How to buy Macy’s shares

Learn how to easily invest in Macy’s shares.

Macy's stock has surged in recent days thanks to an online trading community throwing their support behind highly-shorted stocks.


Motivated by collective outrage, Reddit forum wallstreetbets began buying stocks to companies that major investors were essentially betting against.


While it started with Gamestop (GME), forum users quickly applied their technique to a number of different companies, including AMC and Macy's (M).


Macy's stock climbed from a close of US$12.32 on January 21, to a close of US$17.73 on January 27th. However, the following day, shares dropped to US$15.57.


The sudden drop is partly due to controversial action taken by several trading platforms, which began pausing or restricting trading of certain shares amid the unprecedented activity.


While some brokers are beginning to allow access again, traders should be extremely cautious amid so much volatility.

How to buy shares in Macy’s

  1. Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. Then, complete an application.
  2. Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
  3. Search the platform by ticker symbol. M in this case.
  4. Choose an order type. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares or dollar amount.
  5. Submit the order. It's that simple.
The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Alternative ways to invest in Macy’s

Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Macy’s), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.

Macy’s is a major part of the NYSE, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).

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Is it a good time to buy Macy’s stock?

Review technicals and fundamentals to help you determine if now's a good time for you to invest.

Technical analysis

View Macy’s's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

Use our graph to track the performance of M stock over time.

Historical closes compared with the last close of $15.85

1 week (2024-12-11) -2.70%
1 month (2024-11-18) 5.18%
3 months (2024-09-18) -3.20%
6 months (2024-06-18) -12.17%
1 year (2023-12-18) 42.28%
2 years (2022-12-18) -16.61%
3 years (2021-12-18) -34.16%
5 years (2019-12-18) 21.85%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

Finder might not agree with the analysis and we take no responsibility. We also give no representations or warranty on the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on this page.

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Is Macy’s under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Macy’s P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Macy’s's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 24x. In other words, Macy’s's shares trade at around 24x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Macy’s's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.1029. A PEG ratio below 1 can be interpreted as meaning the shares are not overvalued given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Macy’s's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Macy’s's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $1.9 billion (£1.5 billion).

The EBITDA is a measure of Macy’s's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

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