PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators Purchases New Stake in eBay Inc. $EBAY

PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators bought a new position in shares of eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund bought 107,494 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,363,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund increased its stake in eBay by 10.3% during the fourth quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund now owns 75,024 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $6,535,000 after acquiring an additional 7,000 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its stake in eBay by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 8,336 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $726,000 after acquiring an additional 133 shares during the last quarter. Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators increased its stake in eBay by 4.4% during the fourth quarter. Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators now owns 8,079 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $704,000 after acquiring an additional 344 shares during the last quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. increased its stake in eBay by 5.1% during the fourth quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 56,746 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $4,943,000 after acquiring an additional 2,748 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. increased its stake in eBay by 7.1% during the fourth quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 155,739 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $13,565,000 after acquiring an additional 10,362 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.48% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at eBay

In other news, SVP Jordan Douglas Bradle Sweetnam sold 1,010 shares of eBay stock in a transaction on Monday, May 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.61, for a total value of $116,766.10. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 32,146 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,716,399.06. The trade was a 3.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Mazen Rawashdeh sold 50,000 shares of eBay stock in a transaction on Friday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $117.04, for a total value of $5,852,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 29,217 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,419,557.68. The trade was a 63.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last three months, insiders sold 136,953 shares of company stock valued at $14,139,444. Corporate insiders own 0.64% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

EBAY has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. UBS Group raised their target price on eBay from $96.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Citigroup raised their target price on eBay from $114.00 to $127.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on eBay from $88.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. BNP Paribas Exane raised their target price on eBay from $97.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein raised their target price on eBay from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Thirteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $107.84.

eBay Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ EBAY opened at $109.35 on Friday. eBay Inc. has a twelve month low of $72.84 and a twelve month high of $119.31. The company has a current ratio of 1.22, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.36. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $104.60 and a 200-day simple moving average of $93.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $48.55 billion, a PE ratio of 24.80, a PEG ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.39.

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce company reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.58 by $0.08. eBay had a return on equity of 46.11% and a net margin of 17.58%.The business had revenue of $3.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.04 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.38 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 19.5% on a year-over-year basis. eBay has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.140 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that eBay Inc. will post 4.83 earnings per share for the current year.

eBay Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 29th will be paid a $0.31 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 29th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. eBay’s payout ratio is presently 28.12%.

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.