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Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)

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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (16968)	9/12/1998 3:22:00 AM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (2) of 164684

If AMZN loses $50 million to achieve 2.5% market share, will they lose $150 million to get to 7.5%? Also, a comment on the Microsoft/Amazon comparisons. If I'm not mistaken Microsoft was profitable when it came public in 1986 and had a market cap of around $519 million. Contrast that to AMZN, which is predicted to lose money for the foreseeable future yet still sports a market cap of almost $4 billion, even after this big decline. My how times have changed... P.S. I realize that when comparing market caps you have to adjust for some inflation, and I am using AMZN's current market cap, not their IPO market cap. Still the comparison holds, M$FT profitable and $500 million market cap, AMZN not profitable this century and $4 billion market cap. Similar story for Cisco. Cisco had a 5 year earnings growth rate of 257% the year came public. Just trying to offer a little perspective.

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