NASDAQ:EBAY - eBay Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

eBay declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, March 20th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This is a boost from eBay's previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. View eBay's Dividend History.

eBay announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, January 28th 2020, which authorizes the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 17.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The e-commerce company reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.05. The e-commerce company had revenue of $2.82 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.71 EPS. View eBay's Earnings History.

eBay is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for eBay.

eBay issued an update on 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 earnings per share 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 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for eBay's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $49.00. On average, they expect eBay's share price to reach $40.68 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for eBay.

29 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for eBay in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 17 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for eBay.

Headlines about EBAY stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. eBay earned a news sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the e-commerce company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for eBay.

eBay saw a decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 29,790,000 shares, a decrease of 9.9% from the January 30th total of 33,070,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,740,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.1 days. Currently, 3.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View eBay's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to eBay include Facebook (FB), Equinix (EQIX), Twitter (TWTR), CoStar Group (CSGP), Verisign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SEA (SE), J2 Global (JCOM), LogMeIn (LOGM), Envestnet (ENV), ANGI Homeservices (ANGI), Cimpress (CMPR), Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), Stamps.com (STMP) and Yelp (YELP).

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

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

EBAY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd and Investec Asset Management 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 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 $34.64.

eBay has a market capitalization of $27.58 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]