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Business Valuation: Amazon Luisa Leo Southern New Hampshire University ACC 345: Financial Statement Analysis/Business Valuation Final Project Josue Roman December 10, 2023
Milestone One: Introduction ............................................................................................................ 3 Links ............................................................................................................................................. 3 History and Overview .................................................................................................................. 3 Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Milestone One References ........................................................................................................... 5 Milestone Two: Financial Analysis ................................................................................................. 5 Balance Sheet Analysis ................................................................................................................ 5 Income Statement and Cash Flow Analysis ................................................................................. 6 Normalization Adjustments Analysis .......................................................................................... 7 Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Milestone Two References ........................................................................................................... 8 Milestone Three: Economic Outlook ............................................................................................... 8 Microeconomic Industry Analysis ............................................................................................... 8 General Macroeconomic Analysis ............................................................................................. 10 Summary .................................................................................................................................... 11 Milestone Three References ....................................................................................................... 11 Project ............................................................................................................................................ 11 Assumptions and Rationale ........................................................................................................ 11 Analysis ...................................................................................................................................... 12 Project References ...................................................................................................................... 12 Valuation Team Report .............................................................................................................. 12
Milestone One: Introduction Links 1. Provide the company's most recent SEC Form 10-K Filing link. https://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/data/1018724/000101872421000004/ amzn20201231.htm . 2. Provide the most recent SEC Proxy Filing link for the company. https://www.sec.gov/archives.edgar/data/1018724/000119312518121077/d514607ddef14a.htm . History and Overview 1. Provide a brief company history overview based on external company research. Consider the following questions to guide your response: A. How long has the company been in business? The company has been in business for 29 years Since July 5, 1994. The company was founded in Bellevue, Washington. B. Who was the founder of the company? Jeff Bezos founded Amazon from his Garage in Bellevue, Washington . C. What significant changes to company leadership have occurred? Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Stepped down as CEO on July 5, 2021, precisely to that day 27 years later, to focus on other Projects. D. How has the company changed since its beginning? Consider expansion of locations or products/services, etc.? In the beginning, Amazon opened as an online bookstore with the world's most extensive collection of books with WWW access. Today, after 29 years, you can
get anything in just one click. It has expanded to many product categories, a strategy that has earned the moniker The Everything Store (Wikipedia. 2023). 2. Identify all the company’s significant locations for their facilities and other properties. There are 185 Amazon fulfillment centers around the world. The largest Amazon facility is in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Currently, Amazon Headquarters is in Seattle, WA. 3. Identify all the customers recognized by the company. Find this information in the annual Form 10-K filing, in Part 1, Item 1: Business . Amazon.com, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 in the state of Washington and reincorporated in 1996 in Delaware. Their principal corporate Offices are in Seattle, Washington. They completed their initial public offering in May 1997, and common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ÄMZN.” 4. List all the names of the company's executive management team. Find this information in the annual Form 10-K filing in Part 3, Item 10: Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance or in the Annual Proxy filing, under “Executive Officers” or “Officers Compensation.” You may copy and paste a chart from the annual Form 10-K filing into this section. Be sure to add your explanation of the information in the chart along with an attribution and a citation in the References section at the bottom of this template. Information regarding our Executive Officers required by item 10 of Part III is outlined in item 1 of Part I, “Business---Executive Officers and Directors.” Information required by Item 10 of Part III regarding our Director and any material changes to the process by which security holders may recommend nominees to the Board of Directors is included in our Proxy Statement relating to our 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference. Information relating to our Code of Business Conduct
and Ethics and compliance with section 16(a) of the 1934 Act is outlined in our proxy Statement relating to our 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and incorporated herein by reference. To the extent permissible under Nasdaq Rules, we intend to disclose amendments to our Code of Conduct and Ethics and waivers of the provision thereof on our investor’s relations website under the heading “Corporate Governance: at www.amazon.com/ir. 5. Identify all the competition recognized by the company. Find this information in the annual Form 10-K filing, in Part 1, Item 1: Business. We serve developers and enterprises of all sizes through Amazon Web Services (“ÄWS”), which provides access to technology infrastructure that enables virtually any business. 6. Identify all the major shareholders of the company. Find this information in the Annual Proxy filing under “Beneficial Ownership.” The shareholders of Amazon: Jeff Bezos, 9.7% Vanguard, 7.0% BlackRock, 5.8% Mackensie Scott, 2.6% 7. Describe business risks recognized by the company. Find this information in the annual Form 10-K filing, in Part 1, Item 1A: Risk Factors. Item 1A in the annual Form 10-K will be lengthy. Do your best to summarize the risks the company has identified.
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