NASDAQ:EBAY - eBay Stock Price, Price Target & More

eBay trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EBAY."

eBay announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Thursday, February 1st 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $6,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 25th. The e-commerce company reported $0.53 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53. The e-commerce company earned $2.58 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.59 billion. eBay had a negative net margin of 16.56% and a positive return on equity of 18.06%. eBay's revenue for the quarter was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.49 earnings per share. View eBay's Earnings History.

eBay is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for eBay.

eBay issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.25-2.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.29. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.9-11.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.00 billion.eBay also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.50-0.52 EPS.

36 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for eBay's stock. Their predictions range from $34.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect eBay's share price to reach $46.4063 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for eBay.

eBay saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 25,895,076 shares, a drop of 12.6% from the May 15th total of 29,618,417 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,069,674 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.2 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's stock are sold short.

Some companies that are related to eBay include Accenture (ACN), Booking (BKNG), PayPal (PYPL), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), NetEase (NTES), Ctrip.Com International (CTRP), First Data (FDC), Global Payments (GPN), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Total System Services (TSS), Msci (MSCI), Worldpay (WP), CoStar Group (CSGP), Akamai Technologies (AKAM) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR).

News headlines about EBAY stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. eBay earned a coverage optimism score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the e-commerce company an impact score of 46.07 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

eBay's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.04%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (2.53%), Boston Partners (2.12%), Independent Franchise Partners LLP (1.91%), Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (1.36%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.26%). Company insiders that own eBay stock include Brian J Doerger, Devin Wenig, Harry A Lawton III, Jae Hyun Lee, Joo Man Park, Kathleen C Mitic, Kristin A Yetto, Logan Green, Marie Oh Huber, Raymond J Pittman, Robert Holmes Swan, Scott F Schenkel, Stephen Fisher and Thomas J Tierney. View Institutional Ownership Trends for eBay.

EBAY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Independent Franchise Partners LLP, M&T Bank Corp, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Boston Partners, BlackRock Inc., Equity Investment Corp and Northern Trust Corp. Company insiders that have sold eBay company stock in the last year include Brian J Doerger, Devin Wenig, Harry A Lawton III, Jae Hyun Lee, Joo Man Park, Marie Oh Huber, Raymond J Pittman, Robert Holmes Swan, Scott F Schenkel and Stephen Fisher. View Insider Buying and Selling for eBay.

EBAY stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Old Mutual Global Investors UK Ltd., Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Natixis, Obermeyer Wood Investment Counsel Lllp, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Mackay Shields LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank. View Insider Buying and Selling for eBay.

Shares of EBAY can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EBAY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.09.

eBay has a market capitalization of $38.66 billion and generates $9.57 billion in revenue each year. The e-commerce company earns $-1,016,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.63 on an earnings per share basis. eBay employs 14,100 workers across the globe.

eBay's mailing address is 2025 HAMILTON AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA, 95125. The e-commerce company can be reached via phone at 408-376-7400 or via email at [email protected]