Amazon

At a glance

Buybacks

1.7%Buybacks as a share of free cash flowSEC EDGAR · CIK 00010187240001193125-10-016098 · FY2009 · period ended 2009-12-31 · filed 2010-01-29NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001193125-10-016098 · FY2009 · period ended 2009-12-31 · filed 2010-01-29PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock0001193125-10-016098 · FY2009 · period ended 2009-12-31 · filed 2010-01-29PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment0001193125-12-032846 · FY2011 · period ended 2011-12-31 · filed 2012-02-01NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001193125-12-032846 · FY2011 · period ended 2011-12-31 · filed 2012-02-01PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock0001193125-12-032846 · FY2011 · period ended 2011-12-31 · filed 2012-02-01PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment0001193125-13-028520 · FY2012 · period ended 2012-12-31 · filed 2013-01-30NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001193125-13-028520 · FY2012 · period ended 2012-12-31 · filed 2013-01-30PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock0001193125-13-028520 · FY2012 · period ended 2012-12-31 · filed 2013-01-30PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment0001018724-14-000006 · FY2013 · period ended 2013-12-31 · filed 2014-01-31NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001018724-14-000006 · FY2013 · period ended 2013-12-31 · filed 2014-01-31PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock0001018724-14-000006 · FY2013 · period ended 2013-12-31 · filed 2014-01-31PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment0001018724-15-000006 · FY2014 · period ended 2014-12-31 · filed 2015-01-30NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001018724-15-000006 · FY2014 · period ended 2014-12-31 · filed 2015-01-30PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock0001018724-15-000006 · FY2014 · period ended 2014-12-31 · filed 2015-01-30PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment0001018724-24-000008 · FY2023 · period ended 2023-12-31 · filed 2024-02-02NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001018724-24-000008 · FY2023 · period ended 2023-12-31 · filed 2024-02-02PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock0001018724-24-000008 · FY2023 · period ended 2023-12-31 · filed 2024-02-02PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets0001018724-25-000004 · FY2024 · period ended 2024-12-31 · filed 2025-02-07NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001018724-25-000004 · FY2024 · period ended 2024-12-31 · filed 2025-02-07PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock0001018724-25-000004 · FY2024 · period ended 2024-12-31 · filed 2025-02-07PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets

Share of free cash flow, fiscal 2009, 2011–2014, 2023–2024

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Dividends

MissingDividends as a share of free cash flowdividends: no fiscal year has both positive free cash flow and a figure

