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$65.01 +1.06 (+1.66%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

EBAY vs. EQIX, SE, CSGP, VRSN, AKAM, SPSC, ENV, YELP, ZD, and CMPR

Should you be buying eBay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of eBay include Equinix (EQIX), SEA (SE), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Envestnet (ENV), Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), and Cimpress (CMPR). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

eBay vs.

Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Equinix pays an annual dividend of $17.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. eBay pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Equinix pays out 153.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. eBay pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

eBay received 701 more outperform votes than Equinix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.09% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 65.37% of users gave eBay an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EquinixOutperform Votes
1100
73.09%
Underperform Votes
405
26.91%
eBayOutperform Votes
1801
65.37%
Underperform Votes
954
34.63%

In the previous week, eBay had 20 more articles in the media than Equinix. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for eBay and 15 mentions for Equinix. Equinix's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat eBay's score of 0.60 indicating that Equinix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Equinix
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
eBay
16 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Equinix presently has a consensus price target of $976.81, indicating a potential upside of 5.35%. eBay has a consensus price target of $62.63, indicating a potential downside of 3.67%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Equinix is more favorable than eBay.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Equinix
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84
eBay
2 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.26

Equinix has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, eBay has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of eBay shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of eBay shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

eBay has a net margin of 19.68% compared to Equinix's net margin of 12.29%. eBay's return on equity of 30.97% beat Equinix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Equinix12.29% 8.34% 3.18%
eBay 19.68%30.97%8.78%

eBay has higher revenue and earnings than Equinix. eBay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Equinix$8.60B10.41$969.18M$11.0983.61
eBay$10.27B3.03$2.77B$3.9816.33

Summary

Equinix beats eBay on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EBAY vs. The Competition

MetriceBayBusiness services IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$30.63B$19.95B$24.60B$9.08B
Dividend Yield1.68%2.54%165.83%4.18%
P/E Ratio16.3327.94108.7917.18
Price / Sales3.0310.813.74115.69
Price / Cash15.7935.3421.7337.88
Price / Book5.285.905.424.78
Net Income$2.77B$525.34M$675.22M$225.60M
7 Day Performance1.83%-0.87%-3.17%-1.26%
1 Month Performance6.89%-0.73%1.01%4.37%
1 Year Performance51.26%20.90%10.19%18.73%

eBay Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EBAY
eBay
4.0428 of 5 stars
$65.01
+1.7%
$62.63
-3.7%
+51.3%$30.63B$10.27B16.3312,300Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
EQIX
Equinix
4.1038 of 5 stars
$962.01
-0.3%
$976.81
+1.5%
+16.7%$92.82B$8.60B86.6213,151
SE
SEA
2.4628 of 5 stars
$114.47
-1.7%
$91.21
-20.3%
+215.0%$65.52B$13.06B776.4762,700Gap Down
CSGP
CoStar Group
4.1694 of 5 stars
$76.81
+2.3%
$93.25
+21.4%
-17.4%$31.49B$2.46B170.416,152Positive News
VRSN
VeriSign
4.3602 of 5 stars
$196.81
-0.3%
$243.00
+23.5%
-2.7%$18.91B$1.49B22.95920Positive News
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.0943 of 5 stars
$98.24
-1.0%
$117.21
+19.3%
-19.7%$14.76B$3.97B29.1710,250Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SPSC
SPS Commerce
2.2899 of 5 stars
$196.82
+2.3%
$220.78
+12.2%
-0.6%$7.39B$611.82M92.052,489Insider Trade
Positive News
ENV
Envestnet
0.2419 of 5 stars
$63.14
flat
$61.88
-2.0%
N/A$3.49B$1.34B-13.243,100
YELP
Yelp
3.7436 of 5 stars
$39.81
+0.3%
$37.00
-7.1%
-20.0%$2.62B$1.39B23.784,872Insider Trade
ZD
Ziff Davis
3.7344 of 5 stars
$59.72
+3.4%
$69.71
+16.7%
-15.1%$2.55B$1.38B48.944,200Positive News
CMPR
Cimpress
4.6902 of 5 stars
$79.70
+1.2%
$114.50
+43.7%
-6.5%$2.00B$3.34B13.5316,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:EBAY) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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