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Profile - Amazon.com, Inc. (NasdaqNM:AMZN)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 23Conference call: Amazon.com, Inc. Earnings (Q2)
Location
1200 12th Avenue South, Suite 1200
Seattle, WA 98144
Phone: (206) 266-1000
Fax: (206) 622-2405
Email: ir@amazon.com
Employees (last reported count): 9,000
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Specialty)
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Index Membership
 ·Nasdaq 100
 ·AMEX Internet
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 61%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 3 insider sells; 520.0K shares
  (0.2% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 44% (112% of float)
(425 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 4.76M shares (+2.92%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Amazon.com, Inc. is a Website where customers can find and discover anything they may want to buy online. The Company lists millions of unique items in categories such as books, music, DVDs, videos, consumer electronics, toys, camera and photo items, software, computer and video games, tools and hardware, lawn and patio items, kitchen products, and wireless products. Through its Amazon Marketplace, Auctions and zShops services, any business or individual can sell virtually anything to the Company's approximately 30 million cumulative customers, and with Amazon.com Payments, sellers can accept credit card transactions. In addition to its U.S.-based Website, www.amazon.com, the Company operates four internationally focused Websites: www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.fr and www.amazon.co.jp. The Company also operates the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), a comprehensive and authoritative source of information on movies and entertainment titles, and cast and crewmembers.
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Financial Summary
Amazon.com, Inc., is an online retailer offering items including books, music, DVD/video, toys, electronics, software, and home products. For the the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues increased 19% to $1.37 billion. Net loss before acct. change fell 37% to $392 million. Revenues reflect increased unit sales in electronic, home improvement, and international stores. Lower loss reflects gains on the contract termination with Kozmo.com and remeasurement of Euro-debt.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Jeffrey Bezos, 37
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$82K
Warren Jenson, 44
Sr. VP, CFO
2.1M
Richard Dalzell, 43
Sr. VP, CIO
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Mark Britto, 36
Sr. VP, Cross-Site Merchandising
1.1M
Diego Piacentini, 40
Sr. VP and Gen. Mang. International
2.5M
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:AMZNAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 4-Apr-2001
$8.10 
Recent Price$8.94 
52-Week High
on 6-Sep-2000
$49.625
Beta3.25 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)6.35M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)3.98M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-78.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-71.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$3.24B
Shares Outstanding362.7M
Float141.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 2-Sep-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$3.95 
Earnings (ttm)-$3.31 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.47 
Sales (ttm)$8.35 
Cash (mrq)$1.68 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.07 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.98B
EBITDA (ttm)-$573.7M
Income available to common (ttm)-$1.18B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-35.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)-28.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-54.23%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.25 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$609.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short51.8M
Percent of Float36.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
47.9M
Short Ratio7.57 
Daily Volume6.85M
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