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Amazon's Stock Split Delivers More Than Bargained For (Bloomberg)

Stock splits were all the rage early this year as indexes hovered near record highs, with companies from Amazon.com Inc. to Alphabet Inc. announcing them to ...

A few months on, the market has taken care of the problem. Shares of the e-commerce giant rose 2% in New York after the split, but shares are still down about 10% since reporting the plan in March. Alphabet, which announced a similar proposal in February, is down 17% since then. Amazon, whose 20-for-1 split took effect Monday, is among companies whose stocks have tumbled since the moves were announced amid a broad market selloff that’s been especially painful for the technology sector.

Amazon stock to trade at split-adjusted price after the 20-for-1 stock ... (Financial Express)

Investors will now speculate that holding the shares would accrue more profits if the stock price had to jump in the coming days.

Depending on the portfolio, it is an individual decision of an investor to act accordingly during a stock split.” It is just lowering the unit price of a share. The growth prospects draw more investors which will invariably drum up the stock’s price,” says Sawhney. When a company splits its stock, it is a positive sign that the company is doing well. New buyers will source the shares from sellers who owned the stocks before May 27. “As Amazon (AMZN) goes for its 20-for-1 stock split on June 6 after shareholders’ recent approval, its stock will trade with the new split-adjusted price from Monday. Investors who held the company’s shares on or before May 27 would be eligible for the stock split.

Amazon stock to trade on a 20-for-1 split-adjusted price (Economic Times)

Amazon shares will start trading on a 20-for-1 split-adjusted basis on June 6. It is Amazon's biggest stock split till date. With this stock split, ...

According to Kunal Sawhney, CEO of Kalkine Group, stock splits may not bring any fundamental change in the company's business or valuation. The splitting of stock simply reduces the unit cost of shares, making it more accessible to investors. All the investors who had Amazon shares on or before May 27 will be eligible to get the benefit provided by the stock split. According to Kunal Sawhney, CEO of Kalkine Group, stock splits may not bring any fundamental change in the company's business or valuation. The splitting of stock simply reduces the unit cost of shares, making it more accessible to investors. All the investors who had Amazon shares on or before May 27 will be eligible to get the benefit provided by the stock split.

Amazon stock split may draw retail traders in tough market (Reuters)

Amazon's stock split may provide some solace to shareholders who have seen the e-commerce giant's shares battered this year.

Amazon is the latest megacap company to split its stock. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com On Monday, a bet on the same percentage gain in the shares by July 1 cost about $135, according to Reuters calculations. We can debate whether they are or aren't, but if the market perceives them to be a positive, then they act like a positive." Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Why Amazon Stock Popped on Monday (Motley Fool)

On its first trading day post-stock split, shares of internet retail giant Amazon (AMZN 1.99%) got a lift, rising 2.4% through 3 p.m. ET.

That gives Amazon stock a PEG ratio of about 2 (or twice what value investors ordinarily consider a "fair price"). The bad news is that, because stock splits don't change anything other than the number of shares a company is divided into, they don't change the fact that Amazon stock still costs 52 times earnings post-split, just like they cost 52 times earnings pre-split -- but the stock is only expected to grow those earnings at about 27% annually over the next five years. (Now that the stock split has happened, that catalyst has gone away.)

Amazon's Big Split (Investopedia)

Today marked the first trading day following Amazon's (AMZN) 20-for-1 stock split that the company announced on March 9.

"Amazon's stock split comes at a critical time for investors. Shares of AMZN are down 23% year-to-date, and down 20% in the past year. Today marked the first trading day following Amazon’s ( AMZN) 20-for-1 stock split that the company announced on March 9.

Last Week, Amazon Stock Was $2440. Today, Almost Everyone Can ... (IndieWire)

Amazon executed a 20-for-1 stock split on Friday, and now you can buy in at $125 per share.

To all I've had the honor of working with: thank you for making it so much fun to come to work every day for 23 years to invent cool, amazing things for customers. “I’ve had an incredible time at Amazon but it’s time for me to build again,” Clark wrote in a statement he posted to Twitter. “It’s what drives me. So far, the new stock split seems to be working. Well, the company announced it in a regulatory filing as well as a blog post. Stock splits are a common — and often welcome — maneuver to immediately increase the pool of potential investors. In March, Amazon’s board of directors approved the split and a new $10 billion buyback plan, upped from a prior plan for $5 billion.

Amazon share price in 3-digits! Should investors buy or sell the ... (Financial Express)

Amazon stock is down substantially from its highs and now trading at a reasonable valuation.

“If you’re buying into the stock or holding the stock it should not be because the price may see an increase in the next week or so. “Historically stock splits have led to price increases. But, after the stock is split, the price falls thus making investors buy more with the same amount of money.

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