Share of free cash flow

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Acquisitions

30.5%^cr!Acquisitions as a share of free cash flowSEC EDGAR · CIK 00010187240001193125-10-016098 · FY2009 · period ended 2009-12-31 · filed 2010-01-29NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001193125-10-016098 · FY2009 · period ended 2009-12-31 · filed 2010-01-29PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesAndInterestInAffiliates0001193125-10-016098 · FY2009 · period ended 2009-12-31 · filed 2010-01-29PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment0001193125-11-016253 · FY2010 · period ended 2010-12-31 · filed 2011-01-28NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001193125-11-016253 · FY2010 · period ended 2010-12-31 · filed 2011-01-28PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesAndInterestInAffiliates0001193125-11-016253 · FY2010 · period ended 2010-12-31 · filed 2011-01-28PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment0001193125-12-032846 · FY2011 · period ended 2011-12-31 · filed 2012-02-01NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001193125-12-032846 · FY2011 · period ended 2011-12-31 · filed 2012-02-01PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesAndInterestInAffiliates0001193125-12-032846 · FY2011 · period ended 2011-12-31 · filed 2012-02-01PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment0001193125-13-028520 · FY2012 · period ended 2012-12-31 · filed 2013-01-30NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001193125-13-028520 · FY2012 · period ended 2012-12-31 · filed 2013-01-30PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesAndInterestInAffiliates0001193125-13-028520 · FY2012 · period ended 2012-12-31 · filed 2013-01-30PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment0001018724-14-000006 · FY2013 · period ended 2013-12-31 · filed 2014-01-31NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001018724-14-000006 · FY2013 · period ended 2013-12-31 · filed 2014-01-31PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesAndInterestInAffiliates0001018724-14-000006 · FY2013 · period ended 2013-12-31 · filed 2014-01-31PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment0001018724-15-000006 · FY2014 · period ended 2014-12-31 · filed 2015-01-30NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001018724-15-000006 · FY2014 · period ended 2014-12-31 · filed 2015-01-30PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesAndInterestInAffiliates0001018724-15-000006 · FY2014 · period ended 2014-12-31 · filed 2015-01-30PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment0001018724-16-000172 · FY2015 · period ended 2015-12-31 · filed 2016-01-29NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001018724-16-000172 · FY2015 · period ended 2015-12-31 · filed 2016-01-29PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesAndInterestInAffiliates0001018724-16-000172 · FY2015 · period ended 2015-12-31 · filed 2016-01-29PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment0001018724-17-000011 · FY2016 · period ended 2016-12-31 · filed 2017-02-10NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001018724-17-000011 · FY2016 · period ended 2016-12-31 · filed 2017-02-10PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesAndInterestInAffiliates0001018724-17-000011 · FY2016 · period ended 2016-12-31 · filed 2017-02-10PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment0001018724-18-000005 · FY2017 · period ended 2017-12-31 · filed 2018-02-02NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001018724-19-000004 · FY2017 · period ended 2017-12-31 · filed 2019-02-01PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired0001018724-19-000004 · FY2017 · period ended 2017-12-31 · filed 2019-02-01PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets0001018724-19-000004 · FY2018 · period ended 2018-12-31 · filed 2019-02-01NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001018724-19-000004 · FY2018 · period ended 2018-12-31 · filed 2019-02-01PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired0001018724-19-000004 · FY2018 · period ended 2018-12-31 · filed 2019-02-01PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets0001018724-20-000004 · FY2019 · period ended 2019-12-31 · filed 2020-01-31NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities0001018724-20-000004 · FY2019 · period ended 2019-12-31 · filed 2020-01-31PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired0001018724-20-000004 · FY2019 · period ended 2019-12-31 · filed 2020-01-31PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssetsc: comparative figure from a later filing (PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired FY2017; PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets FY2017); SEC's structured data has no figure from the fiscal year's own 10-K.r: a later 10-K shows a different figure for NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities FY2015; NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities FY2016; NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities FY2017. As filed is shown.!: tags disagree and the disagreement is unresolved (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment FY2016).

