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Amazon vs Alibaba

Side-by-side on the measures that matter, with a plain-English read. Full detail: AMZN · BABA

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1-year performance, rebased to 100

AMZN +18.3%BABA -38.0%
Amazon edges it on the scoreable measures. Amazon has the highest Quant Rating (57); Amazon has done best over the past year (+15%); Amazon trades cheapest on trailing earnings.
AMZNBABA
Snapshot
Sector--Internet Retail
Last price262.43111.37
Change today+3.29%+5.36%
1-year return+15.2%-35.3%
Market cap$2.83T$276.82B
52-week range196.00 – 287.2091.99 – 180.84
Valuation
P/E (TTM)21.1125.11
P/E percentile, own 5-yr range19th73rd
P/B5.131.77
Dividend yield0.00%0.94%
Profitability & growth
EPS (TTM)7.176.58
Net profit (TTM)$77.34B$16.34B
Revenue (TTM)$775.68B$1.04T
Revenue growth (YoY)+19.6%+8.6%
Gross margin50.8%38.2%
Operating margin12.1%4.2%
Net margin17.4%7.0%
Free cash flow (TTM)$-11.63B$-48.45B
Ownership & sentiment
Institutional ownership68.2%41.5%
Insider activity (12mo)17 buy / 33 sell13 buy / 5 sell
Short interest (% of float)0.8%1.5%
Analyst consensus98% buy / 2% hold (41)100% buy (12)
Analyst price target$335 (+28%)$192 (+72%)
StockVane view
StockVane Quant RatingC (57)E (9)
Company
Employees1,576,000131,462
Founded19941999

▲ marks the more favourable stock(s) on measures with a clear direction (lower P/E, higher yield, higher Quant Rating, better 1-year return). Analyst consensus counts each covering institution once, at its most recent rating. Not a recommendation. Quant Rating method: Data & Methodology.