AMZN vs BABA vs NTNX Stock Comparison

Amazon Com, Alibaba Group Holding and Nutanix Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMZN Amazon Com Inc
$253.10 +1.4% 1M +11.5% 1Y
Market cap
$2.75T
P/E
20.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$730.00B
Div. yield
–
Online Retail Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
$100.23 -8.7% 1M -44.1% 1Y
Market cap
$234.40B
P/E
22.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$150.46B
Div. yield
–
Digital Marketplaces Technology
1 win
NTNX Nutanix, Inc.
$72.74 +6.9% 1M +4.6% 1Y
Market cap
$19.55B
P/E
12.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.85B
Div. yield
–
Cloud Platforms Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Amazon Com leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Amazon Com 5, Nutanix 4, Alibaba Group Holding 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMZNBABANTNXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.75T $234.40B $19.55B AMZN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.8x 22.3x 12.9x NTNX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.7x 14.3x 29.9x BABA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.8% +8.1% +12.4% AMZN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 18.1% 7.0% 53.0% NTNX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.0% 2.4% — AMZN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +11.5% -44.1% +4.6% AMZN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.0%/yr -10.0%/yr +16.2%/yr NTNX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.2% 40.3% 47.3% AMZN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 46/100 80/100 NTNX

Percentile Scorecard

AMZNBABANTNX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMZNBABANTNX
Valuation 18 #85 of 104 68 #55 of 167 70 #12 of 38
Growth 92 #9 of 99 17 #127 of 153 91 #4 of 36
Profitability 68 #32 of 98 54 #71 of 153 91 #4 of 34
Financial Health 77 #27 of 112 59 #74 of 179 62 #15 of 38
Shareholder Returns – 30 #66 of 94 85 #4 of 21
Overall 64 46 80
  • AMZN ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • BABA ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • NTNX ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMZNBABANTNXSPY
1 month +1.4%-8.7%+6.9% -0.2%
3 months +9.6%-13.0%+23.2% +3.9%
6 months -2.5%-23.4%+76.1% +8.2%
Year to date +9.7%-31.6%+40.7% +12.9%
1 year +11.5%-44.1%+4.6% +12.3%
3 years +98.1%+21.0%+109.5% +87.4%
3 years, per year +25.6%+6.6%+28.0% +23.3%
5 years +46.9%-41.0%+111.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year +8.0%-10.0%+16.2% +10.9%
10 years +518.6%-2.1%+165.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year +20.0%-0.2%+10.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMZNBABANTNXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.2%40.3%47.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.1%35.9%50.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.461.110.74 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.34-1.100.10 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.7%-62.9%-62.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.9%-44.3%-2.5% -1.2%
52-week high $284.02$179.97$74.63 $779.14
52-week low $198.79$94.81$34.41 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMZNBABANTNX
P/E now vs peer median 20.6xmedian 16.7x 22.1xmedian 17.3x 12.9xmedian 29.5x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 0.5x 1.5xmedian 1.4x 6.9xmedian 4.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.2xmedian 9.0x —median 14.2x 49.5xmedian 23.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -104.0xmedian 16.5x 7.0xmedian 11.5x 23.4xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 4.9xmedian 1.7x 1.4xmedian 1.8x 28.0xmedian 4.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.16median 0.72 -15.35median 0.40 0.11median 0.38

