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Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capitalยฎ
A quality valuation analysis on $AMZN ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ

โ€ขNTM P/OCF Ratio: 13.09x
โ€ข5-Year Mean: 22.10x

โ€ขNTM FCF Yield: 1.37%
โ€ข5-Year Mean: 2.57%

As you can see, $AMZN appears to be slightly undervalued using P/OCF

Going forward, investors can expect to receive ~68% MORE in operating cash flow & ~47% LESS in FCF per share๐Ÿง ***

Before we get into valuation, letโ€™s take a look at why $AMZN is a quality business

BALANCE SHEETโœ…
โ€ขCash & Equivalents: $94.19B
โ€ขLong-Term Debt: $57.94B

$AMZN has an excellent balance sheet, an AA S&P Credit Rating & 60x FFO Interest Coverage Ratio

RETURN ON CAPITAL๐Ÿ†— / โœ…
โ€ข2020: 11.6%
โ€ข2021: 8.9%
โ€ข2022: 4.2%
โ€ข2023: 10.1%
โ€ข2024: 15.5%
โ€ขLTM: 14.8%

RETURN ON EQUITYโœ…
โ€ข2020: 27.4%
โ€ข2021: 28.8%
โ€ข2022: (1.9%)
โ€ข2023: 17.5%
โ€ข2024: 24.3%
โ€ขLTM: 24.3%

$AMZN has good return metrics, highlighting the financial efficiency of the business

REVENUESโœ…
โ€ข2020: $386.06B
โ€ข2025E: $714.47B
โ€ขCAGR: 13.10%

FREE CASH FLOW๐Ÿ†—*
โ€ข2020: $31.02B
โ€ข2025E: $21.17B
โ€ขCAGR: (7%)

*$76.15B 2027 FCF estimate (elevated near-term CapEx temporarily suppressing FCF, setting the stage for a strong rebound)

NORMALIZED EPSโœ…
โ€ข2020: $2.09
โ€ข2025E: $7.07
โ€ขCAGR: 27.60%

SHARE BUYBACKSโŒ
โ€ข2020 Shares Outstanding: 10.20B
โ€ขLTM Shares Outstanding: 10.80B

MARGINS๐Ÿ†—โžก๏ธโœ…
โ€ขLTM Gross Margins: 50.0%
โ€ขLTM Operating Margins: 11.4%
โ€ขLTM Net Income Margins: 11.1%

*Important for $AMZN to continue expanding margins & increase profitability

***NOW TO VALUATION ๐Ÿง 

As stated above, investors can expect to receive ~68% MORE in OCF & ~47% LESS in FCF per share

Weโ€™re using P/OCF instead of P/E as historical data reveals a stronger correlation between AMZN's share price and Operating Cash Flow (OCF)

Today, analysts anticipate aggressive OCF (per share) growth between 2025 - 2027:

2025E: $13.01 (20% YoY) *FY Dec

2026E: $17.03 (31% YoY)
2027E: $20.90 (23% YoY)

$AMZN has a decent track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, so letโ€™s assume $AMZN ends 2027 with $20.90 in OCF per share & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples (photos attached below also include these CAGR estimates):

17x P/OCF: $355๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~24% CAGR

16x P/OCF: $334๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~21% CAGR

15x P/OCF: $313๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~17% CAGR

14x P/OCF: $292๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~14% CAGR

As you can see, $AMZN appears to have strong double-digit CAGR potential if we assume ~15x P/OCF, a multiple thatโ€™s justified given its growth rate & below its historical average

Keep in mind ~15x P/OCF has historically marked the floor and lower boundary for $AMZN

AWS & Amazon Ads will continue to drive growth & profitability. In $AMZN LTM:

โ˜๏ธAWS revenue: $121.93B
๐Ÿ“ˆAds revenue: $64.61B

Combined, these segments generated $186.54 net revenue โ€ฆ with ~37% Operating Income Margin

Today at $227๐Ÿ’ต $AMZN appears to be a good consideration for investment

#stocks #investing

Data: TIKR
Graphs: FAST Graphs
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๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

๐๐š๐›๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅยฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐. ๐€๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž.

๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐›๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ. tweet
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The Headline Says 119K Jobs. The Body Says the Economyโ€™s Losing Lift.

Once you read this report instead of treating the headline like the whole story, the optimism fades fast. The gains are narrow, the revisions cut the wrong way, and most of the signals that should strengthen in a solid labor market are either stalling or slipping.

