Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) — Quality & forensics

As of 2026-09-16 — refreshed nightly. Closelook readings from an investment research diary, not ratings or advice.

The Closelook module scores

49 /100 composite · 7 modules · software-infra weight set

Valuation 46
Quality 51
Growth 53
Balance sheet 61
Cash quality 48
Capital allocation 23
Momentum 57

Scores are computed nightly across the coverage universe and read relative to it — the methodology lives in the company-scoring explainer.

Financial forensics — the academic screens

5.73 Altman Z-Score

Sits in the safe zone (above 2.99). The Z-Score estimates financial-distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.

7/9 Piotroski F-Score

Nine binary fundamental-strength checks across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.

-2.58 Beneish M-Score

Screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold. A screen, not an accusation.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-16

Quick answers

What is Amazon.com Inc's Closelook quality reading?

The composite reads 49/100 across 7 modules, as of 2026-09-16: valuation 46, quality 51, growth 53, balance sheet 61, cash quality 48, capital allocation 23, momentum 57. Closelook scores are research diary readings, not ratings or investment advice.

What is Amazon.com Inc's Altman Z-Score?

5.73, which sits in the safe zone (above 2.99) as of 2026-09-16. The Altman Z-Score estimates financial distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.

What is Amazon.com Inc's Piotroski F-Score?

7 of 9, as of 2026-09-16. The F-Score counts nine binary fundamental-strength signals across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.

What does Amazon.com Inc's Beneish M-Score indicate?

-2.58 — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold, as of 2026-09-16. The M-Score screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns; it is a screen, not an accusation.

Mentioned on Closelook

Where AMZN appears in the diary — 15 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Google and RSI — The Loop Nobody Has ClosedReport · 13 Sept 2026
Magnificent Seven — The Seven at the ShelfWeekly Signal · 30 Aug 20262 · The four long trends — and the one most behind The four long trends, three years each: MSFT +59%, AMZN +97%, GOOG +152%, AAPL +72%.
Pattern 03 — NVIDIA Strategic Authority InvestmentReport · 12 May 2026Three rhythmic series run alongside the dated events: Hyperscaler earnings (MSFT / GOOGL / META / AMZN, quarterly) — capex disclosures set NVIDIA's tape.

101 and glossary

Alt-Hyperscalers: Why CoreWeave, Nebius, and Lambda Labs Matter101Key Companies CRWV CoreWeave Leading alt-hyperscaler — IPO trajectory, bare-metal GPU NBIS Nebius European AI cloud — sovereignty positioning (ex-Yandex) LLABS Lambda Labs AI compute cloud — research/training focused (private) AMZN AWS…
Cloudflare as Agentic Toll Booth: The Infrastructure Tax on Every Agent101Key Companies NET Cloudflare Toll booth positioning: Workers + R2 + Zero Trust for agents ZS Zscaler Competitor in security, but no compute/storage layer FSLY Fastly CDN competitor, but no agent runtime AMZN AWS Full stack but…
Inference Economics: How the Training-to-Inference Shift Changes Everything101Key Companies NVDA NVIDIA Training dominant, adapting to inference GOOG Google (TPU) Custom inference ASIC — TPU v5 AMZN Amazon (Trainium) Custom inference ASIC — Trainium2 QCOM Qualcomm Edge inference — on-device AI
The CapEx Cliff Question: When Does AI Infrastructure Spending Peak?101Key Companies ASML ★ Sentinel ASML Order book as CapEx leading indicator MSFT Microsoft Largest AI CapEx spender GOOG Google Second-largest AI CapEx AMZN Amazon AWS CapEx acceleration META Meta Reality Labs + AI CapEx

Dailies

Fed day — relief before the decision: 10-year 4.96%, Brent under $107.63, chips reclaim $505, Nasdaq-100 above $708.69Midday 10 · 16 Sept 2026
Rates — the 10-year hits 5.01%: Dow −0.9%, Russell −1.2%, the AI sort pauses, Oracle and Adobe hold their linesMidday 10 · 15 Sept 2026
Brent closes above $100 for the first time since July and the 10-year hits 4.86%: Wall Street falls a third day while Cloudflare +10%, Datadog +7% and Meta +7% catch the money the chip leaders gave backMorning 10 · 10 Sept 2026
Chips lead the market down as oil tops $105 and the 10-year hits 4.92%: Micron −4%, Intel −4%, Nvidia −2.5% — while software posts its first up day in six and Apple gains 3%Midday 10 · 10 Sept 2026
Decision Time for the Semi ComplexDaily Pulse · 25 Aug 2026How the complex got to the line NVDA Mon −2.91% — the only red mega-cap MSFT +0.84% · GOOGL +0.94% · AMZN +1.33% · META +1.66% · AAPL +0.32% DRAM (memory) 54.28 −5.89% COHR 275.49 −4.85% · LITE 830.17 −4.22% · FN 421.14 −3.56% · AMAT…
The buyback rally fades and the 30-year pushes back to 5.25%, but crypto answers louder — Bitcoin above 75,000 toward its best week since March 2024, BITW breaks a year-long wedge, and the yen's first falsifier line goes live at 158.83Morning 10 · 21 Aug 2026Hyperscalers Thursday: MSFT −0.65, GOOGL −1.17, AMZN −2.16, META −0.04, NVDA −0.33, AAPL −1.75.
TSMC prints +45%, the rotation pays the whole chain — and the bond coil leaks into the refereeMidday 10 · 10 Aug 2026Software and cloud opened weak and got bought: IGV and CLOU both near +2% after being down initially, with the hyperscalers leading the operate layer — MSFT +2.0%, AMZN +1.5%.
The advance fizzles into the stamp — Amazon +13, Apple −9, and a paradox in the breadthMidday 10 · 31 Jul 2026AMZN trades ~267, up 13.3%, holding the entire after-hours move through the regular session — the market pays AWS's re-acceleration to 37% the way it paid Microsoft's backlog on Wednesday.