AMZN vs MSFT vs ORCL Stock Comparison

Amazon Com, Microsoft and Oracle Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMZN Amazon Com Inc
$248.00 -0.5% 1M +12.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.68T
P/E
20.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$730.00B
Div. yield
–
Online Retail Consumer Discretionary
1 win
MSFT Microsoft Corp
$524.51 +4.8% 1M +0.8% 1Y
Market cap
$3.96T
P/E
29.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$331.84B
Div. yield
0.01%
Cloud Platforms Technology
7 wins
ORCL Oracle Corp
$126.08 -12.8% 1M -55.0% 1Y
Market cap
$373.36B
P/E
19.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.78B
Div. yield
0.02%
ERP Software Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Microsoft leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Microsoft 7, Oracle 4, Amazon Com 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMZNMSFTORCLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.68T $3.96T $373.36B MSFT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.3x 29.6x 19.8x ORCL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.4x 25.7x 14.7x ORCL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.8% +17.8% +21.6% ORCL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 18.1% 40.3% 26.2% MSFT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.0% 26.7% 11.0% MSFT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x -0.2x 2.6x MSFT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.02% ORCL
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +12.2% +0.8% -55.0% AMZN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.3%/yr +11.2%/yr +5.1%/yr MSFT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.2% 32.7% 56.9% MSFT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 79/100 54/100 MSFT

Percentile Scorecard

AMZNMSFTORCL

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

AxisAMZNMSFTORCL
Valuation 20 #83 of 104 54 #18 of 38 56 #45 of 101
Growth 93 #8 of 99 77 #9 of 36 65 #35 of 97
Profitability 69 #31 of 99 97 #2 of 34 87 #13 of 94
Financial Health 77 #27 of 113 84 #7 of 38 40 #66 of 109
Shareholder Returns – 81 #5 of 22 21 #51 of 64
Overall 65 79 54
  • AMZN ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • MSFT ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • ORCL ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAMZNMSFTORCLSPY
1 month -0.5%+4.8%-12.8% -1.0%
3 months +6.8%+37.4%+9.6% +2.9%
6 months -6.1%+23.5%-27.2% +6.4%
Year to date +7.4%+8.5%-35.3% +11.4%
1 year +12.2%+0.8%-55.0% +13.1%
3 years +92.9%+58.7%+22.2% +79.4%
3 years, per year +24.5%+16.7%+6.9% +21.5%
5 years +48.7%+69.7%+28.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year +8.3%+11.2%+5.1% +10.9%
10 years +505.6%+779.2%+232.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year +19.7%+24.3%+12.8% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureAMZNMSFTORCLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.2%32.7%56.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.1%30.9%56.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.451.002.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.360.02-0.97 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.7%-37.6%-65.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.7%-3.5%-55.5% -2.5%
52-week high $284.02$543.45$283.33 $779.14
52-week low $198.79$352.83$115.01 $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.

MultipleAMZNMSFTORCL
P/E now vs peer median 20.2xmedian 16.7x 29.1xmedian 29.1x 19.9xmedian 29.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 0.5x 11.7xmedian 4.5x 5.3xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.9xmedian 9.1x 19.4xmedian 21.5x 13.8xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -102.0xmedian 16.6x 58.2xmedian 17.3x -13.3xmedian 16.9x
P/B now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 1.7x 8.8xmedian 3.9x 5.7xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.16median 0.73 1.28median 0.33 0.84median 0.86

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 monthsAMZNMSFTORCL
Revenue $730.00B $331.84B $71.78B
Gross profit $377.28B $225.47B –
Operating income $87.91B $155.24B $23.06B
Net income $132.25B $133.75B $18.92B
Free cash flow -$26.23B $66.99B -$28.72B
R&D – $35.56B $10.18B
EPS (diluted) $12.13 $17.95 $6.27
Cash & equivalents $78.21B $20.94B $36.37B
Total debt $128.89B $164.03B $497.56B
Shares (diluted) 10.90B 7.45B 3.00B
Enterprise value $2.20T $3.88T $245.49B