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMZNBABANTNX
Revenue $730.00B $150.46B $2.85B
Gross profit $377.28B $57.45B $2.48B
Operating income $87.91B $4.39B $273.97M
Net income $132.25B $10.08B $1.51B
Free cash flow -$26.23B $33.19B $840.68M
R&D – $10.68B $790.89M
EPS (diluted) $12.13 $4.38 $5.17
Cash & equivalents $78.21B $21.06B $777.31M
Total debt $128.89B $83.76B –
Shares (diluted) 10.90B 2.40B 292.18M
Enterprise value $2.26T $48.03B $11.23B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMZNBABANTNX
P/E 20.6x 22.1x 12.9x
P/FCF -104.0x 7.0x 23.4x
P/Operating cash flow 19.6x 20.6x 21.5x
P/S 3.7x 1.5x 6.9x
P/B 4.9x 1.4x 28.0x
P/Tangible book 4.9x 1.4x 28.1x
EV/EBITDA 17.2x – 49.5x
EV/EBIT 31.1x 48.0x 63.2x
EV/Revenue 3.7x 1.4x 6.1x
EV/FCF -104.3x 6.3x 20.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.6x 18.6x 18.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.16 -15.35 0.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMZNBABANTNX
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.8% 8.1% 12.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.7% 5.6% 15.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.8% 0.2% 12.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 6.5% 17.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 26.2% -77.5% 58.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 68.7% -35.9% 49.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 106.3% -50.0% 700.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 130.7% -3.6% 0.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 104.5% -47.9% 694.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 127.5% -1.4% 113.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 38.4% -45.8% 11.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 49.6% -27.8% 49.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -885.3% -8.5% 12.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -17.6% -0.6% 59.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMZNBABANTNX
Gross margin 51.7% 38.2% 86.8%
EBITDA margin 21.8% – 12.3%
Operating margin 12.0% 2.9% 9.6%
Pretax margin 23.2% 9.7% 11.5%
Net margin 18.1% 7.0% 53.0%
FCF margin -3.6% 22.1% 29.5%
Operating cash flow margin 19.1% 7.5% 32.1%
Return on equity 26.6% 6.2% –
Return on assets 13.2% 3.6% 35.5%
Return on invested capital 11.0% 2.4% –
Return on capital employed 11.5% 2.1% 10.7%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.1x 0.6x
Stock comp / revenue 2.9% 1.1% 12.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMZNBABANTNX
Debt / assets 11.8% 7.5% –
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.1x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x – –
Debt / FCF -4.9x 0.6x –
Liabilities / assets 49.7% 43.6% 86.2%
Equity / assets 50.3% 56.4% 13.8%
Interest coverage 27.7x 3.2x –
Current ratio 1.0x 1.4x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.6x 1.6x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.6x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 4.39 2.30 2.74

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMZNBABANTNX
Dividend yield – 1.0% –
Net buyback yield – – 1.4%
Shareholder yield – 1.0% 1.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMZNBABANTNX
Forward P/E 20.7xFY2026 14.3xFY2026 29.9xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $12.23FY2026 $7.02FY2026 $2.43FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +70.6%FY2026 +80.9%FY2026 +19.1%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after -15.3% +22.8% +5.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $774.81BFY2026 $174.00BFY2026 $3.42BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +8.1%FY2026 +17.3%FY2026 +20.0%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +27.9% +14.7% +11.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMZNBABANTNX
Held by institutions 67.0% 10.1% 98.7%
Institutions holding 6,143 1,218 559
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.8% -5.4% +10.5%
Institutions buying 3,243 555 332
Institutions selling 2,411 421 174
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.32 1.91

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMZNBABANTNX
AMZN 1.00 0.30 0.08
BABA 0.30 1.00 0.06
NTNX 0.08 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMZN, BABA and NTNX?

Amazon Com (AMZN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amazon Com (AMZN) $2.75T, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) $234.40B, Nutanix (NTNX) $19.55B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMZN, BABA and NTNX?

Nutanix (NTNX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amazon Com (AMZN) 20.8x, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 22.3x, Nutanix (NTNX) 12.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) is cheapest (Amazon Com (AMZN) 20.7x, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 14.3x, Nutanix (NTNX) 29.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Amazon Com (AMZN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amazon Com (AMZN) +15.8%, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) +8.1%, Nutanix (NTNX) +12.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nutanix (NTNX) has the highest net margin (Amazon Com (AMZN) 18.1%, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 7.0%, Nutanix (NTNX) 53.0%). On return on invested capital, Amazon Com (AMZN) leads (Amazon Com (AMZN) 11.0%, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 2.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Amazon Com (AMZN) returned the most: Amazon Com (AMZN) +11.5%, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) -44.1%, Nutanix (NTNX) +4.6%. Over five years, Nutanix (NTNX) compounded fastest (Amazon Com (AMZN) +8.0%/yr, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) -10.0%/yr, Nutanix (NTNX) +16.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Amazon Com (AMZN) has been the steadiest (Amazon Com (AMZN) 34.2%, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 40.3%, Nutanix (NTNX) 47.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMZN, BABA and NTNX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Amazon Com (AMZN) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.