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The issue is Amazon stock is very expensive when compared with other companies. Walmart's market cap is ~250B, whereas Amazon is $350B. Amazon had $100B sales
by bdkoepke 10y ago
The issue is Amazon stock is very expensive when compared with other companies.
Walmart's market cap is ~250B, whereas Amazon is $350B.
Amazon had $100B sales last year, Walmart had $500B.
If Amazon can generate profit at the same rate as Walmart then Amazon needs to get to $700B in sales for that valuation to make sense...
If Amazon double's in value again it would have to have sales representing 10% of US GDP at the same profitability level as Walmart.
Smells like a speculative bubble to me.
- petra 10y agoAmazon is a much more global/scalable company than Walmart, both now and potentially, so the calculation should be a bit different.