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
MetricAMZNMSFTORCL
P/E 20.2x 29.1x 19.9x
P/FCF -102.0x 58.2x -13.3x
P/Operating cash flow 19.2x 21.3x 8.1x
P/S 3.7x 11.7x 5.3x
P/B 4.8x 8.8x 5.7x
P/Tangible book 4.8x 9.2x 5.7x
EV/EBITDA 16.9x 19.4x 13.8x
EV/EBIT 30.5x 24.9x 20.4x
EV/Revenue 3.7x 11.6x 6.5x
EV/FCF -102.2x 57.6x -16.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.2x 21.1x 10.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.16 1.28 0.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMZNMSFTORCL
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.8% 17.8% 21.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.7% 16.1% 12.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.8% 16.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 15.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 26.2% 20.8% 28.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 68.7% 20.6% 18.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 106.3% 31.3% 52.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 130.7% 22.7% 26.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 104.5% 31.6% 46.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 127.5% 22.8% 23.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 38.4% 34.4% 118.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 49.6% 27.8% 38.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -885.3% -6.5% -388.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -17.6% 4.0% -71.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMZNMSFTORCL
Gross margin 51.7% 67.9% –
EBITDA margin 21.8% 59.9% 47.3%
Operating margin 12.0% 46.8% 32.1%
Pretax margin 23.2% 50.0% 30.3%
Net margin 18.1% 40.3% 26.2%
FCF margin -3.6% 20.2% -40.0%
Operating cash flow margin 19.1% 55.1% 65.4%
Return on equity 26.6% 31.2% 34.3%
Return on assets 13.2% 18.4% 6.7%
Return on invested capital 11.0% 26.7% 11.0%
Return on capital employed 11.5% 27.8% 9.8%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.4x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 2.9% 3.7% 6.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMZNMSFTORCL
Debt / assets 11.8% 5.3% 41.3%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.1x 1.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x -0.2x 2.6x
Debt / FCF -4.9x 0.6x -4.4x
Liabilities / assets 49.7% 41.7% 77.8%
Equity / assets 50.3% 58.3% 22.2%
Interest coverage 27.7x 50.9x 4.5x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.2x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.9x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.5x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 4.33 9.18 1.48

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMZNMSFTORCL
Dividend yield – 0.7% 1.6%
Net buyback yield – 0.5% -5.3%
Shareholder yield – 1.2% -3.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 19.8% 31.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 39.5% -20.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 9.8% 17.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 10.1% 15.1%

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.

ConsensusAMZNMSFTORCL
Forward P/E 20.4xFY2026 25.7xFY2027 14.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $12.15FY2026 $20.38FY2027 $8.57FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +69.5%FY2026 +17.9%FY2027 +12.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -14.7% +11.5% +23.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $774.65BFY2026 $402.02BFY2027 $95.06BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.1%FY2026 +21.1%FY2027 +41.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +27.8% +12.7% +45.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMZNMSFTORCL
Held by institutions 67.0% 73.9% 44.7%
Institutions holding 6,141 6,227 3,495
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.8% +3.3% +6.5%
Institutions buying 3,241 3,432 1,807
Institutions selling 2,411 2,425 1,308
Buyers to sellers 1.34 1.42 1.38

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.

AMZNMSFTORCL
AMZN 1.00 0.40 0.27
MSFT 0.40 1.00 0.47
ORCL 0.27 0.47 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMZN, MSFT and ORCL?

Microsoft (MSFT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amazon Com (AMZN) $2.68T, Microsoft (MSFT) $3.96T, Oracle (ORCL) $373.36B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMZN, MSFT and ORCL?

Oracle (ORCL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amazon Com (AMZN) 20.3x, Microsoft (MSFT) 29.6x, Oracle (ORCL) 19.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Oracle (ORCL) is cheapest (Amazon Com (AMZN) 20.4x, Microsoft (MSFT) 25.7x, Oracle (ORCL) 14.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Oracle (ORCL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amazon Com (AMZN) +15.8%, Microsoft (MSFT) +17.8%, Oracle (ORCL) +21.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Microsoft (MSFT) has the highest net margin (Amazon Com (AMZN) 18.1%, Microsoft (MSFT) 40.3%, Oracle (ORCL) 26.2%). On return on invested capital, Microsoft (MSFT) leads (Amazon Com (AMZN) 11.0%, Microsoft (MSFT) 26.7%, Oracle (ORCL) 11.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Amazon Com (AMZN) returned the most: Amazon Com (AMZN) +12.2%, Microsoft (MSFT) +0.8%, Oracle (ORCL) -55.0%. Over five years, Microsoft (MSFT) compounded fastest (Amazon Com (AMZN) +8.3%/yr, Microsoft (MSFT) +11.2%/yr, Oracle (ORCL) +5.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Oracle (ORCL) has the highest dividend yield: Amazon Com (AMZN) 0.00%, Microsoft (MSFT) 0.01%, Oracle (ORCL) 0.02%. Amazon Com (AMZN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Microsoft (MSFT) has been the steadiest (Amazon Com (AMZN) 34.2%, Microsoft (MSFT) 32.7%, Oracle (ORCL) 56.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMZN, MSFT and ORCL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Microsoft (MSFT) leads on 7. 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.