90,383 Shares in eBay Inc. $EBAY Purchased by Jain Global LLC

Jain Global LLC bought a new stake in eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 90,383 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,220,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of EBAY. Financial Consulate Inc. bought a new position in eBay in the third quarter valued at $27,000. Steigerwald Gordon & Koch Inc. acquired a new position in shares of eBay during the 3rd quarter worth about $28,000. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of eBay by 155.3% in the 2nd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. now owns 411 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 250 shares in the last quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC bought a new position in shares of eBay in the 3rd quarter valued at about $32,000. Finally, Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of eBay in the third quarter valued at about $40,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.48% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at eBay

In other eBay news, SVP Mazen Rawashdeh sold 1,920 shares of eBay stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $81.90, for a total value of $157,248.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 5,746 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $470,597.40. The trade was a 25.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Jordan Douglas Bradle Sweetnam sold 33,441 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.99, for a total value of $3,076,237.59. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 4,733 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $435,388.67. The trade was a 87.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 41,697 shares of company stock valued at $3,760,124. 0.64% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

eBay Stock Up 0.1%

EBAY stock opened at $91.41 on Tuesday. eBay Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $58.71 and a fifty-two week high of $101.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.30, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 1.10. The stock has a market capitalization of $40.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.01, a PEG ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.38. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $89.76 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $88.44.

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The e-commerce company reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.35 by $0.06. eBay had a net margin of 18.30% and a return on equity of 43.04%. The company had revenue of $2.97 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.87 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.25 earnings per share. eBay’s quarterly revenue was up 15.0% on a year-over-year basis. eBay has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.530-1.590 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that eBay Inc. will post 3.86 earnings per share for the current year.

eBay Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 6th will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 6th. This is a boost from eBay’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. eBay’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 28.51%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the company. Arete Research raised their price target on eBay from $91.00 to $103.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Daiwa Securities Group raised their target price on shares of eBay from $84.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Benchmark boosted their target price on shares of eBay from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on shares of eBay from $88.00 to $94.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on shares of eBay from $65.00 to $60.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Fourteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $97.97.

eBay 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.