Explore U.S. listed companies

When you buy U.S. stocks with Stake you gain access to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq. These two stock exchanges are where the majority of U.S.-listed companies are available.

The NYSE is the oldest U.S. exchange in existence and boasts the largest market capitalisation for equities in the world, it's home to stocks like $BRK.B, $KO, $CVX and $JPM. Nasdaq has some of the biggest U.S.-listed companies, including $AAPL, $GOOGL, $NVDA, $AMZN and $TSLA.

The market cap of all U.S.-listed companies combined is $53t (March 2024), as a combination of the NYSE ($28t) and the Nasdaq ($25t).

See our list of the U.S. top gainers to discover stocks that have gone up today, updated daily. Also check out the biggest losers on Wall St, sorted by largest daily price decline.

U.S. listed companies are by far the most widely traded equities around the world, with the largest stocks having their market cap into the trillions.

The top 10 U.S. listed companies by market cap are (values as of 29 August 2024):

1. Apple, Inc. ($AAPL) - US$3.47t
2. NVIDIA Corporation ($NVDA) - $3.14t
3. Microsoft Corporation ($MSFT) - $3.05t
4. Alphabet Inc. - Class A Shares ($GOOGL) - $2.01t
5. Amazon.com Inc. ($AMZN) - $1.78t
6. Meta Platforms Inc ($META) - $1.31t
7. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. - Class B ($BRK.B) - $1t
8. Eli Lilly and Company ($LLY) - $901.88b
9. Broadcom Inc. ($AVGO) - $733.04b
10. Tesla, Inc. ($TSLA) - $656.18b

The most traded U.S. securities on the Stake platform for 2024 (data as of 31 July 2024) are:

• NVIDIA Corporation ($NVDA)
• Tesla, Inc. ($TSLA)
• GameStop Corp. ($GME)
• Apple, Inc. ($AAPL)
• Amazon.com Inc. ($AMZN)

Keep up to date with the most traded U.S. shares on Stake (updates at the beginning of each month).

Providing great exposure to large-cap stocks, U.S. ETFs give investors the chance to add the largest indexes to their portfolio for a fraction of the price. Investors who are looking for exposure to the S&P 500 through U.S. ETFs have a few options:

• Vanguard S&P 500 ETF ($VOO)
• SPDR S&P 500 ETF ($SPY)
• iShare Core S&P 500 ETF ($IVV)

Learn more about how to invest in the S&P 500 in Australia.