Chart assignment
Charts to read and discuss
Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.
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How much profit has Amazon made each year?
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Amazon made $77.7 billion in profit (net income) in 2025, after years of thin or no profit: it lost money in 2012, in 2014 and in 2022, when it lost $2.7 billion, mostly from a drop in the value of its stake in the carmaker Rivian. Figures are as Amazon first reported them in each year's annual report to the SEC.
Questions to discuss
- In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
- Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
- Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?
Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR company financial data (XBRL) (Public domain (U.S. government work)) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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