AMZN vs DOCN vs GCT Stock Comparison

Amazon Com, DigitalOcean Holdings and GigaCloud Technology Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMZN Amazon Com Inc
$253.10 +1.4% 1M +11.5% 1Y
Market cap
$2.73T
P/E
20.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$730.00B
Div. yield
–
Online Retail Consumer Discretionary
6 wins
GCT GigaCloud Technology Inc
$59.60 +10.4% 1M +108.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.29B
P/E
13.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.47B
Div. yield
–
Online Retail Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Amazon Com leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Amazon Com 6, GigaCloud Technology 3, DigitalOcean Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMZNDOCNGCTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.73T $11.18B $4.29B AMZN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.6x 47.3x 13.9x GCT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.7x 78.3x 13.8x GCT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.8% +21.4% +22.9% GCT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 18.1% 23.3% 10.6% DOCN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.0% 8.2% — AMZN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 0.5x — AMZN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +11.5% +163.6% +108.7% DOCN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.0%/yr +2.2%/yr — AMZN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.2% 85.7% 67.2% AMZN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 59/100 58/100 AMZN

Percentile Scorecard

AMZNDOCNGCT

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

AxisAMZNDOCNGCT
Valuation 18 #85 of 104 38 #24 of 38 17 #87 of 104
Growth 92 #9 of 99 83 #7 of 36 62 #38 of 99
Profitability 68 #32 of 98 85 #6 of 34 73 #27 of 98
Financial Health 77 #27 of 112 54 #18 of 38 90 #12 of 112
Shareholder Returns – 35 #14 of 21 47 #39 of 72
Overall 64 59 58
  • AMZN ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • DOCN ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • GCT ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAMZNDOCNGCTSPY
1 month +1.4%-23.8%+10.4% -0.2%
3 months +9.6%-5.4%+48.0% +3.9%
6 months -2.5%+12.8%+38.7% +8.2%
Year to date +9.7%+121.2%+51.7% +12.9%
1 year +11.5%+163.6%+108.7% +12.3%
3 years +98.1%+418.2%+625.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year +25.6%+73.1%+93.6% +23.3%
5 years +46.9%+11.4%— +67.9%
5 years, per year +8.0%+2.2%— +10.9%
10 years +518.6%—— +261.1%
10 years, per year +20.0%—— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMZNDOCNGCTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.2%85.7%67.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.1%73.7%55.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.462.741.87 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.341.911.62 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.7%-84.8%-91.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.9%-41.3%-1.3% -1.2%
52-week high $284.02$181.29$60.39 $779.14
52-week low $198.79$37.94$25.46 $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.

MultipleAMZNDOCNGCT
P/E now vs peer median 20.6xmedian 16.7x 47.3xmedian 29.5x 13.9xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 0.5x 11.1xmedian 4.5x 2.9xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.2xmedian 9.0x 35.2xmedian 23.9x 21.8xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -104.0xmedian 16.5x 695.0xmedian 15.0x 27.2xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 4.9xmedian 1.7x 12.0xmedian 4.3x 8.0xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.16median 0.72 0.37median 0.38 —median 0.72

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 monthsAMZNDOCNGCT
Revenue $730.00B $1.01B $1.47B
Gross profit $377.28B $578.58M $351.40M
Operating income $87.91B $149.67M $170.80M
Net income $132.25B $235.24M $156.13M
Free cash flow -$26.23B $16.08M $157.64M
R&D – $188.73M $10.20M
EPS (diluted) $12.13 $1.86 $4.27
Cash & equivalents $78.21B $767.03M $334.50M
Total debt $128.89B $921.05M –
Shares (diluted) 10.90B 126.55M 36.55M
Enterprise value $2.25T $9.18B $2.76B

