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Amazon.com (AMZN) Inventory-to-Revenue

: 0.20 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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 Average Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $34,362 Mil. Amazon.com's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $169,961 Mil. Amazon.com's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.20.

Amazon.com's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 declined from Sep. 2023 (0.25) to Sep. 2023 (0.20)

A decrease in the Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to next indicates that one of these is occurring:

1. investment in inventory is shrinking in relation to revenue
2. revenue are increasing
No matter which situation is causing the reduction in the Inventory-to-Revenue, either one suggests that business's inventory levels and its cash flow are effectively managed.

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 three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 22.29.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Amazon.com's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.09.


Amazon.com Inventory-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for Amazon.com's Inventory-to-Revenue 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
Inventory-to-Revenue
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.06

Amazon.com Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Inventory-to-Revenue 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 0.24 0.27 0.26 0.25 0.20

Competitive Comparison

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Amazon.com's Inventory-to-Revenue, along with its competitors' market caps and Inventory-to-Revenue 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 Inventory-to-Revenue Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Amazon.com's Inventory-to-Revenue falls into.



Amazon.com Inventory-to-Revenue Calculation

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 fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Total Inventories / Revenue
=( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2022 ) + Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )
=( (34405 + 33318) / 2 ) / 574785
=33861.5 / 574785
=0.06

Amazon.com's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Total Inventories / Revenue
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2023 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=( (35406 + 33318) / 2 ) / 169961
=34362 / 169961
=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.


Amazon.com  (NAS:AMZN) Inventory-to-Revenue Explanation

An increase in Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to the next indicates that one of the following is happening:

1. investment in inventory is growing more rapidly than revenue
2. revenue are dropping
No matter which situation is causing the problem, an increase in the Inventory-to-Revenue may signal an oncoming cash flow problem.

Likewise, a decrease in the Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to next indicates that one of these is occurring:

1. investment in inventory is shrinking in relation to revenue
2. revenue are increasing
No matter which situation is causing the reduction in the Inventory-to-Revenue, either one suggests that business's inventory levels and its cash flow are effectively managed.

More Related Terms:

1. 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 three months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Days Inventory=Average Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=34362/140686*365 / 4
=22.29

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

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

Inventory Turnover=Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Average Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=140686 / 34362
=4.09

* 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 (AMZN) Business Description

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

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