Forensic Analysis · Retail / Consumer Discretionary · as of Nov 8, 2026
Amazon Com Inc (AMZN)
A forensic read on Amazon Com Inc built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
C · Mixed — selective
Forensic grade
Safe
Financial health
2.8
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
1
Forensic signals
22.3%
ROE
12.4%
Revenue growth
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Amazon Com Inc earns a C (Mixed — selective) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 2.8, placing it in the Safe zone. 1 forensic signal was flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by accruals ratio (% of NOA).
What the filings flag
+38.6%
FY2024→FY2025
Accruals ratio (% of NOA).Net operating assets grew +38.6% relative to their own average in FY2025 — scaled by NOA itself, not by total assets, which is what the Forensic Screens card's own accrual row divides by. Accruals are building sharply — a large slice of profit sits in operating assets, not cash. An accrual is a claim that still has to be collected or written down, so the gap resolves in a later period whichever way it goes. Net operating assets also rose $794.0M through acquisitions (increase in goodwill and intangibles); that purchase is investing and is excluded from this ratio. The build is led by PP&E up +41% against revenue +12% and receivables up +22% against revenue +12%. A cash-flow measure on the same base disagrees: reported earnings ran behind operating cash by 19% of net operating assets, against an accruals ratio of 38.6%. The two are computed differently: the accruals ratio is the change in net operating assets over average net operating assets, while the cash-flow figure is net income less operating cash flow over that same average. Read them as two results, not one.Accruals ratio: the year-over-year change in net operating assets, relative to their own average.NOA (net operating assets): the money tied up in running the business, operating assets minus operating liabilities.
Key fundamentals
Latest Revenue$716.92B
Revenue Growth YoY+12.4%
Revenue CAGR (2yr)+11.7%
Net Margin10.8%
Free Cash Flow$7.70B
Return on Equity22.3%
Debt / Equity0.17x
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