eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) Given New $114.00 Price Target at Citigroup

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) had its price target increased by Citigroup from $107.00 to $114.00 in a research report sent to investors on Friday, Marketbeat reports. They currently have a buy rating on the e-commerce company’s stock.

A number of other research firms also recently commented on EBAY. Arete Research lifted their target price on eBay from $91.00 to $103.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Citizens Jmp reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and issued a $115.00 price target on shares of eBay in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on eBay from $65.00 to $60.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Truist Financial set a $94.00 price objective on shares of eBay and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on shares of eBay from $100.00 to $118.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Fourteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $97.97.

eBay Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of eBay stock traded down $0.33 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $92.71. The stock had a trading volume of 4,137,340 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,241,042. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $89.33 and a two-hundred day moving average of $88.80. The firm has a market cap of $41.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a quick ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.30. eBay has a 12-month low of $58.71 and a 12-month high of $101.15.

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

eBay Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 6th will be paid a $0.31 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 6th. This is a boost from eBay’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. eBay’s payout ratio is presently 26.67%.

Insider Transactions at eBay

In related news, SVP Cornelius Boone sold 4,462 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $83.94, for a total transaction of $374,540.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 91,921 shares in the company, valued at $7,715,848.74. This trade represents a 4.63% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, SVP Julie A. Loeger sold 2,896 shares of eBay stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $82.44, for a total value of $238,746.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 55,990 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,615,815.60. This represents a 4.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 44,593 shares of company stock worth $3,998,870 over the last quarter. 0.64% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in EBAY. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. purchased a new stake in eBay during the 2nd quarter worth about $235,149,000. Altshuler Shaham Ltd raised its position in eBay by 4,452,655.3% in the 4th quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 2,092,795 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $182,282,000 after purchasing an additional 2,092,748 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its stake in shares of eBay by 1,007.4% in the 2nd quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 2,189,868 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $163,058,000 after buying an additional 1,992,116 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of eBay by 27.8% in the 3rd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 8,309,698 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $755,767,000 after buying an additional 1,808,976 shares during the period. Finally, M&G PLC grew its position in shares of eBay by 88.8% during the second quarter. M&G PLC now owns 2,785,699 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $206,142,000 after buying an additional 1,310,373 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.