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

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

eBay vs. Its Competitors

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and SEA (NYSE:SE) are both large-cap internet software & services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

87.5% of eBay shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of SEA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of eBay shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of SEA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

eBay has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEA has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

eBay presently has a consensus target price of $67.73, suggesting a potential downside of 8.17%. SEA has a consensus target price of $153.17, suggesting a potential downside of 3.90%. Given SEA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SEA is more favorable than eBay.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
eBay
2 Sell rating(s)
17 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31
SEA
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93

In the previous week, eBay had 9 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for eBay and 18 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat eBay's score of 0.74 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
eBay
13 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SEA
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
eBay$10.28B3.31$1.98B$4.2017.56
SEA$16.82B5.58$444.32M$1.42112.24

eBay has a net margin of 19.78% compared to SEA's net margin of 4.87%. eBay's return on equity of 36.60% beat SEA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
eBay19.78% 36.60% 9.80%
SEA 4.87%10.74%3.98%

Summary

eBay and SEA tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EBAY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EBAY vs. The Competition

MetriceBayINTERNET COMMERCE IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$34.00B$70.41B$26.39B$8.93B
Dividend Yield1.57%2.48%174.16%4.14%
P/E Ratio17.5632.4528.6419.67
Price / Sales3.3111.464.10105.07
Price / Cash15.41235.7744.9356.84
Price / Book6.857.285.705.43
Net Income$1.98B$2.11B$840.38M$249.20M
7 Day Performance-4.97%0.11%1.14%3.99%
1 Month Performance1.40%0.03%1.01%4.82%
1 Year Performance37.30%64.41%12.98%17.00%

eBay Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EBAY
eBay
4.4394 of 5 stars
$73.76
+0.1%
$67.73
-8.2%
+37.3%$34.00B$10.28B17.5611,500Trending News
Insider Trade
SE
SEA
2.428 of 5 stars
$153.58
+0.1%
$147.15
-4.2%
+123.1%$90.48B$16.82B108.1680,700News Coverage
Positive News
EQIX
Equinix
4.8391 of 5 stars
$889.98
+0.8%
$1,004.80
+12.9%
+3.8%$87.06B$8.75B92.5113,606Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CSGP
CoStar Group
2.2081 of 5 stars
$80.04
+0.5%
$87.69
+9.6%
+8.9%$33.77B$2.74B276.006,593Analyst Forecast
VRSN
VeriSign
3.7303 of 5 stars
$282.89
+0.8%
$267.50
-5.4%
+61.8%$26.56B$1.56B34.58920Positive News
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.7563 of 5 stars
$79.28
+1.1%
$101.25
+27.7%
-11.6%$11.59B$3.99B26.6910,700
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.6025 of 5 stars
$136.65
+2.4%
$192.56
+40.9%
-29.2%$5.19B$637.77M63.862,783Positive News
YELP
Yelp
3.669 of 5 stars
$34.16
-0.9%
$34.00
-0.5%
-7.0%$2.18B$1.41B16.425,116Trending News
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.5203 of 5 stars
$31.61
+0.6%
$47.00
+48.7%
-44.7%$1.33B$1.40B19.163,800Analyst Upgrade
CMPR
Cimpress
4.4974 of 5 stars
$43.67
+1.8%
$62.50
+43.1%
-46.6%$1.09B$3.29B7.4516,000Positive News
QNST
QuinStreet
3.0827 of 5 stars
$15.51
+1.6%
$29.00
+87.0%
-5.1%$875.85M$613.51M-1,549.45790

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This page (NASDAQ:EBAY) was last updated on 6/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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