A Labor Market Thatโ€™s Moving, But Not Moving Forward

The thinness of the job growth jumps out immediately. Payrolls rose by 119k, but the BLS openly says employment has shown โ€œlittle change since April.โ€ The three month average sits at just 62k barely enough to maintain appearances. And the revisions are the real tellโ€ฆJuly and August were revised down by 33k, with August turning slightly negative. Thatโ€™s textbook late cycle behavior.

The unemployment rate nudged up to 4.4%, but the details matter more than the number. There are now 7.6 million unemployed, higher than a year ago, and the employment population ratio has slipped, a quiet sign job creation isnโ€™t keeping up with population growth. Long term unemployment is stuck around 1.8 million, nearly a quarter of all unemployed. In a healthy cycle, that number falls. Here, itโ€™s not.

The Only Sectors Growing Are the Ones That Grow No Matter What

A broad, confident economy adds jobs across industries. That isnโ€™t whatโ€™s happening.

Most of Septemberโ€™s gains came from the same dependable trioโ€ฆ
โ€ขHealth care (+43k)
โ€ขFood services (+37k)
โ€ขSocial assistance (+14k)

These sectors grow because people age, kids need care, and public funding keeps flowing not because demand is booming.

Meanwhile, the cyclical heart of the labor market is shrinkingโ€ฆ
โ€ขTransportation & warehousing (โ€“25k)
โ€ขManufacturing (โ€“6k)
โ€ขTemporary help (โ€“15.9k)
โ€ขProfessional & business services (โ€“20k)

These are the canaries. Temp work especially, firms cut it when theyโ€™re uneasy about the road ahead. The data is showing that unease.

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Wage growth isnโ€™t telling a different story. A 0.2% monthly gain barely touches rising living costs, especially in housing, insurance, and services. This isnโ€™t tight market wage pressure; itโ€™s paycheck to paycheck survival.

The Weakness Is Spreading Into the Core

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โ€ขAsian unemployment jumped from 3.6% to 4.4%.
โ€ขBlack unemployment is stuck at 7.5%.
โ€ขCollege educated unemployment climbed to 2.8%.
โ€ขYouth unemployment for ages 20โ€“24 hit 9.2%.

These are stress fractures appearing in the center of the labor force.

And 5.9 million people say they want a job but arenโ€™t counted as unemployed because they didnโ€™t look recently. In a strong cycle, this pool shrinks. Here, itโ€™s not.

Add It All Up, and the Story Doesnโ€™t Match the Headline

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โ€ขNegative revisions
โ€ขWeak cyclical industries
โ€ขPersistent underemployment
โ€ขStagnant participation
โ€ขSoft wages
โ€ขRising strain across demographic groups

If you ignored the headline and only read the internals, you wouldnโ€™t call this a strong economy. Youโ€™d call it what it isโ€ฆa late cycle labor market losing altitude while the headline tries to steady the narrative.
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$NBIS is one of the most interesting AI infrastructure plays on the market, involved across multiple verticals.

Hereโ€™s why ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ”ท Providing highly efficient compute at competitive prices.
๐Ÿ”ท Serving hyperscalers, start-ups and enterprises with hyperscaler-level compute quality.
๐Ÿ”ท Own and operates data centers all around the world.
๐Ÿ”ท Operating in one of the fastest-growing sectors with massive demand.
๐Ÿ”ท Very rapid ARR growth driven by insatiable compute needs.
๐Ÿ”ท Active in autonomous vehicles and tech education through its subsidiaries.
๐Ÿ”ท Involved in cutting-edge data technologies through equity stakes in ClickHouse and Toloka.
๐Ÿ”ท Valuation reflects execution risk, not full long-term potential.

The bear case?
๐Ÿ”ท Highly competitive industry with major cloud providers and neoclouds, even if Nebius offers hyperscaler-grade compute at better pricing.
๐Ÿ”ท Large capex requirements, long scaling cycles, and the risk of overbuilding capacity โ€” amplified by hyperscalers shifting risk downstream.
๐Ÿ”ท Execution needs to remain flawless to compete long term in the AI ecosystem.

You'll find more details in the full breakdown below, but one conclusion stands: $NBIS is building competitive AI infrastructure at a time when demand is exploding, with pricing and performance that directly challenge hyperscalers.

Question is, how long before the market recognizes the scale of the opportunity?
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