Share of free cash flow, fiscal 2009–2019

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Median ROIC

17.5%^r!Median return on invested capitalSEC EDGAR · CIK 00010187240001193125-12-032846 · FY2011 · period ended 2011-12-31 · filed 2012-02-01CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue0001193125-12-032846 · FY2011 · period ended 2011-12-31 · filed 2012-02-01LongTermDebtCurrent0001193125-12-032846 · FY2011 · period ended 2011-12-31 · filed 2012-02-01LongTermDebtNoncurrent0001193125-12-032846 · FY2011 · period ended 2011-12-31 · filed 2012-02-01StockholdersEquity0001193125-13-028520 · FY2012 · period ended 2012-12-31 · filed 2013-01-30CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue0001193125-13-028520 · FY2012 · period ended 2012-12-31 · filed 2013-01-30IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments0001193125-13-028520 · FY2012 · period ended 2012-12-31 · filed 2013-01-30IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit0001193125-13-028520 · FY2012 · period ended 2012-12-31 · filed 2013-01-30LongTermDebtCurrent0001193125-13-028520 · FY2012 · period ended 2012-12-31 · filed 2013-01-30LongTermDebtNoncurrent0001193125-13-028520 · FY2012 · period ended 2012-12-31 · filed 2013-01-30OperatingIncomeLoss0001193125-13-028520 · FY2012 · period ended 2012-12-31 · filed 2013-01-30StockholdersEquity0001018724-14-000006 · FY2013 · period ended 2013-12-31 · filed 2014-01-31CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue0001018724-14-000006 · FY2013 · period ended 2013-12-31 · filed 2014-01-31IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments0001018724-14-000006 · FY2013 · period ended 2013-12-31 · filed 2014-01-31IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit0001018724-14-000006 · FY2013 · period ended 2013-12-31 · filed 2014-01-31LongTermDebtCurrent0001018724-14-000006 · FY2013 · period ended 2013-12-31 · filed 2014-01-31LongTermDebtNoncurrent0001018724-14-000006 · FY2013 · period ended 2013-12-31 · filed 2014-01-31OperatingIncomeLoss0001018724-14-000006 · FY2013 · period ended 2013-12-31 · filed 2014-01-31StockholdersEquity0001018724-15-000006 · FY2014 · period ended 2014-12-31 · filed 2015-01-30CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue0001018724-15-000006 · FY2014 · period ended 2014-12-31 · filed 2015-01-30LongTermDebtCurrent0001018724-15-000006 · FY2014 · period ended 2014-12-31 · filed 2015-01-30LongTermDebtNoncurrent0001018724-15-000006 · FY2014 · period ended 2014-12-31 · filed 2015-01-30StockholdersEquity0001018724-16-000172 · FY2015 · period ended 2015-12-31 · filed 2016-01-29CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue0001018724-16-000172 · FY2015 · period ended 2015-12-31 · filed 2016-01-29IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments0001018724-16-000172 · FY2015 · period ended 2015-12-31 · filed 2016-01-29IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit0001018724-16-000172 · FY2015 · period ended 2015-12-31 · filed 2016-01-29LongTermDebtCurrent0001018724-16-000172 · FY2015 · period ended 2015-12-31 · filed 2016-01-29LongTermDebtNoncurrent0001018724-16-000172 · FY2015 · period ended 2015-12-31 · filed 2016-01-29OperatingIncomeLoss0001018724-16-000172 · FY2015 · period ended 2015-12-31 · filed 2016-01-29StockholdersEquity0001018724-17-000011 · FY2016 · period ended 2016-12-31 · filed 2017-02-10CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue0001018724-17-000011 · FY2016 · period ended 2016-12-31 · filed 2017-02-10IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments0001018724-17-000011 · FY2016 · period ended 2016-12-31 · filed 2017-02-10IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit0001018724-17-000011 · FY2016 · period ended 2016-12-31 · filed 2017-02-10LongTermDebtCurrent0001018724-17-000011 · FY2016 · period ended 2016-12-31 · filed 2017-02-10LongTermDebtNoncurrent0001018724-17-000011 · FY2016 · period ended 2016-12-31 · filed 2017-02-10OperatingIncomeLoss0001018724-17-000011 · FY2016 · period ended 2016-12-31 · filed 2017-02-10StockholdersEquity0001018724-18-000005 · FY2017 · period ended 2017-12-31 · filed 2018-02-02CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue0001018724-18-000005 · FY2017 · period ended 2017-12-31 · filed 2018-02-02IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments0001018724-18-000005 · FY2017 · period ended 2017-12-31 · filed 2018-02-02IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit0001018724-18-000005 · FY2017 · period ended 2017-12-31 · filed 2018-02-02LongTermDebtCurrent0001018724-18-000005 · FY2017 · period ended 2017-12-31 · filed 2018-02-02LongTermDebtNoncurrent0001018724-18-000005 · FY2017 · period ended 2017-12-31 · filed 2018-02-02OperatingIncomeLoss0001018724-18-000005 · FY2017 · period ended 2017-12-31 · filed 2018-02-02StockholdersEquity0001018724-19-000004 · FY2018 · period ended 2018-12-31 · filed 2019-02-01CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue0001018724-19-000004 · FY2018 · period ended 2018-12-31 · filed 2019-02-01IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments0001018724-19-000004 · FY2018 · period ended 2018-12-31 · filed 2019-02-01IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit0001018724-19-000004 · FY2018 · period ended 2018-12-31 · filed 2019-02-01LongTermDebtCurrent0001018724-19-000004 · FY2018 · period ended 2018-12-31 · filed 