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Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rob S. who wrote (16064)	9/4/1998 12:19:00 PM
From: Derrick P.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Rob, <<<What makes AMZN do boyant, IMO, is the huge popularity of the internet.>>> Yes the Internet is and will be popular, but what does that have to do with AMZN ever making money? If they really could make that much money wouldn't everyone be out there making their own Book.com company for approximately Amazon.com's book value of $0.79 a share?* And of course now there are several. And in the future businesses will be selling many many things over the Internet. What makes books anything special? Clearly, nothing. This is all transparent. So what is holding the stock price up, but hype? Regards, Derrick Statistics at a Glance -- AMZN Last Updated: Sep 2, 1998 Price and Volume (updated Sep 2, 1998) 52-Week Low $13.875 Recent Price $87.875 52-Week High $147.00 Beta N/A Daily Volume (3-month avg) 3.87M Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $4.38B Shares Outstanding 49.9M Float 19.4M Dividend Information Annual Dividend none Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq) $0.79 Earnings (ttm) -$1.03 Sales (ttm) $6.59 Cash (mrq) $6.84 Valuation Ratios Price/Book (mrq) 110.70 Price/Earnings N/A Price/Sales (ttm) 13.32 Income Statements After-Tax Income (ttm) -$48.3M Sales (ttm) $307.2M Profitability Profit Margin (ttm) -16% Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm) -28.16% Return on Equity (ttm) -141.55% Financial Strength Current Ratio (mrq) 5.14 Total Debt/Equity (mrq) 8.43 Total Cash (mrq) $339.9M Short Interest Shares Short as of Aug 10, 1998 7.39M Short Ratio 1.82 Stock Performance