Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund Purchases 7,000 Shares of eBay Inc. $EBAY

Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund grew its position in eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) by 10.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 75,024 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,000 shares during the period. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund’s holdings in eBay were worth $6,535,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of eBay by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 8,336 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $726,000 after acquiring an additional 133 shares during the last quarter. Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators increased its holdings in shares of eBay by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators now owns 8,079 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $704,000 after purchasing an additional 344 shares in the last quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. increased its holdings in shares of eBay by 5.1% in the fourth quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 56,746 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $4,943,000 after purchasing an additional 2,748 shares in the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of eBay by 7.1% in the fourth quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 155,739 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $13,565,000 after purchasing an additional 10,362 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State of Wyoming increased its holdings in shares of eBay by 506.0% in the fourth quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 4,012 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $349,000 after purchasing an additional 3,350 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 87.48% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at eBay

In other eBay news, SVP Mazen Rawashdeh sold 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $117.04, for a total transaction of $5,852,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 29,217 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,419,557.68. The trade was a 63.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Jamie Iannone sold 21,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $97.37, for a total transaction of $2,044,770.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 352,653 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $34,337,822.61. The trade was a 5.62% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 136,953 shares of company stock worth $14,139,444. 0.64% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

EBAY has been the subject of a number of research reports. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of eBay from $94.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, May 4th. Barclays raised their price target on shares of eBay from $104.00 to $114.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on shares of eBay from $120.00 to $130.00 in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald raised their price target on shares of eBay from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Citigroup raised their price target on shares of eBay from $114.00 to $127.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Thirteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $107.84.

eBay Stock Performance

Shares of eBay stock opened at $109.35 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $104.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $93.55. The stock has a market capitalization of $48.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.80, a PEG ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.39. eBay Inc. has a 52 week low of $72.84 and a 52 week high of $119.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.22.

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) last issued its earnings results 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 company had revenue of $3.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.04 billion. eBay had a net margin of 17.58% and a return on equity of 46.11%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.38 EPS. eBay has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.140 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that eBay Inc. will post 4.83 EPS for the current year.

eBay Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 29th will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 29th. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. eBay’s payout ratio is presently 28.12%.

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.