EBay Inc (EBAY): Today's Featured Retail Winner
(
) pushed the Retail industry higher today making it today's featured retail winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, eBay rose 68 cents (1.7%) to $40.35 on average volume. Throughout the day, 11.2 million shares of eBay exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 11.8 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $39.64-$40.55 after having opened the day at $39.79 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $39.67. Other companies within the Retail industry that increased today were:
(
), up 6.5%,
(
), up 5.5%,
(
), up 4.4%, and
TheStreet Recommends
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), up 4.3%.
eBay Inc. provides online platforms, services, and tools to help individuals and merchants in online and mobile commerce and payments in the United States and internationally. eBay has a market cap of $51.24 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.6, equal to the average retail industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 30.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate eBay a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates eBay as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, solid stock price performance, reasonable valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full eBay Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
(
), down 41%,
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), down 4.4%,
Christopher & Banks Corporation
(
), down 4.3%, and
(
), down 4.1%, were all losers within the retail industry with
(
) being today's retail industry loser.
- Use our retail section to find industry-relevant news.
- Or find some new ideas from our top rated stocks lists.
For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the retail industry could consider
(
) while those bearish on the retail industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
(
).
- Find other investment ideas from our top rated ETFs lists.
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