Question

answer questions about  AMAZON

1. What industry does the firm operate in? Examine the firm’s past and future position within the industry. Is it a leader? What percent market share does it hold? Describe the services and products that the firm produces.

2. Who are the company’s important managers (aka: insiders) CEO, CFO, etc.? What is their experience? Is it applicable to their current position within the firm? Are they owners of the firm’s stock/bonds? How are they compensated? Are they buyers or sellers of the firm’s stock/bonds?

3. 4. Explore the Company 10-K (Annual Report) and find its Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows. From the firm’s financial statements, calculate the following ratios: ( Show calculations and indicate year)
A. Firm Liquidity

1. Current Ratio

2. Acid-Test Ratio

3. Average Collection Period

4. Accounts Receivable Turnover

5. Inventory Turnover

Answer 1

1. Amazon is a technology based company which is related to to whole lot of technology facilities like e-commerce, artificial intelligence, digital streaming and cloud computing.

Amazon has grown significantly from past as it has multi folded its profits and growth. The functioning of Amazon was limited to America but now it has widespread itself into a wide gambit of countries as well as a wide gambit of technology facilities. it is also using an aggressive strategy for entering into multiple businesses and it is also getting successful like digital streaming or cloud computing.

Yes it is a leader in its field as there are no close competitors at it has wiped them out or acquired them as it has a very aggressive strategy for operations . So it is said to be a leader in its respective field.

it has a share of around 40% of global market in almost each segment that has been mentioned above and the range of products of Amazon can be from Amazon prime, Amazon cloud ,Amazone-stores ,Amazon retail etc