EBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) Has Gained 19.35% YTD: Is There Trouble Ahead?

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During the last session, EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY)’s traded shares were 5.33 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.32. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $52.06, reflecting an intraday gain of 1.28% or $0.66. The 52-week high for the EBAY share is $52.93, that puts it down -1.67 from that peak though still a striking 28.6% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $37.17. The company’s market capitalization is $26.97B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 5.35 million shares, and the average trade volume was 6.86 million shares over the past three months.

EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) trade information

EBay Inc. (EBAY) registered a 1.28% upside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 1.28% in intraday trading to $52.06, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -1.36%, and it has moved by 3.01% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 17.44%. The short interest in EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) is 19.31 million shares and it means that shorts have 2 day(s) to cover.

EBay Inc. (EBAY) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that EBay Inc. has underperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. EBay Inc. (EBAY) shares have gone up 21.24% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate less than the industry average at 9.20% against 13.50. Yet analysts are ramping up their growth forecast for the fiscal year 2024. Revenue is predicted to grow 8.10% this quarter and then jump 10.70% in the quarter after that. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 1.70% compared to the previous financial year.

Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be $2.53 billion as predicted by 22 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 20 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to $2.56 billion by the end of Jun 2024. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled $2.51 billion and $2.51 billion respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to grow by 0.80% and then jump by 2.00% in the coming quarter.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 15.28%. While earnings are projected to return 10.09% in 2024, the next five years will return 7.68% per annum.

EBAY Dividends

EBay Inc. is due to release its next quarterly earnings between April 24 and April 29. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for EBay Inc. is 1.02, with the dividend yield indicating at 1.96 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.

EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY)’s Major holders

EBay Inc. insiders own 0.28% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 92.49%, with the float percentage being 92.75%. Vanguard Group Inc is the largest shareholder of the company, while 1,340 institutions own stock in it. As of Jun 29, 2023, the company held over 60.85 million shares (or 11.43% of all shares), a total value of $2.72 billion in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 49.69 million shares, is of Blackrock Inc.’s that is approximately 9.34% of outstanding shares. At the market price on Jun 29, 2023, these shares were valued at $2.22 billion.

Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of EBay Inc. (EBAY) shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. Data provided on Jun 29, 2023 indicates that Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 16.63 million shares. This amounts to just over 3.13 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $743.31 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 12.73 million, or about 2.39% of the stock, which is worth about $568.99 million.