Pensionfund Sabic Takes Position in eBay Inc. $EBAY

Pensionfund Sabic acquired a new stake in shares of eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 16,400 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,428,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of EBAY. Miracle Mile Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of eBay by 0.4% during the third quarter. Miracle Mile Advisors LLC now owns 29,151 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $2,651,000 after purchasing an additional 118 shares during the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise raised its position in shares of eBay by 8.2% during the 2nd quarter. Groupe la Francaise now owns 1,621 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $121,000 after purchasing an additional 123 shares during the period. Mutual Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of eBay by 5.2% in the 3rd quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 3,194 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $305,000 after purchasing an additional 158 shares during the last quarter. RHS Financial LLC boosted its position in eBay by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. RHS Financial LLC now owns 6,335 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $576,000 after purchasing an additional 172 shares during the period. Finally, Westside Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in eBay by 5.8% during the 3rd quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,165 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $287,000 after purchasing an additional 174 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.48% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at eBay

In other news, SVP Mazen Rawashdeh sold 23,167 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $93.59, for a total transaction of $2,168,199.53. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 28,915 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,706,154.85. This represents a 44.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Jordan Douglas Bradle Sweetnam sold 12,978 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.44, for a total value of $1,199,686.32. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 42,948 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,970,113.12. This trade represents a 23.21% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 87,280 shares of company stock valued at $8,067,074 in the last three months. 0.64% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting eBay

Here are the key news stories impacting eBay this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Board strengthening — eBay expanded its board to 12 members and added technology‑marketplace veteran Brian H. Sharples, a move investors often view as positive for governance and marketplace strategy. eBay Adds Tech Marketplace Veteran to Strengthen Board
• Neutral Sentiment: Short interest data appears anomalous — multiple March reports show “0 shares” shorted and days‑to‑cover of 0.0, likely a data/reporting error rather than a genuine decline in short interest; this is unlikely to be a material market driver by itself.
• Neutral Sentiment: Retail/investor coverage and features — several consumer and finance outlets ran retrospective and opinion pieces about eBay as a long‑term holding and S&P 500 stock picks; these articles may buoy retail interest but are not company‑specific catalysts. If You Invested $1000 in eBay a Decade Ago, This is How Much It’d Be Worth Now 1 S&P 500 Stock to Own for Decades and 2 We Question
• Negative Sentiment: Service outage reports — multiple outlets and user reports indicate search functionality was failing for thousands of users yesterday; outages can reduce transactions and hurt short‑term revenue and user sentiment if not resolved quickly. eBay Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetecter Shows

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. President Capital dropped their target price on eBay from $103.00 to $94.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Benchmark boosted their price target on shares of eBay from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Truist Financial set a $94.00 price target on shares of eBay and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. BNP Paribas Exane increased their price objective on shares of eBay from $90.00 to $97.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on shares of eBay from $65.00 to $60.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Fourteen investment 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, eBay currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $97.97.

eBay Stock Performance

Shares of EBAY opened at $89.10 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.30, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 1.10. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $89.62 and its 200-day moving average is $88.42. eBay Inc. has a 12-month low of $58.71 and a 12-month high of $101.15. The stock has a market capitalization of $39.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.48, a P/E/G ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.38.

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) last released its 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. The business had revenue of $2.97 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.87 billion. eBay had a net margin of 18.30% and a return on equity of 43.04%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 15.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.25 earnings per share. eBay has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.530-1.590 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that eBay Inc. will post 3.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

eBay Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 6th were paid a dividend of $0.31 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 6th. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. This is a boost from eBay’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. eBay’s dividend payout ratio is 28.51%.

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.