NASDAQ:EBAYeBay Stock Price, Forecast & News

eBay's stock was trading at $34.83 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EBAY shares have increased by 56.1% and is now trading at $54.36. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for eBay in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 16 hold ratings and 10 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 Wednesday, July 15th 2020. View our earnings forecast for eBay.

eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The e-commerce company reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.05. The e-commerce company earned $2.37 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.32 billion. eBay had a return on equity of 63.44% and a net margin of 44.44%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.67 earnings per share. View eBay's earnings history.

eBay declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 29th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, June 19th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 29th. View eBay's dividend history.

eBay declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, January 28th 2020, which allows the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 17.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

eBay issued an update on its second quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.02-1.06 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.78. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.75-2.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.46 billion.

28 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for eBay's stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate eBay's stock price to reach $47.62 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.4%. View analysts' price targets for eBay.

News headlines about EBAY stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. eBay earned a daily sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the e-commerce company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about eBay.

eBay saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 24,990,000 shares, an increase of 35.8% from the May 31st total of 18,400,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 13,950,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 3.7% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 Netflix (NFLX), Intel (INTC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Paypal (PYPL), Alibaba Group (BABA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Walt Disney (DIS), Starbucks (SBUX) and Micron Technology (MU).

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

eBay's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.07%) and Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own eBay stock include Andrew John Cring, Brian J Doerger, Devin Wenig, Jae Hyun Lee, Joo Man Park, Kristin A Yetto, 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 Cacti Asset Management LLC, and Reinhart Partners Inc.. 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, and Wendy Elizabeth Jones. 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 $54.36.

eBay has a market capitalization of $38.20 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.

The official website for eBay is 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]