How to buy Amazon (AMZN) stocks

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What is Amazon?

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 capitalization. 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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Is it a good time to buy Amazon stock?

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Amazon price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $223.29 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-1.83%
1 month (2024-11-20)	10.06%
3 months (2024-09-20)	16.54%
6 months (2024-06-20)	19.98%

1 year (2023-12-20)	46.79%
2 years (2022-12-20)	162.11%
3 years (2021-12-20)	3341.58
5 years (2019-12-20)	1786.5

Amazon financials

Revenue TTM	$620.1 billion
Operating margin TTM	10.96%
Gross profit TTM	$225.2 billion
Return on assets TTM	7.07%
Return on equity TTM	22.56%
Profit margin	8.04%
Book value	$24.66
Market capitalisation more info button	$2.3 trillion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Amazon share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Amazon's shares have ranged in value from as little as $144.05 up to $233. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Amazon's is 1.146. This would suggest that Amazon's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

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, database, analytics, machine learning, and other services, as well as advertising services through programs, such as sponsored ads, display, and video advertising.

Frequently asked questions

• Does pay dividends?

• How to sell shares

  It's as easy to sell as it is to buy! Here's how to sell s that you already own.

  1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
  2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
  3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
  4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
  5. Sell your shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

• Can you buy shares with a debit card?

  Most dealing providers will let you use your debit card to top up your account and buy shares. The main ways are with a debit card, bank transfer or with Apple/Google Pay.

• What's the easiest way to buy shares?

  The easiest way to get hold of some shares is to sign up for a trading app and place a market order or basic order. This type of order tells the platform that you're interested, so it'll try to execute it as quickly as it can. It could take some time for the order to go through, especially if there's a lot of volatility in shares.

• What is the key financial information for ?

  Amazon financials

  Revenue TTM	$620.1 billion
  Operating margin TTM	10.96%
  Gross profit TTM	$225.2 billion
  Return on assets TTM	7.07%
  Return on equity TTM	22.56%
  Profit margin	8.04%
  Book value	$24.66
  Market capitalisation more info button	$2.3 trillion

  TTM: trailing 12 months

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