NASDAQ:EBAY - eBay Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

eBay announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, February 1st 2018, which permits the company to buyback $6,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 25th. The e-commerce company reported $0.53 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53. The e-commerce company earned $2.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.59 billion. eBay had a positive return on equity of 18.06% and a negative net margin of 16.56%. The company's revenue was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.49 earnings per share. View eBay's Earnings History.

eBay is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for eBay.

eBay updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.25-2.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.29. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.9-11.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.00 billion.eBay also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.50-0.52 EPS.

36 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for eBay's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect eBay's share price to reach $46.4063 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for eBay.

eBay saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 29,618,417 shares, a decline of 9.3% from the April 30th total of 32,641,699 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,986,809 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 3.2% of the company's shares are sold short.

Some companies that are related to eBay include Booking (BKNG), Accenture (ACN), PayPal (PYPL), FIS (FIS), NetEase (NTES), Ctrip.Com International (CTRP), Fleetcor (FLT), First Data (FDC), Global Payments (GPN), TSYS (TSS), MSCI (MSCI), Worldpay (WP), CoStar Group (CSGP), Mercadolibre (MELI) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR).

Media headlines about EBAY stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. eBay earned a media sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the e-commerce company an impact score of 47.50 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

eBay's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.04%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (2.53%), Boston Partners (2.12%), Independent Franchise Partners LLP (1.91%), Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (1.36%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.26%). Company insiders that own eBay stock include Brian J Doerger, Devin Wenig, Harry A Lawton III, Jae Hyun Lee, Joo Man Park, Kathleen C Mitic, Kristin A Yetto, Logan Green, Marie Oh Huber, Raymond J Pittman, Robert Holmes Swan, Scott F Schenkel, Stephen Fisher and Thomas J Tierney. View Institutional Ownership Trends for eBay.

EBAY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Independent Franchise Partners LLP, M&T Bank Corp, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Boston Partners, BlackRock Inc., Equity Investment Corp and Northern Trust Corp. Company insiders that have sold eBay company stock in the last year include Brian J Doerger, Devin Wenig, Harry A Lawton III, Jae Hyun Lee, Joo Man Park, Marie Oh Huber, Raymond J Pittman, Robert Holmes Swan, Scott F Schenkel and Stephen Fisher. View Insider Buying and Selling for eBay.

EBAY stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Old Mutual Global Investors UK Ltd., Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Natixis, Obermeyer Wood Investment Counsel Lllp, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Mackay Shields LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EBAY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.94.

eBay has a market capitalization of $37.56 billion and generates $9.57 billion in revenue each year. The e-commerce company earns $-1,016,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.63 on an earnings per share basis. eBay employs 14,100 workers across the globe.

eBay's mailing address is 2025 HAMILTON AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA, 95125. The e-commerce company can be reached via phone at 408-376-7400 or via email at [email protected]