eBay (EBAY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for eBay in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" EBAY shares. 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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17 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for eBay's stock. Their EBAY share price targets range from $32.00 to $61.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $49.21 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.5%.
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eBay's stock was trading at $43.62 at the beginning of the year. Since then, EBAY shares have increased by 14.5% and is now trading at $49.95.
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eBay saw a decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 18,090,000 shares, a decrease of 6.3% from the March 15th total of 19,310,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,740,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 3.5% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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eBay will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 1st at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 27th. The e-commerce company reported $1.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.03 by $0.04. The e-commerce company had revenue of $2.60 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.51 billion. eBay had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.16% and a net margin of 27.36%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.87 earnings per share.
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eBay declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 11th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, March 25th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.16%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 8th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25.
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eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.15%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 20.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EBAY will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.00% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) stock in their portfolio include ProShares Online Retail ETF (ONLN), ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF (CLIX), Global X E-Commerce ETF (EBIZ), LeaderShares AlphaFactor Tactical Focused ETF (LSAT), Fundamentals First ETF (KNOW), VictoryShares Nasdaq Next 50 ETF (QQQN), Amplify Online Retail ETF (IBUY) and Invesco ESG NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF (QQJG).

eBay declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, February 27th 2024, which permits the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 8.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

eBay issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.580-4.660 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 4.340. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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), Walt Disney (DIS), Micron Technology (MU) and Starbucks (SBUX).

eBay's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.21%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.06%), AMF Tjanstepension AB (0.03%), Thompson Investment Management Inc. (0.03%), Czech National Bank (0.02%) and Diversified Trust Co (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Anthony John Bates, Brian J Doerger, Brian J Doerger, Cornelius Boone, Edward O Garcia, Kathleen C Mitic, Logan Green, Marie Oh Huber, Pete Thompson, Rebecca Spencer and Robert Holmes Swan.
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Shares of EBAY stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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