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Amazon.com (WBO:AMZN) Days Inventory

: 22.54 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Amazon.com's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €31,864 Mil. Amazon.com's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €129,009 Mil. Hence, Amazon.com's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 22.54.

The historical rank and industry rank for Amazon.com's Days Inventory or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:AMZN' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 24.16   Med: 29.23   Max: 34.67
Current: 26.39

During the past 13 years, Amazon.com's highest Days Inventory was 34.67. The lowest was 24.16. And the median was 29.23.

WBO:AMZN's Days Inventory is ranked better than
88.73% of 1065 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 110.2 vs WBO:AMZN: 26.39

Amazon.com's Days Inventory declined from Dec. 2022 (25.92) to Dec. 2023 (22.54).

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Amazon.com's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.05.

Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue. Amazon.com's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.20.


Amazon.com Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Amazon.com's Days Inventory 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.

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Amazon.com Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Days Inventory
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 28.14 25.22 24.76 26.58 26.08

Amazon.com Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Days Inventory Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.92 28.82 28.83 27.50 22.54

Competitive Comparison

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Amazon.com's Days Inventory, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Inventory data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Amazon.com Days Inventory Distribution

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Amazon.com's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Amazon.com's Days Inventory falls into.



Amazon.com Days Inventory Calculation

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory.

Amazon.com's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Days Inventory (A: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2022 ) + Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (32478.32 + 30552.606) / 2 ) / 441058.66*365
=31515.463 / 441058.66*365
=26.08

Amazon.com's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Days Inventory (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2023 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (33175.422 + 30552.606) / 2 ) / 129009.062*365 / 4
=31864.014 / 129009.062*365 / 4
=22.54

* 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.


Amazon.com  (WBO:AMZN) Days Inventory Explanation

Days Inventory indicates the liquidity of the inventory. Generally, a lower Days Inventory is preferred as it indicates a shorter duration to clear off the inventory. An increase of the ratio may indicate the company's sales slowed. Similar ratios related to Days Inventory are:

1. Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year.

Amazon.com's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

2. Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue.

Amazon.com's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue=Average Total Inventories / Revenue
=31864.014 / 155854.237
=0.20

* 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.


Be Aware

A lot of business are seasonable. It makes more sense to compare Days Inventory from the same period in the previous year instead of from the previous quarter.


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Amazon.com (WBO:AMZN) Business Description

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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.

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