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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

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

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
eBay$10.47B4.35$1.98B$4.5421.96
Amazon.com$637.96B3.75$59.25B$6.5634.15

eBay presently has a consensus price target of $78.19, indicating a potential downside of 21.59%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $262.45, indicating a potential upside of 17.14%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than eBay.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
eBay
2 Sell rating(s)
20 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.02

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 160 more articles in the media than eBay. MarketBeat recorded 204 mentions for Amazon.com and 44 mentions for eBay. eBay's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Amazon.com's score of 1.07 indicating that eBay is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
eBay
28 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amazon.com
150 Very Positive mention(s)
19 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
13 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

eBay has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
eBay20.86% 38.97% 10.37%
Amazon.com 10.54%23.84%11.14%

87.5% of eBay shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of eBay shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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$45.57B$71.07B$27.09B$9.81B
Dividend Yield1.25%2.52%172.89%4.14%
P/E Ratio21.9630.2227.2925.63
Price / Sales4.3555.2713.07174.62
Price / Cash19.90312.9356.4458.50
Price / Book9.608.045.686.05
Net Income$1.98B$2.26B$874.58M$265.11M
7 Day Performance7.76%5.34%2.00%2.55%
1 Month Performance29.32%1.59%-0.01%3.62%
1 Year Performance79.03%67.06%23.59%26.43%

eBay Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EBAY
eBay
4.5489 of 5 stars
$100.09
+3.1%
$78.19
-21.9%
+73.9%$45.69B$10.47B22.0211,500Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8278 of 5 stars
$211.65
-1.4%
$262.45
+24.0%
+32.8%$2.25T$670.04B32.261,556,000Trending News
ETSY
Etsy
3.6964 of 5 stars
$57.31
-2.5%
$56.76
-1.0%
+25.0%$5.68B$2.81B46.222,400
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8095 of 5 stars
$195.75
+3.1%
$215.19
+9.9%
+24.5%$2.37T$350.02B20.85190,200Trending News
Insider Trade
Options Volume
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.2172 of 5 stars
$195.04
+3.1%
$211.39
+8.4%
+25.3%$2.36T$350.02B20.77183,323Trending News
Insider Trade
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.5824 of 5 stars
$2,395.83
+0.8%
$2,707.50
+13.0%
+23.6%$121.47B$20.78B58.9218,282Positive News
PYPL
PayPal
4.7846 of 5 stars
$68.01
+1.3%
$84.57
+24.3%
+7.1%$64.98B$32.29B14.5324,400Positive News
TSLA
Tesla
4.4103 of 5 stars
$309.26
+2.2%
$303.31
-1.9%
+72.6%$997.50B$92.72B178.76125,665Trending News
Analyst Revision
PINS
Pinterest
4.4396 of 5 stars
$39.06
+3.4%
$41.48
+6.2%
+19.8%$26.49B$3.76B14.264,666Earnings Report
SHOP
Shopify
4.0152 of 5 stars
$125.21
+5.6%
$120.34
-3.9%
+118.5%$162.45B$9.38B80.7811,600Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
WMT
Walmart
4.3619 of 5 stars
$99.49
+1.0%
$106.67
+7.2%
+50.9%$793.95B$685.09B42.522,100,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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