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EBAY vs. AMZN, ETSY, GOOG, GOOGL, MELI, PYPL, TSLA, PINS, SHOP, and WMT

Should you be buying eBay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of eBay include Amazon.com (AMZN), Etsy (ETSY), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), MercadoLibre (MELI), PayPal (PYPL), Tesla (TSLA), Pinterest (PINS), Shopify (SHOP), and Walmart (WMT).

eBay vs. Its Competitors

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

eBay has a net margin of 20.86% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 10.54%. eBay's return on equity of 38.97% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amazon.com10.54% 23.84% 11.14%
eBay 20.86%38.97%10.37%

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, eBay has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of eBay shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of eBay shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Amazon.com currently has a consensus target price of $262.87, suggesting a potential upside of 16.66%. eBay has a consensus target price of $78.89, suggesting a potential downside of 12.24%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than eBay.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
eBay
2 Sell rating(s)
20 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than eBay. eBay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amazon.com$637.96B3.77$59.25B$6.5634.35
eBay$10.28B3.99$1.98B$4.5419.80

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 206 more articles in the media than eBay. MarketBeat recorded 236 mentions for Amazon.com and 30 mentions for eBay. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat eBay's score of 0.80 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amazon.com
174 Very Positive mention(s)
18 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
17 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
eBay
18 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Amazon.com beats eBay on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EBAY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EBAY vs. The Competition

MetriceBayINTERNET COMMERCE IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$41.41B$73.80B$27.25B$9.77B
Dividend Yield1.28%1.16%173.93%4.50%
P/E Ratio19.8027.0727.1026.39
Price / Sales3.9925.847.78110.52
Price / Cash18.9232.2217.3028.92
Price / Book8.657.014.656.58
Net Income$1.98B$2.26B$872.94M$265.84M
7 Day Performance-4.04%-1.65%-0.89%-0.26%
1 Month Performance-2.02%3.75%5.09%5.82%
1 Year Performance52.87%53.13%17.94%22.47%

eBay Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EBAY
eBay
4.4461 of 5 stars
$89.89
-0.8%
$78.89
-12.2%
+52.1%$41.41B$10.28B19.8011,500
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.7389 of 5 stars
$227.94
-0.4%
$262.87
+15.3%
+26.2%$2.43T$637.96B34.751,556,000Trending News
ETSY
Etsy
4.5488 of 5 stars
$57.39
-8.4%
$57.80
+0.7%
-6.2%$5.69B$2.84B46.282,400
GOOG
Alphabet
4.5072 of 5 stars
$209.16
+1.2%
$215.19
+2.9%
+28.4%$2.53T$371.40B22.27190,200Trending News
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GOOGL
Alphabet
3.7213 of 5 stars
$208.49
+1.2%
$211.53
+1.5%
+29.4%$2.52T$371.40B22.20183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.4735 of 5 stars
$2,407.74
-0.9%
$2,817.22
+17.0%
+15.4%$122.07B$20.78B59.4718,282Positive News
PYPL
PayPal
4.6033 of 5 stars
$69.48
-0.6%
$85.00
+22.3%
-4.4%$66.38B$32.29B14.8524,400Trending News
TSLA
Tesla
4.4211 of 5 stars
$346.60
+1.9%
$303.31
-12.5%
+53.8%$1.12T$97.69B200.35125,665Trending News
PINS
Pinterest
4.2746 of 5 stars
$35.54
-0.2%
$42.40
+19.3%
+14.7%$24.16B$3.91B12.744,666Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SHOP
Shopify
4.3828 of 5 stars
$140.53
-1.1%
$148.51
+5.7%
+87.7%$182.64B$10.01B90.6711,600Positive News
Gap Down
WMT
Walmart
4.8189 of 5 stars
$96.18
-0.7%
$110.07
+14.4%
+26.6%$767.56B$680.99B36.162,100,000Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:EBAY) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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