Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN): return on equity, 10 filed years
ROE at Amazon.com, Inc. was 18.9% in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 10 computed years from FY2016 it ranged from -1.9% (FY2022) to 24.1% (FY2021), with a median of 18.8%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 18.9%, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | ROE | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 12.3% | 10-K, filed 2017-02-10 |
| FY2017 | 10.9% | 10-K, filed 2018-02-02 |
| FY2018 | 23.1% | 10-K, filed 2019-02-01 |
| FY2019 | 18.7% | 10-K, filed 2020-01-31 |
| FY2020 | 22.8% | 10-K, filed 2021-02-03 |
| FY2021 | 24.1% | 10-K, filed 2022-02-04 |
| FY2022 | -1.9% | 10-K, filed 2023-02-03 |
| FY2023 | 15.1% | 10-K, filed 2024-02-02 |
| FY2024 | 20.7% | 10-K, filed 2025-02-07 |
| FY2025 | 18.9% | 10-K, filed 2026-02-06 |
How each year is computed
Net income / shareholders equity x 100
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.