eBay Inc. $EBAY Shares Sold by Optas LLC

Optas LLC lessened its stake in eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) by 49.6% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 34,376 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock after selling 33,792 shares during the quarter. Optas LLC’s holdings in eBay were worth $2,994,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Financial Consulate Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of eBay in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Steigerwald Gordon & Koch Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of eBay in the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. JPL Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of eBay in the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of eBay by 57.4% in the fourth quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 318 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 116 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Beacon Financial Strategies CORP acquired a new stake in shares of eBay in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.48% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at eBay

In other news, SVP Cornelius Boone sold 16,685 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $92.44, for a total transaction of $1,542,361.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 94,479 shares in the company, valued at $8,733,638.76. This trade represents a 15.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Jordan Douglas Bradle Sweetnam sold 33,441 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.99, for a total value of $3,076,237.59. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 4,733 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $435,388.67. This represents a 87.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 120,393 shares of company stock valued at $11,327,504. Corporate insiders own 0.64% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

EBAY has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Wedbush raised their target price on eBay from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Benchmark raised their target price on eBay from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $120.00 target price on shares of eBay in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Wall Street Zen cut eBay from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday. Finally, President Capital raised their target price on eBay from $94.00 to $102.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. Fourteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $98.38.

eBay Price Performance

EBAY stock opened at $107.13 on Tuesday. eBay Inc. has a 52-week low of $64.68 and a 52-week high of $107.23. The business has a fifty day moving average of $91.04 and a two-hundred day moving average of $89.08. The stock has a market cap of $47.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.34. 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 (NASDAQ:EBAY) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The e-commerce company reported $1.41 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.06. eBay had a return on equity of 43.04% and a net margin of 18.30%.The business had revenue of $2.97 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.87 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $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 anticipate that eBay Inc. will post 4.83 earnings per share for the current year.

eBay Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 6th were given a dividend of $0.31 per share. This is an increase from eBay’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 6th. eBay’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 28.51%.

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.