Amazon makes stock 'cheaper' first stock split since 1999, $10 billion buyback

Updated : Mar 10, 2022 09:14
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EJ Biz Desk

E-Commerce giant Amazon has announced a stock split making the marquee company available at a 'buyable' price. Amazon is splitting the stock 20-for-1, which will bring down the 4-digit price of the tech company

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The Amazon stock is at over $2700 (March 9 LTP), recording a 4000% rise since its last split in 1999. Alphabet and Amazon are the last two of the five biggest U.S. technology companies by revenue that have four-digit stock prices.

In another big announcement, Amazon board approved a buyback worth $10 billion dollars to shore up  the stock that is down 16% this year amid a broad selloff in technology.

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