2.9B |
| Superinvestors holding | 25 (better) | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 0.88% | 1.9% |
Go deeper
- AMZN stock overview
- AMZN income statement
- AMZN valuation and score
- WMT stock overview
- WMT income statement
- WMT valuation and score
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