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Amazon Beats Walmart on Fortune 500

businessJune 5, 2026·135 words·2 min read

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Amazon Beats Walmart on Fortune 500

Amazon is now America's biggest company. It made more money than Walmart in 2025. Amazon earned about $716.9billion. Walmart earned $713.2billion. This ends Walmart's 13 years at the top. The list is called the Fortune 500. UnitedHealth Group came third.

Amazon and Walmart are very different. Amazon sells online. Walmart has big stores in many U.S. towns. Amazon's sales grew 12% last year. Walmart's sales grew only 5%. Amazon runs Amazon Web Services (AWS) . AWS lets other firms use Amazon's computers. AWS made $129billion in 2025.

Amazon's boss Andy Jassy will spend $200billion in 2026. The money will go to new technology. Jassy also cut 30,000 jobs. Walmart's new boss is John Furner. Walmart will not be first again soon. But Walmart's share price went up 167% in five years.

Key Vocabulary

v.: got money from work
num.: a thousand million
adj.: not the same
n.: new machines and tools (like AI and chips)
n.: how much one share of a company costs

Vocabulary Translations· 5 words · 12 languages

Every definition is context-aware — translated based on how the word is used in this article, not a dictionary.

earnv.

got money from work

thu vềobteve稼いだkazandıobtuvozarobiłaحقّقتverdiendeзаработала赚得벌었다

billionnum.

a thousand million

tỷbilhão10億milyarmil millonesmiliardمليارmiljardмиллиард十亿10억

differentadj.

not the same

khác nhaudiferentes異なるfarklıdiferentesróżneمختلفتانverschillendразные不同的다른

technologyn.

new machines and tools (like AI and chips)

công nghệtecnologiaテクノロジーteknolojitecnologíatechnologiaالتكنولوجياtechnologieтехнологии科技;技术기술

share pricen.

how much one share of a company costs

giá cổ phiếupreço das ações株価hisse fiyatıprecio de las accionescena akcjiسعر السهمaandelenkoersцена акций股价주가

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Question 1: True or False

Amazon's sales grew faster than Walmart's last year.

Walmart's share price went down in the last five years.

Walmart has big stores in many U.S. towns.

Amazon's cloud business made less than $100 billion in 2025.

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How are Amazon and Walmart different?

Question 3: Multiple Choice

What will Amazon's boss spend $200 billion on in 2026?

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Amazon and Walmart are very ______ companies.

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