Amazon.com (AMZN) Return on Equity (ROE)
Market Cap: $1.97T
Avg Volume: 39.14M
Industry: Specialty Retail
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Return on Equity (ROE) Summary
Amazon.com's ROE measures the return generated on shareholders' equity:
- Annual: 15.07%
- Quarterly: 5.70%
- TTM: 21.20%
What is Return on Equity (ROE)?
Return on Equity measures a company's ability to generate profits from its shareholders' equity. It indicates how effectively the management is using the company’s assets to create profits. A higher ROE generally reflects well on the company’s management and its ability to generate profits without needing as much capital.
Related Metrics
Other important metrics to assess Amazon.com's profitability include:
- ROIC (Return on Invested Capital) - measures how effectively the company uses its invested capital to generate profits:
- Annual: 8.38%
- Quarterly: 4.23%
- TTM: 14.39%
- ROA (Return on Assets) - measures the return generated on the company's assets:
- Annual: 5.76%
- Quarterly: 2.43%
- TTM: 8.01%
- Profit Margin - indicates the profitability of the company relative to its revenue:
- Annual: 5.29%
- Quarterly: 9.11%
- TTM: 7.35%
These metrics provide insights into Amazon.com's profitability and efficiency in using its capital and assets to generate returns. Comparing these ratios with industry benchmarks can offer a deeper understanding of the company's performance.
Annual ROE
15.07%
Quarterly ROE
5.70%
TTM ROE
21.20%
Amazon.com Historical ROE
Historical ROIC
Historical ROA
Amazon.com Historical Profitability Metrics
The table below shows various profitability metrics for each year, with the latest data available for the last fiscal year 2023.
| Year | ROE | ROIC | ROA | Profit Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.07% | 8.38% | 5.76% | 5.29% |
| 2022 | -1.86% | 1.86% | -0.59% | -0.53% |
| 2021 | 24.13% | 8.04% | 7.93% | 7.10% |
| 2020 | 22.84% | 10.41% | 6.64% | 5.53% |
| 2019 | 18.67% | 8.65% | 5.14% | 4.13% |
| 2018 | 23.13% | 12.88% | 6.19% | 4.33% |
| 2017 | 10.95% | 4.56% | 2.31% | 1.71% |
| 2016 | 12.29% | 6.59% | 2.84% | 1.74% |
| 2015 | 4.45% | 3.10% | 0.92% | 0.56% |
| 2014 | -2.24% | 2.34% | -0.44% | -0.27% |