NASDAQ:EBAY - eBay Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

eBay announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given 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 1.77%. This is an increase from eBay's previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. View eBay's Dividend History.

eBay announced that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Thursday, February 1st 2018, which allows the company to buyback $6,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The e-commerce company reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.05. The e-commerce company had revenue of $2.82 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.81 billion. eBay had a return on equity of 41.12% and a net margin of 18.33%. The firm's revenue was down 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.71 earnings per share. View eBay's Earnings History.

eBay updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 28th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.95-3.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.89. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.72-10.92 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.92 billion.

25 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for eBay's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $56.00. On average, they expect eBay's share price to reach $42.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for eBay.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for eBay in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for eBay.

Press coverage about EBAY stock has trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. eBay earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines 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 near term. View News Stories for eBay.

eBay saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 30,860,000 shares, an increase of 11.6% from the December 31st total of 27,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,390,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 4.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View eBay's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to eBay include Facebook (FB), Equinix (EQIX), Twitter (TWTR), Verisign (VRSN), CoStar Group (CSGP), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SEA (SE), J2 Global (JCOM), ANGI Homeservices (ANGI), LogMeIn (LOGM), Envestnet (ENV), Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), Cimpress (CMPR), LivePerson (LPSN) 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), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Ryder System (R), Paypal (PYPL) and Micron Technology (MU).

eBay's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.26%), PGGM Investments (0.18%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.09%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.09%) and Scout Investments Inc. (0.08%). Company insiders that own eBay stock include 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., California Public Employees Retirement System, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, PGGM Investments, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Global Thematic Partners LLC, United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund and Scout Investments Inc.. Company insiders that have sold eBay company stock in the last year include 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, Alpine Global Management LLC, Winmill & CO. Inc., M&G Investment Management Ltd., New York State Teachers Retirement System, Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Boston Trust Walden Corp and Clear Street Markets LLC. 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 $36.21.

eBay has a market capitalization of $29.46 billion and generates $10.75 billion in revenue each year. The e-commerce company earns $2.53 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.77 on an earnings per share basis. eBay employs 14,000 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]