How to buy Amazon shares in Australia

Learn how to easily invest in Amazon.

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Key takeaways

  • Amazon.com Inc is an internet retail business with stocks listed in the US.
  • Amazon shares (AMZN) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.
  • Its last market close was US$274.99 - an increase of 2.51% over the previous week.

Led by business magnate Jeff Bezos, Amazon (AMZN) is a global retail giant and one of the five biggest listed companies in the United States by market capitalisation. It's best known globally for its Amazon marketplace and video-streaming service, Amazon Prime. Besides its cloud computing branch, Amazon Web Services, Amazon also manufactures and sells electronic devices such as the Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs and the Echo.

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How to buy shares in Amazon

  1. Compare share trading platforms. To buy shares in a company listed in the USA from Australia you'll need to find a trading platform that offers access to USA stock markets. Look for a platform with low brokerage and foreign exchange fees.
  2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, which will typically include your ID and tax file number. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
  3. Search for Amazon. Find the share by name or ticker symbol: AMZN. Research its history to confirm it's an investment that matches your financial goals.
  4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Amazon reaches your desired price. To spread out your risk, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying using consistent intervals and amounts.
  5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of US$274.99, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimise risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Amazon, depending on your broker.
  6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Amazon. Optimise your portfolio by tracking how your stock performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights.

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Amazon overview

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, fire tablets, fire TVs, echo, ring, blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content. In addition, the company offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products in its stores; and programs that allow authors, independent publishers, musicians, filmmakers, Twitch streamers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, it provides compute, storage, Artificial intelligence, database, analytics, machine learning, and other services, as well as advertising services through programs, such as sponsored ads, display, and video advertising. Additionally, the company offers Amazon Prime, a membership program. The company's products offered through its stores include merchandise and content purchased for resale and products offered by third-party sellers. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, content creators, advertisers, and employees. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Is it a good time to buy Amazon stock?

The technical analysis gauge below displays real-time ratings for the timeframes you select. However, this is not a recommendation. It represents a technical analysis based on the most popular technical indicators: Moving Averages, Oscillators and Pivots. Finder might not concur and takes no responsibility.

Amazon share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Amazon's shares have ranged in value from as little as US$191.16 up to US$278.56. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

AMZN.US volatility(beta: 1.47)Avg. volatility(beta: 1.00)LowHigh

Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market ( average) beta is 1, while Amazon's is 1.468. This would suggest that Amazon's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Amazon financials

Revenue TTM US$742.8 billion
Operating margin TTM 13.14%
Gross profit TTM US$375.9 billion
Return on assets TTM 6.85%
Return on equity TTM 24.29%
Profit margin 12.22%
Book value 41.093
Market capitalisation US$3 trillion
EBITDA US$155.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Amazon share dividends

We're not expecting Amazon to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Amazon's shares ever split?

Amazon's shares were split on a 20:1 basis on 5 June 2022. So if you had owned 1 share the day before the split, the next day you would own 20 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Amazon shares - just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 95% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Amazon shares which in turn could have impacted Amazon's share price.

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