Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Decreases Stock Holdings in eBay Inc. $EBAY

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP cut its stake in eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) by 17.4% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 4,881,556 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock after selling 1,026,825 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP’s holdings in eBay were worth $443,983,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Arkadios Wealth Advisors purchased a new stake in eBay in the 2nd quarter valued at $230,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of eBay by 153.4% during the 2nd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 451 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 273 shares during the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management grew its holdings in shares of eBay by 1,071.0% in the second quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 2,061 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $153,000 after purchasing an additional 1,885 shares during the period. Sigma Planning Corp increased its position in eBay by 61.2% during the second quarter. Sigma Planning Corp now owns 22,670 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $1,688,000 after purchasing an additional 8,611 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Huntington National Bank raised its stake in eBay by 1.8% during the second quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 19,947 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $1,485,000 after purchasing an additional 361 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.48% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Benchmark raised their price target on shares of eBay from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their target price on eBay from $65.00 to $60.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. President Capital reduced their target price on eBay from $103.00 to $94.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, December 19th. TD Cowen reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of eBay in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of eBay from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $88.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Fourteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, eBay presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $97.75.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP Julie A. Loeger sold 2,896 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $82.44, for a total value of $238,746.24. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 55,990 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,615,815.60. The trade was a 4.92% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, SVP Mazen Rawashdeh sold 1,920 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $81.90, for a total transaction of $157,248.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 5,746 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $470,597.40. This trade represents a 25.05% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 44,593 shares of company stock valued at $3,998,870. 0.64% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

eBay Stock Performance

NASDAQ EBAY opened at $91.03 on Thursday. eBay Inc. has a twelve month low of $58.71 and a twelve month high of $101.15. The company has a quick ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.30. The stock has a market cap of $40.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.93, a PEG ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.38. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $89.01 and its 200 day simple moving average is $88.81.

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 18th. The e-commerce company reported $1.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.35 by $0.06. eBay had a return on equity of 43.04% and a net margin of 18.30%.The company had revenue of $2.97 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.87 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.25 earnings per share. The company’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. As a group, research analysts forecast that eBay Inc. will post 3.86 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

eBay Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 6th will be given a $0.31 dividend. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. This is a positive change from eBay’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 6th. eBay’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 26.67%.

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.