• What is the company you have selected? AMAZON
• What is the company using their option contract for? Amazon
uses options to allow employees to vest in stock awards that
correspond with their service terms. This related to tax benefits
in the billions between 2019 and 2021. As of December 2021,
common stock available for future issuance to employees was
97 million shares.
• What is the value of the option contract in the Annual
Statements? The earnings per share were $23.46 in 2019,
$42.64 in 2020 and $65.96 in 2021.
• Copy/paste a picture of the value from the financial
statements.
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• Imagine you are a retiree from this company and received
stock as part of your pension package benefit. What would you
do with the shares to earn extra money above the dividends? c
Amazons stock has continued to gain value. I would watch the
market and continue to invest in more stock. I would possibly
