Image source: The Motley Fool. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock has been firing on all cylinders lately. Shares of the online retail juggernaut have gained over 45% in the past year on the back of ...

In Amazon's case, a $300 million fulfillment center will have just $10 million per year associated to cost of goods sold on the income statement for 30 years. On the cash flow statement, this ...

Analysts will likely focus on margins -- not free cash flow -- when the e-tailer reports Tuesday. Skip to main content. CATEGORIES.

To make sense of this flow, businesses use cash flow statements that typically include the following ... flexibility to reinvest without relying on loans or outside capital. How Amazon took that model ...

A statement of cash flow is divided in operating, investing, and financing sections. You can evaluate each section individually to better understand recurring and non-recurring activity.

Amazon claims to be focused on long-term growth in free cash flow instead of earnings. This is widely cited to justify the valuation of the business. Amazon’s extensive use of Capital Leases ...

For the full-year 2021, Amazon recorded negative free cash flow. Operating income growth was pedestrian. Yet the stock price rocketed after the 4Q 2021 earnings release. A look behind the numbers ...

Cash today, cost tomorrow Another big line item that pops out on Amazon's statement of cash flows is "Additions to unearned revenue." These are primarily prepayments for Amazon Prime and its AWS ...