EBAY · Consumer Cyclical
What a holder would want to know before buying EBAY: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 41% above the lowest point of the past year and 6% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 89% of days and more expensive on 11%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 99% of days.
10% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 4 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 54%; the longest took 3.7 years to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.
Now 6% below the May 2026 peak.
eBay Inc. · Consumer Cyclical · Internet Retail · a large company worth $49.92B
eBay Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates marketplace platforms that connect buyers and sellers in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Germany, and internationally. Its marketplace platform includes…
revenue profit
Sales of $11.10B in 2025, with $2.03B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 19 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 4.5 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $24 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $17 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 1.11% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Aug 28.
32 analysts: 12 say buy, 17 hold, 3 sell. Their average 12-month target is $116.11 (range $71.00–$145.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 15 sales in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.
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