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EBAY vs. SE, EQIX, CSGP, VRSN, AKAM, SPSC, YELP, ZD, CMPR, and QNST

Should you be buying eBay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of eBay include SEA (SE), Equinix (EQIX), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), and QuinStreet (QNST). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

eBay vs. Its Competitors

SEA (NYSE:SE) and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) are both large-cap internet software & services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.

SEA has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, eBay has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

SEA currently has a consensus price target of $153.17, indicating a potential upside of 2.86%. eBay has a consensus price target of $67.85, indicating a potential downside of 10.48%. Given SEA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SEA is more favorable than eBay.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SEA
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
eBay
2 Sell rating(s)
17 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31

59.5% of SEA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of eBay shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of SEA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of eBay shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, eBay had 17 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for eBay and 21 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat eBay's score of 0.72 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SEA
15 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
eBay
19 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SEA$16.82B5.22$444.32M$1.42104.87
eBay$10.28B3.40$1.98B$4.2018.05

eBay has a net margin of 19.78% compared to SEA's net margin of 4.87%. eBay's return on equity of 36.60% beat SEA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SEA4.87% 10.74% 3.98%
eBay 19.78%36.60%9.80%

Summary

SEA and eBay tied by winning 8 of the 16 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$34.93B$68.19B$26.32B$8.93B
Dividend Yield1.56%2.46%175.66%4.12%
P/E Ratio18.0433.2729.7919.86
Price / Sales3.4013.934.64113.78
Price / Cash15.55235.8345.3057.06
Price / Book7.047.385.895.38
Net Income$1.98B$2.21B$872.48M$248.50M
7 Day Performance1.70%5.66%4.86%2.78%
1 Month Performance1.69%8.20%6.04%5.84%
1 Year Performance42.33%94.77%21.88%20.06%

eBay Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EBAY
eBay
4.3754 of 5 stars
$75.79
-0.4%
$67.85
-10.5%
+44.5%$34.93B$10.28B18.0411,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SE
SEA
2.4373 of 5 stars
$153.58
+0.1%
$147.15
-4.2%
+116.9%$90.48B$16.82B108.1680,700Positive News
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EQIX
Equinix
4.7773 of 5 stars
$889.98
+0.8%
$1,004.80
+12.9%
+4.7%$87.06B$8.75B92.5113,606Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CSGP
CoStar Group
2.479 of 5 stars
$80.04
+0.5%
$87.69
+9.6%
+10.9%$33.77B$2.74B276.006,593Positive News
VRSN
VeriSign
3.7625 of 5 stars
$282.89
+0.8%
$267.50
-5.4%
+64.5%$26.56B$1.56B34.58920Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.7597 of 5 stars
$79.28
+1.1%
$101.25
+27.7%
-11.1%$11.59B$3.99B26.6910,700Positive News
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.6187 of 5 stars
$136.65
+2.4%
$192.56
+40.9%
-26.6%$5.19B$637.77M63.862,783Positive News
YELP
Yelp
3.7264 of 5 stars
$34.16
-0.9%
$34.00
-0.5%
-2.8%$2.18B$1.41B16.425,116Trending News
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.5643 of 5 stars
$31.61
+0.6%
$47.00
+48.7%
-40.8%$1.33B$1.40B19.163,800
CMPR
Cimpress
4.5872 of 5 stars
$43.67
+1.8%
$62.50
+43.1%
-44.1%$1.09B$3.29B7.4516,000Positive News
QNST
QuinStreet
3.0796 of 5 stars
$15.51
+1.6%
$29.00
+87.0%
+2.3%$875.85M$613.51M-1,549.45790

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This page (NASDAQ:EBAY) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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