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
MetricAMZNDOCNGCT
P/E 20.6x 47.3x 13.9x
P/FCF -104.0x 695.0x 27.2x
P/Operating cash flow 19.6x 36.1x 25.3x
P/S 3.7x 11.1x 2.9x
P/B 4.9x 12.0x 8.0x
P/Tangible book 4.9x 13.3x 8.1x
EV/EBITDA 17.2x 35.2x 21.8x
EV/EBIT 31.1x 75.7x 22.9x
EV/Revenue 3.7x 11.2x 2.7x
EV/FCF -104.3x 704.6x 24.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.6x 36.6x 23.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.16 0.37 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMZNDOCNGCT
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.8% 21.4% 22.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.7% 15.9% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.8% 15.0% 24.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 14.2% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 26.2% 14.8% 28.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 68.7% 80.3% –
Net income growth (1Y) 106.3% 86.0% 17.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 130.7% 147.5% –
EPS growth (1Y) 104.5% 47.9% 22.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 127.5% 129.0% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 38.4% 2.9% -1.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 49.6% 12.3% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -885.3% -84.5% -2.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -17.6% -48.0% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMZNDOCNGCT
Gross margin 51.7% 57.2% 24.0%
EBITDA margin 21.8% 31.8% 12.2%
Operating margin 12.0% 14.8% 11.6%
Pretax margin 23.2% 17.3% 12.5%
Net margin 18.1% 23.3% 10.6%
FCF margin -3.6% 1.6% 10.7%
Operating cash flow margin 19.1% 30.7% 11.5%
Return on equity 26.6% 25.9% 29.9%
Return on assets 13.2% 8.3% 12.5%
Return on invested capital 11.0% 8.2% –
Return on capital employed 11.5% 7.2% 18.9%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.4x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.3x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 2.9% 9.4% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMZNDOCNGCT
Debt / assets 11.8% 29.5% –
Debt / equity 0.2x 1.0x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 0.5x –
Debt / FCF -4.9x 57.3x –
Liabilities / assets 49.7% 70.2% 58.1%
Equity / assets 50.3% 29.8% 41.9%
Interest coverage 27.7x 4.8x 460.4x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.3x 2.1x
Quick ratio 0.9x 1.1x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.5x 1.0x 1.1x
Altman Z-score 4.39 3.64 5.91

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMZNDOCNGCT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – -8.0% 2.1%
Shareholder yield – -8.0% 2.1%
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.

ConsensusAMZNDOCNGCT
Forward P/E 20.7xFY2026 78.3xFY2026 13.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $12.23FY2026 $1.36FY2026 $4.32FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +70.6%FY2026 -35.8%FY2026 +20.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -15.3% +25.0% +25.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $774.81BFY2026 $1.11BFY2026 $1.61BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.1%FY2026 +23.5%FY2026 +24.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +27.9% +52.7% +2.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMZNDOCNGCT
Held by institutions 67.0% 91.0% 65.4%
Institutions holding 6,143 566 220
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.8% -0.9% +14.0%
Institutions buying 3,243 331 136
Institutions selling 2,411 187 62
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.77 2.19

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.

AMZNDOCNGCT
AMZN 1.00 0.15 0.29
DOCN 0.15 1.00 0.04
GCT 0.29 0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMZN, DOCN and GCT?

Amazon Com (AMZN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amazon Com (AMZN) $2.73T, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) $11.18B, GigaCloud Technology (GCT) $4.29B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMZN, DOCN and GCT?

GigaCloud Technology (GCT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amazon Com (AMZN) 20.6x, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 47.3x, GigaCloud Technology (GCT) 13.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, GigaCloud Technology (GCT) is cheapest (Amazon Com (AMZN) 20.7x, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 78.3x, GigaCloud Technology (GCT) 13.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

GigaCloud Technology (GCT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amazon Com (AMZN) +15.8%, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) +21.4%, GigaCloud Technology (GCT) +22.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) has the highest net margin (Amazon Com (AMZN) 18.1%, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 23.3%, GigaCloud Technology (GCT) 10.6%). On return on invested capital, Amazon Com (AMZN) leads (Amazon Com (AMZN) 11.0%, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 8.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) returned the most: Amazon Com (AMZN) +11.5%, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) +163.6%, GigaCloud Technology (GCT) +108.7%. Over five years, Amazon Com (AMZN) compounded fastest (Amazon Com (AMZN) +8.0%/yr, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) +2.2%/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%, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 85.7%, GigaCloud Technology (GCT) 67.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMZN, DOCN and GCT?

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 6. 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.