You can buy fractional shares on some of the most popular investments like Vanguard ETFs, Berkshire Hathaway, S&P 500 index trackers The most popular fractional trading stocks tend to be those that have a high face value and in particular, those that are in tech and growth sectors. Amazon is the classic fractional trading stock, alongside the likes of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. Other names that are often traded as fractional shares include Tesla, Netflix, Facebook, Microsoft and PayPal. There are more than 150 stocks in the S&P 500 alone with share prices above $100 per share, pricing that makes it difficult for retail investors to own them, without using fractional trading.