eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the thirty-three analysts that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seventeen have assigned a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $117.0938.

EBAY has been the topic of a number of research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on eBay from $88.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Wells Fargo & Company downgraded shares of eBay from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $105.00 to $92.00 in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Mizuho set a $110.00 target price on shares of eBay in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $135.00 price target on shares of eBay in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Barclays lifted their price target on shares of eBay from $114.00 to $123.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th.

eBay Trading Down 1.4%

EBAY stock opened at $103.14 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10. The company has a market cap of $45.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.35, a PEG ratio of 2.52 and a beta of 1.37. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $110.66 and a 200-day simple moving average of $102.00. eBay has a 52 week low of $78.03 and a 52 week high of $119.31.

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The e-commerce company reported $1.60 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.50 by $0.10. eBay had a return on equity of 47.88% and a net margin of 18.50%.The firm had revenue of $3.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.01 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.37 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.8% compared to the same quarter last year. eBay has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.360-1.420 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that eBay will post 4.87 EPS for the current year.

eBay Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 28th will be paid a $0.31 dividend. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 28th. eBay’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 25.67%.

Insider Activity

In related news, SVP Jordan Douglas Bradle Sweetnam sold 1,010 shares of eBay stock in a transaction on Monday, May 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $115.61, for a total transaction of $116,766.10. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 32,146 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,716,399.06. The trade was a 3.05% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Mazen Rawashdeh sold 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $117.04, for a total transaction of $5,852,000.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 29,217 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,419,557.68. This trade represents a 63.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 87,122 shares of company stock valued at $9,953,842. Company insiders own 0.67% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On eBay

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Quotient Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of eBay by 4.5% during the 4th quarter. Quotient Wealth Partners LLC now owns 2,558 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $223,000 after buying an additional 110 shares during the period. Spire Wealth Management boosted its holdings in eBay by 29.7% in the 2nd quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 489 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $55,000 after acquiring an additional 112 shares during the period. Childress Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in eBay by 3.2% in the 4th quarter. Childress Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,685 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $321,000 after acquiring an additional 114 shares during the period. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. grew its position in eBay by 4.6% in the second quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 2,818 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $312,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC grew its position in eBay by 3.3% in the first quarter. Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC now owns 4,035 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $367,000 after acquiring an additional 129 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 87.48% of the company’s stock.

eBay Company Profile

eBay Inc is a global e-commerce company that operates an online marketplace connecting individual consumers and businesses for the sale and purchase of new, used and collectible goods. Founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar and headquartered in San Jose, California, eBay grew from its early auction-style site into a diversified platform offering both auction-format listings and fixed-price “Buy It Now” transactions. The company completed an initial public offering in the late 1990s and has since evolved its platform and services to support a broad range of product categories and buyer preferences.

The company’s core business centers on its marketplace platform, which provides listing, search and transaction capabilities for millions of items across consumer goods, electronics, fashion, collectibles and more.