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. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 has authorized a stock buyback plan 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 repurchase up to 17.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) released its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The e-commerce company reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 net margin of 16.54% and a return on equity of 50.71%. eBay's revenue was down 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.71 EPS. 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 updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 13th. The company provided EPS 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for eBay's stock. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $49.00. On average, they anticipate eBay's share price to reach $40.79 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% 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.

News coverage about EBAY stock has been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. eBay earned a media sentiment score of 3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the e-commerce company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for eBay.

eBay saw a increase in short interest in 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 daily trading volume, of 7,900,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 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), SEA (SE), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), J2 Global (JCOM), Envestnet (ENV), LogMeIn (LOGM), 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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, Raymond J Pittman, 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 purchased 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 $38.20.

eBay has a market capitalization of $30.41 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]