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AMZN

Amazon

A retail, advertising and cloud company whose profits now come mostly from AWS, and which is spending heavily on AI infrastructure, pushing trailing free cash flow negative.

Broadline RetailAnalysis updated 2026-11-12

What the filings point to next

Our analysis of the moves the company's own disclosures point to, with the signals that would confirm them.

Top strategy callHigh confidence

Keep capital spending on AI infrastructure high, and fund more of it with debt from several currency markets rather than slowing the build-out

Signals to watch
  • Year-over-year change in purchases of property and equipment in the Q4 2026 and 2027 filings
  • More non-USD bond issues or new credit facilities
  • Whether the trailing free cash flow outflow narrows as AWS revenue catches up
4 more strategy calls in the full analysis
  • Grow Trainium and Graviton into a business line in their own right and use them to lock in long-term capacity deals with AI labs and large enterprises
    Medium confidence
  • Begin commercial service on the Amazon Leo satellite network, which would change how its costs are accounted for
    Medium confidence
  • Keep cutting corporate roles while hiring AI and security talent, to fund AI investment and protect retail margins
    Medium confidence
  • Position Bedrock as a model-neutral agent platform, then connect agent capabilities such as payments to Amazon's commerce and advertising businesses
    Low confidence

Relationship map

Who it buys from, sells to, partners with and competes against, as its disclosures describe it.

AMZNAnthropic: AWS customer with multi-year, multi-gigawatt Trainium commitmentAnthropicOpenAI: AWS customer with Trainium commitment; also signed new AWS agreementOpenAIMeta: AWS customer (new agreement)MetaNVIDIA: AWS customer (new agreement)NVIDIASalesforce: AWS customer (new agreement)SalesforceBlue Origin: Satellite launch and related services for the satellite broadband network (related party)Blue OriginUnnamed third-party launch provider: Satellite launch services alongside Blue OriginUnnamed third-party launch …China-based suppliers: Significant source of components and finished goodsChina-based suppliersMemory chip suppliers (not named): Inputs for infrastructure and devices; supply volatility flaggedMemory chip suppliers (not …The Washington Post entities: Advertising, digital content and data licensing (related party)The Washington Post entitiesAnthropic: Investee (convertible notes, nonvoting stake) and Bedrock model providerAnthropicOpenAI: Bedrock model provider and engine behind Bedrock Managed AgentsOpenAISpaceXAI: Bedrock model provider (Grok models)SpaceXAIPhysical, e-commerce and omnichannel retailers: Retail competition on selection, price and conveniencePhysical e-commerce and o…Cloud and AI infrastructure providers: Competition for AWSCloud and AI infrastructu…Search engines, social networks and AI assistants: Compete for product discovery and trafficSearch engines social net…

Customers Suppliers Partners (top) Competitors (bottom) · solid = disclosed, dashed = inferred · tap a highlighted company to open it

What other companies' disclosures say about it

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Business at a glance

Operating-health scores describe reported fundamentals on a 0–100 scale. They are not a rating of the stock. How they work

Operating health54
Growth65
Profitability49
Cash generation12
Balance sheet77
Dilution control65
Key ratios and five-year financials
Latest quarter revenue YoY (2026-09-30)12.1%Revenue growth (FY)12.4%Revenue CAGR (3y)11.7%Gross margin50.3%Operating margin11.2%Net margin10.8%Free cash flow margin1.1%R&D / revenue—Stock comp / revenue2.7%Net debt / operating cash flow-0.11xCurrent ratio1.05Diluted share count change1.0%
Fiscal year endingFY 2021-12FY 2022-12FY 2023-12FY 2024-12FY 2025-12
Revenue$469.8B$514.0B$574.8B$638.0B$716.9B
Gross profit$197.5B$225.2B$270.0B$311.7B$360.5B
Operating income$24.9B$12.2B$36.9B$68.6B$80.0B
Net income$33.4B-$2.7B$30.4B$59.2B$77.7B
Operating cash flow$46.3B$46.8B$84.9B$115.9B$139.5B
Capital expenditure$61.1B$63.6B$52.7B$83.0B$131.8B
Free cash flow-$14.7B-$16.9B$32.2B$32.9B$7.7B
Stock-based comp$12.8B$19.6B$24.0B$22.0B$19.5B
Buybacks$0$6.0B$0$0—
Cash$36.2B$53.9B$73.4B$78.8B$86.8B
Total debt$52.0B$73.5B$75.8B$63.2B$72.0B
Equity$138.2B$146.0B$201.9B$286.0B$411.1B

Built from the company's disclosures: 10-K (2026-02-06), 8-K (2026-10-29), 8-K (2026-09-14), 8-K (2026-09-09), 8-K (2026-07-30), DEF 14A (2026-04-09).

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