NASDAQ:EBAY - eBay Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

eBay declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, March 20th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.70%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This is an increase from eBay's previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. View eBay's Dividend History.

eBay announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, January 28th 2020, which permits the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 17.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The e-commerce company reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.05. The e-commerce company earned $2.82 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.81 billion. eBay had a return on equity of 50.71% and a net margin of 16.54%. eBay's quarterly revenue was down 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.71 earnings per share. View eBay's Earnings History.

eBay is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for eBay.

eBay issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 13th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.00-3.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.99. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.56-9.76 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.75 billion.

29 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for eBay's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $49.00. On average, they anticipate eBay's share price to reach $40.79 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for eBay.

29 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for eBay in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 17 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for eBay.

Headlines about EBAY stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. eBay earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the e-commerce company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for eBay.

eBay saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 33,070,000 shares, an increase of 7.2% from the January 15th total of 30,860,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,900,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 4.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View eBay's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to eBay include Facebook (FB), Equinix (EQIX), Twitter (TWTR), CoStar Group (CSGP), Verisign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SEA (SE), J2 Global (JCOM), LogMeIn (LOGM), Envestnet (ENV), ANGI Homeservices (ANGI), Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), Cimpress (CMPR), Stamps.com (STMP) and Yelp (YELP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other eBay investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), Netflix (NFLX), Pandora Media (P), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Tesla (TSLA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Ryder System (R), Micron Technology (MU) and Paypal (PYPL).

eBay's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.45%), Baupost Group LLC MA (2.51%), FMR LLC (2.51%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.90%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.43%) and Lindsell Train Ltd (1.39%). Company insiders that own eBay stock include Andrew John Cring, Brian J Doerger, Devin Wenig, Jae Hyun Lee, Joo Man Park, Kristin A Yetto, Marie Oh Huber, Matthew J Murphy, Pierre M Omidyar, Robert Holmes Swan, Scott F Schenkel, Stephen Fisher and Wendy Elizabeth Jones. View Institutional Ownership Trends for eBay.

EBAY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, M&T Bank Corp, FIL Ltd, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State Street Corp, Prudential Financial Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System and Janus Henderson Group PLC. Company insiders that have sold eBay company stock in the last year include Andrew John Cring, Brian J Doerger, Devin Wenig, Jae Hyun Lee, Kristin A Yetto, Scott F Schenkel, Stephen Fisher and Wendy Elizabeth Jones. View Insider Buying and Selling for eBay.

EBAY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Baupost Group LLC MA, Marshall Wace LLP, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd and Investec Asset Management LTD. Company insiders that have bought eBay stock in the last two years include Matthew J Murphy and Robert Holmes Swan. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EBAY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.64.

eBay has a market capitalization of $29.96 billion and generates $10.80 billion in revenue each year. The e-commerce company earns $1.79 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.32 on an earnings per share basis. eBay employs 13,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About eBay.

The official website for eBay is http://www.ebay.com/.

eBay's mailing address is 2025 HAMILTON AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA, 95125. The e-commerce company can be reached via phone at 408-376-7008 or via email at [email protected]