eBay Stock Forecast, Price & 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 stock has increased by 47.4% and is now trading at $51.34.
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26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for eBay in the last year. There are currently 14 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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eBay is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 26th 2021.
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eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 28th. The e-commerce company reported $0.85 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.13. The e-commerce company earned $2.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.48 billion. eBay had a net margin of 50.42% and a return on equity of 82.73%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.67 earnings per share.
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eBay declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, December 18th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 30th.
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eBay declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, January 28th 2020, which permits the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 17.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

eBay updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.78-0.84 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.82. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.64-2.71 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.66 billion.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for eBay's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $82.00. On average, they expect eBay's share price to reach $60.64 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.1% from the stock's current price.
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eBay saw a decrease in short interest in the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 20,590,000 shares, a decrease of 18.3% from the October 15th total of 25,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 8,560,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 3.1% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to eBay include Facebook (FB), Equinix (EQIX), SEA (SE), Twitter (TWTR), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), ANGI Homeservices (ANGI), Envestnet (ENV), J2 Global (JCOM), LivePerson (LPSN), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Stamps.com (STMP), Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD) and Yelp (YELP).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other eBay investors own include Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), PayPal (PYPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Alibaba Group (BABA), The Walt Disney (DIS), Micron Technology (MU) and Starbucks (SBUX).

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

eBay's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.45%), State Street Corp (4.63%), Baupost Group LLC MA (4.37%), LSV Asset Management (1.43%), M&T Bank Corp (1.41%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.38%). Company insiders that own eBay stock include Andrew John Cring, Brian J Doerger, Devin Wenig, Jae Hyun Lee, Kristin A Yetto, Marie Oh Huber, Matthew J Murphy, Pete Thompson, Robert Holmes Swan, Scott F Schenkel, Stephen Fisher and Wendy Elizabeth Jones.
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EBAY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ninety One UK Ltd, Baupost Group LLC MA, BlackRock Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, AJO LP, Obermeyer Wood Investment Counsel Lllp, BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A., and Swiss National Bank. Company insiders that have sold eBay company stock in the last year include Andrew John Cring, Brian J Doerger, Jae Hyun Lee, Kristin A Yetto, Marie Oh Huber, Pete Thompson, and Wendy Elizabeth Jones.
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EBAY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including M&T Bank Corp, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Egerton Capital UK LLP, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., LSV Asset Management, and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. Company insiders that have bought eBay stock in the last two years include Matthew J Murphy, and Robert Holmes Swan.
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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 $51.34.

eBay has a market capitalization of $35.39 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]