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This assignment compares Amazon and eBay for investment potential. It covers the companies’ histories, products, major customers, suppliers, leadership, and financial statements. It helps students prepare for stock market analysis and professional consultations.
What's inside
- Amazon's history and business model
- eBay's history and business model
- Comparison of stock price movements
- Amazon's and eBay's major customers and suppliers
- Leadership and strategic acquisitions of both companies
Who it is for: Students taking a finance or business course that covers investment analysis. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Investment analysts compare Amazon and eBay. Stock market analysis is used to decide which company to invest in. Students learn how to research and present financial information.
Company Background
Amazon and eBay are both major players in the e-commerce industry. Students write a synopsis of each company's history, products, customers, suppliers and leadership.
Stock Price Trends
Students present a graph of Amazon and eBay's stock prices over a given timeline. They analyze the trends shown in the graph.
Financial Statements
Students analyze the financial statements of Amazon and eBay. They look at operating margin, financial leverage, return on equity, free cash flow to sales ratio and inventory turnover ratio.
Recent Events
Students research and discuss recent events involving Amazon and eBay. They consider how these events might affect the companies' future performance.
Key terms
- Gross Merchant Volume
- The total sales dollar value for all items sold through a marketplace over a given period.
- Fulfillment by Amazon
- A service that allows sellers to store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers.
- Prime instant video
- A streaming service offered to Amazon Prime members.
- Braintree
- A payment system acquired by eBay.
- Hunch
- A recommendation engine acquired by eBay.
- Net operating cash flow
- The cash generated by a company's operations after tax and after deducting capital expenditures.
Questions this document helps with
- Which company has a better stock price trend?
- How do Amazon and eBay's financial statements compare?
- What recent events might affect Amazon and eBay's future performance?
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