Amazon.com (AMZN) Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
Market Cap: $1.97T
Avg Volume: 39.14M
Industry: Specialty Retail
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) Summary
Amazon.com's ROIC measures how effectively the company uses its invested capital to generate profits:
- Annual: 8.38%
- Quarterly: 4.23%
- TTM: 14.39%
What is ROIC?
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) measures how effectively a company uses its capital from debt and equity to generate profits. ROIC is a useful metric for comparing the efficiency of capital allocation between different companies or across time periods within the same company. A higher ROIC indicates a more efficient use of capital.
Related Metrics
Other important metrics to assess Amazon.com's profitability include:
- ROE (Return on Equity) - measures the return generated on shareholders' equity:
- Annual: 15.07%
- Quarterly: 5.70%
- TTM: 21.20%
- ROA (Return on Assets) - measures the return generated on the company's assets:
- Annual: 5.76%
- Quarterly: 2.43%
- TTM: 8.01%
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 ROIC
8.38%
Quarterly ROIC
4.23%
TTM ROIC
14.39%
Amazon.com Historical ROIC
Historical ROE
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 | ROIC | ROE | ROA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.38% | 15.07% | 5.76% |
| 2022 | 1.86% | -1.86% | -0.59% |
| 2021 | 8.04% | 24.13% | 7.93% |
| 2020 | 10.41% | 22.84% | 6.64% |
| 2019 | 8.65% | 18.67% | 5.14% |
| 2018 | 12.88% | 23.13% | 6.19% |
| 2017 | 4.56% | 10.95% | 2.31% |
| 2016 | 6.59% | 12.29% | 2.84% |
| 2015 | 3.10% | 4.45% | 0.92% |
| 2014 | 2.34% | -2.24% | -0.44% |