2019-02-01LongTermDebtNoncurrent0001018724-19-000004 · FY2018 · period ended 2018-12-31 · filed 2019-02-01OperatingIncomeLoss0001018724-19-000004 · FY2018 · period ended 2018-12-31 · filed 2019-02-01StockholdersEquity0001018724-20-000004 · FY2019 · period ended 2019-12-31 · filed 2020-01-31CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue0001018724-20-000004 · FY2019 · period ended 2019-12-31 · filed 2020-01-31IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments0001018724-20-000004 · FY2019 · period ended 2019-12-31 · filed 2020-01-31IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit0001018724-20-000004 · FY2019 · period ended 2019-12-31 · filed 2020-01-31LongTermDebtCurrent0001018724-20-000004 · FY2019 · period ended 2019-12-31 · filed 2020-01-31LongTermDebtNoncurrent0001018724-20-000004 · FY2019 · period ended 2019-12-31 · filed 2020-01-31OperatingIncomeLoss0001018724-20-000004 · FY2019 · period ended 2019-12-31 · filed 2020-01-31StockholdersEquity0001018724-21-000004 · FY2020 · period ended 2020-12-31 · filed 2021-02-03CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue0001018724-21-000004 · FY2020 · period ended 2020-12-31 · filed 2021-02-03IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments0001018724-21-000004 · FY2020 · period ended 2020-12-31 · filed 2021-02-03IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit0001018724-21-000004 · FY2020 · period ended 2020-12-31 · filed 2021-02-03LongTermDebtCurrent0001018724-21-000004 · FY2020 · period ended 2020-12-31 · filed 2021-02-03LongTermDebtNoncurrent0001018724-21-000004 · FY2020 · period ended 2020-12-31 · filed 2021-02-03OperatingIncomeLoss0001018724-21-000004 · FY2020 · period ended 2020-12-31 · filed 2021-02-03StockholdersEquity0001018724-22-000005 · FY2021 · period ended 2021-12-31 · filed 2022-02-04CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue0001018724-22-000005 · FY2021 · period ended 2021-12-31 · filed 2022-02-04IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments0001018724-22-000005 · FY2021 · period ended 2021-12-31 · filed 2022-02-04IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit0001018724-22-000005 · FY2021 · period ended 2021-12-31 · filed 2022-02-04LongTermDebtCurrent0001018724-22-000005 · FY2021 · period ended 2021-12-31 · filed 2022-02-04LongTermDebtNoncurrent0001018724-22-000005 · FY2021 · period ended 2021-12-31 · filed 2022-02-04OperatingIncomeLoss0001018724-22-000005 · FY2021 · period ended 2021-12-31 · filed 2022-02-04StockholdersEquity0001018724-23-000004 · FY2022 · period ended 2022-12-31 · filed 2023-02-03CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue0001018724-23-000004 · FY2022 · period ended 2022-12-31 · filed 2023-02-03LongTermDebtCurrent0001018724-23-000004 · FY2022 · period ended 2022-12-31 · filed 2023-02-03LongTermDebtNoncurrent0001018724-23-000004 · FY2022 · period ended 2022-12-31 · filed 2023-02-03StockholdersEquity0001018724-24-000008 · FY2023 · period ended 2023-12-31 · filed 2024-02-02CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue0001018724-24-000008 · FY2023 · period ended 2023-12-31 · filed 2024-02-02IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments0001018724-24-000008 · FY2023 · period ended 2023-12-31 · filed 2024-02-02IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit0001018724-24-000008 · FY2023 · period ended 2023-12-31 · filed 2024-02-02LongTermDebtCurrent0001018724-24-000008 · FY2023 · period ended 2023-12-31 · filed 2024-02-02LongTermDebtNoncurrent0001018724-24-000008 · FY2023 · period ended 2023-12-31 · filed 2024-02-02OperatingIncomeLoss0001018724-24-000008 · FY2023 · period ended 2023-12-31 · filed 2024-02-02StockholdersEquityr: a later 10-K shows a different figure for LongTermDebtNoncurrent FY2015; LongTermDebtCurrent FY2019. As filed is shown.!: tags disagree and the disagreement is unresolved (LongTermDebtCurrent FY2020; LongTermDebtCurrent FY2021; LongTermDebtCurrent FY2022; LongTermDebtCurrent FY2023).ROIC median over 10 of 16 years (FY2012 to FY2023); no ROIC shown for FY2010: opening capital: FY2009: no short-term debt line (DebtCurrent, LongTermDebtCurrent, ShortTermBorrowings, CommercialPaper, ...); FY2011: opening capital: FY2010: no short-term debt line (DebtCurrent, LongTermDebtCurrent, ShortTermBorrowings, CommercialPaper, ...); FY2014: pre-tax income at or below zero (−111.0 million), so there is no effective tax rate; FY2022: pre-tax income at or below zero (−5.9 billion), so there is no effective tax rate; FY2024: closing capital: FY2024: it is not known whether the short-term borrowings line includes the current portion of long-term debt, so debt cannot be summed without risk of counting it twice; FY2025: opening capital: FY2024: it is not known whether the short-term borrowings line includes the current portion of long-term debt, so debt cannot be summed without risk of counting it twice

Return on invested capital, fiscal 2012–2013, 2015–2021, 2023

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Sections, fiscal 2009–2025

• Where the cash wentFree cash flow and what it was spent on — buybacks, dividends, acquisitions and debt — year by year.
• Return on capitalReturn on invested capital and on incremental capital, and up to three estimates of owner earnings.
• Management recordPrices paid for buybacks, debt against operating income, margins, share issuance and stock-based pay.