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Is EBay Inc. (EBAY) a good stock to buy now?

EBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is 50.92% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $37.17 and a high of $65.44 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The EBAY stock was last observed hovering at around $65.11 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.72%.

Currently trading at $65.83, the stock is 5.54% and 12.17% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.3 million and changing 1.11% at the moment leaves the stock 28.37% off its SMA200. EBAY registered 49.31% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 26.94%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $58.9276 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $51.4016.

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The stock witnessed a 11.39% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 23.62%, and is 0.60% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.92% over the week and 2.10% over the month.

EBay Inc. (EBAY) has around 12300 employees, a market worth around $32.19B and $10.20B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 12.84 and Fwd P/E is 12.70. Profit margin for the company is 26.39%. Distance from 52-week low is 77.11% and 0.60% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (22.37%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 13.72% this year.

EBay Inc. (EBAY) Top Institutional Holders

1398.0 institutions hold shares in EBay Inc. (EBAY), with institutional investors hold 97.03% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 517.00M, and float is at 487.30M with Short Float at 5.80%. Institutions hold 96.77% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 62.08 million shares valued at $3.34 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.0319% of the EBAY Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 38.51 million shares valued at $2.07 billion to account for 7.464 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC which holds 25.96 million shares representing 5.0318% and valued at over $1.39 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.6052 of the shares totaling 23.76 million with a market value of $1.28 billion.

EBay Inc. (EBAY) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Boone Cornelius, the company’s SVP, Chief People Officer. SEC filings show that Boone Cornelius sold 3,974 shares of the company’s common stock on Sep 17 ’24 at a price of $64.61 per share for a total of $0.26 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 70113.0 shares.

EBay Inc. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Sep 17 ’24 that Garcia Edward O (SVP, Chief Product Officer) sold a total of 987 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Sep 17 ’24 and was made at $64.61 per share for $63770.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 41584.0 shares of the EBAY stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 16 ’24, Priest Stephen J (SVP, Chief Financial Officer) disposed off 25,000 shares at an average price of $63.91 for $1.6 million. The insider now directly holds 70,332 shares of EBay Inc. (EBAY).

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