1 Stat That Justifies Amazon's Huge P/E Ratio

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The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which senior analyst Anand Chokkavelu, CFA, discusses topics around the investing world.

Amazon.com's P/E ratio is well over 100. Anand discusses why that is and gives one stat that bulls would use to justify the valuation.

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