Amazon.com (AMZN) ROCE %

: 16.35% (As of Dec. 2023)

View and export this data going back to 1997. Start your Free Trial

ROCE % measures how well a company generates profits from its capital. It is calculated as EBIT divided by Capital Employed, where Capital Employed is calculated as Total Assets minus Total Current Liabilities. Amazon.com's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 16.35%.

Amazon.com ROCE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Amazon.com's ROCE % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

Amazon.com Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

ROCE %

13.45

15.55

16.89

-1.22

12.16

Amazon.com Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
ROCE %																-0.36	6.33	10.40	15.49	16.35

Amazon.com ROCE % Calculation

Amazon.com's annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2023 )		(A: Dec. 2022 )		(A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2023 )		(A: Dec. 2022 )		(A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	40739	/	( ( (462675 - 155393)	+	(527854 - 164917) )	/ 2 )
	=	40739	/	( (307282	+	362937)	/ 2 )
	=	40739	/	335109.5
	=	12.16 %

Amazon.com's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT ⁽¹⁾	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(Q: Dec. 2023 )		(Q: Sep. 2023 )		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Dec. 2023 )		(Q: Sep. 2023 )		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	57596	/	( ( (486883 - 145214)	+	(527854 - 164917) )	/ 2 )
	=	57596	/	( ( 341669	+	362937 )	/ 2 )
	=	57596	/	352303
	=	16.35 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

Amazon.com (NAS:AMZN) ROCE % Explanation

ROCE % can be especially useful when comparing the performance of capital-intensive companies. Unlike ROE %, which indicates the profitability of Shareholders Equity, ROCE % also considers long-term debt in Capital Employed. This can be helpful when analyzing companies with significant debt, as the result is neutralized by taking debt into consideration.

Generally speaking, a higher ROCE % indicates a stonger profitability for a company. Moreover, it is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective. Investors tend to favor companies with stable and rising ROCE % trend over those with volatile ones.

Amazon.com ROCE % Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Amazon.com's ROCE % provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.

Amazon.com (AMZN) Business Description

Industry

GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Consumer Cyclical » Retail - Cyclical » Amazon.com Inc (NAS:AMZN) » Definitions » ROCE %

Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

AMZN:Peru AMZ N:Mexico AMZN_KZ:Kazakhstan AMZN:Italy AMZd:UK 0R1O:UK AMZ1:Germany AMZ:Germany AMZ:Germany AMZ:Germany AMZ:Germany AMZN:Chile AMZN:Canada AMZO34:Brazil AMZN:Austria AMZN:Argentina

Address

410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, WA, USA, 98109-5210

Website

https://www.amazon.com

Amazon is a leading online retailer and one of the highest-grossing e-commerce aggregators, with $386 billion in net sales and approximately $578 billion in estimated physical/digital online gross merchandise volume in 2021. Retail-related revenue represents approximately 80% of the total, followed by Amazon Web Services' cloud computing, storage, database, and other offerings (10%-15%), advertising services (5%), and other. International segments constitute 25%-30% of Amazon's non-AWS sales, led by Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

Executives

Adam Selipsky	officer: CEO Amazon Web Services	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
Douglas J Herrington	officer: CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
David Zapolsky	officer: Senior Vice President	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
Andrew R Jassy	director, officer: President and CEO	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108-1226
Shelley Reynolds	officer: Vice President	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
Brian T Olsavsky	officer: Senior Vice President and CFO	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
Daniel P Huttenlocher	director	ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Brad D Smith	director	1040 13TH AVE, HUNTINGTON WV 25701
Jeffrey P Bezos	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, CEO and President	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108-1226
David H Clark	officer: Senior Vice President	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
Jonathan Rubinstein	director	APPLE COMPUTER INC, 1 INFINITE LOOP, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Edith W Cooper	director	C/O ETSY, INC., 117 ADAMS STREET, BROOKLYN NY 11249
Judith A Mcgrath	director	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108
Jeffrey A Wilke	officer: CEO Worldwide Consumer	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108-1226
Patricia Q Stonesifer	director	PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108-1226