NASDAQ:EBAY - eBay Stock Price, Forecast & News

eBay's stock was trading at $34.83 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EBAY shares have decreased by 13.4% and is now trading at $30.18. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

29 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for eBay in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 16 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for eBay.

eBay is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for eBay.

eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The e-commerce company reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate 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%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.71 EPS. View eBay's earnings history.

eBay announced 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 2.12%. 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 declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, January 28th 2020, which authorizes the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 17.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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 targets for eBay's stock. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $49.00. On average, they anticipate eBay's share price to reach $40.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for eBay.

News headlines about EBAY stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. eBay earned a news impact score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media 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 effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news abouteBay.

eBay saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 47,250,000 shares, a drop of 14.1% from the February 27th total of 55,010,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 13,113,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.6 days. Approximately 6.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View eBay's Current Options Chain.

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

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

eBay's stock is owned by many different 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, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, M&T Bank Corp, FIL Ltd, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State Street Corp, Prudential Financial Inc., and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 activity for eBay.

EBAY stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, 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, and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK 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 activity 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 $30.18.

eBay has a market capitalization of $24.03 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]