eBay Stock Forecast, Price & News

25 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for eBay in the last year. There are currently 13 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" eBay stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EBAY, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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eBay saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 19,430,000 shares, a decline of 22.4% from the January 14th total of 25,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,820,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 3.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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eBay is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 2nd. The e-commerce company reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.03. The e-commerce company earned $2.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.71 billion. eBay had a net margin of 50.42% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 82.73%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 28.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.81 EPS.
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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. Since then, EBAY shares have increased by 56.8% and is now trading at $54.60.
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eBay declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, March 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, March 19th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 26th. This is a positive change from eBay's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16.
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eBay pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.26%. eBay does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of eBay is 31.03%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, eBay will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.16% next year. This indicates that eBay will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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eBay announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, February 3rd 2021, which allows the company to repurchase $4,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 10% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

eBay updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.03-1.08 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.86. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.94-2.99 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.54 billion.

25 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for eBay's stock. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $84.00. On average, they expect eBay's stock price to reach $67.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.1% from the stock's current price.
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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.44%), Baupost Group LLC MA (4.57%), FMR LLC (3.06%), Nordea Investment Management AB (2.74%), Northern Trust Corp (1.34%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.25%). 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, 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, M&T Bank Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, AJO LP, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ , Panagora Asset Management Inc., Lazard Asset Management LLC, and Voloridge Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold eBay company stock in the last year include Andrew John Cring, Brian J Doerger, Jae Hyun Lee, 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 Nordea Investment Management AB, Norges Bank, Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd., Boston Partners, Ninety One UK Ltd, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, and Morgan Stanley.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EBAY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $54.60.

eBay has a market capitalization of $37.15 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.

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eBay was founded in 1995.

The official website for eBay is www.ebay.com.

eBay is headquartered at 2025 HAMILTON AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA, 95125.

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]