R Squared Ltd Purchases New Position in eBay Inc. $EBAY

R Squared Ltd acquired a new position in eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 7,561 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock, valued at approximately $688,000.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Abound Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of eBay during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. High Point Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of eBay in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Jessup Wealth Management Inc purchased a new stake in eBay in the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. JPL Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in eBay in the third quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, JFS Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in eBay by 57.4% during the 4th quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 318 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 116 shares in the last quarter. 87.48% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on EBAY shares. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their price target on shares of eBay from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of eBay from $114.00 to $127.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of eBay to $117.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on eBay from $88.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Citizens Jmp increased their target price on eBay from $115.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Thirteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nineteen have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $108.61.

Insider Buying and Selling at eBay

In other news, SVP Mazen Rawashdeh sold 1,919 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $108.51, for a total transaction of $208,230.69. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 32,124 shares in the company, valued at $3,485,775.24. This represents a 5.64% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Jamie Iannone sold 11,110 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $109.59, for a total transaction of $1,217,544.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 280,204 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $30,707,556.36. The trade was a 3.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 77,015 shares of company stock worth $8,704,416. 0.67% of the stock is owned by insiders.

eBay Stock Up 0.5%

NASDAQ EBAY traded up $0.52 on Tuesday, hitting $114.19. The stock had a trading volume of 643,384 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,197,036. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $109.71 and its 200 day moving average price is $97.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.36, a current ratio of 1.22 and a quick ratio of 1.22. eBay Inc. has a 52-week low of $75.12 and a 52-week high of $119.31. The stock has a market cap of $50.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 1.37.

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The e-commerce company reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.58 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $3.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.04 billion. eBay had a return on equity of 46.11% and a net margin of 17.58%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.38 EPS. eBay has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.140 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that eBay Inc. will post 4.87 earnings per share for the current year.

eBay Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 29th were paid a $0.31 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 29th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. eBay’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 28.12%.

About eBay

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.