EBay Inc. (EBAY), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)

eBay declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, January 31st that authorizes the company to repurchase $6.00 billion in shares. The institutional investor held 279,734 shares of the business services company at the end of 2017Q4, valued at $10.56 million, down from 985,335 at the end of the previous reported quarter. The firm has a market cap of $40,726.10, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.39, a P/E/G ratio of 2.29 and a beta of 1.18. Insiders sold a total of 393,202 shares of company stock worth $16,971,727 in the last 90 days.

Several analysts have released their opinion on eBay Inc. It has outperformed by 8.76% the S&P500.

Alphamark Advisors Llc decreased its stake in Ii (IIVI) by 27.08% based on its latest 2017Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. This buyback authorization allows the e-commerce company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. BlackRock Inc. now owns 61,658,847 shares of the e-commerce company's stock worth $2,327,005,000 after purchasing an additional 740,730 shares in the last quarter. (EBAY) in trading session dated February 28, 2018. Another trade for 69,406 shares valued at $2.61M was sold by FISHER STEPHEN. Stericycle, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRCL) has declined 27.78% since April 1, 2017 and is downtrending.

Investors sentiment increased to 0.92 in 2017 Q4. Its down 0.26, from 1.23 in 2017Q3.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. 81 funds opened positions while 215 raised stakes. About 4.76 million shares traded. (NASDAQ:EBAY) for 71,485 shares. Family Cap Tru has 0.7% invested in eBay Inc. Timber Hill Limited Co holds 0.07% of its portfolio in eBay Inc. 9,800 eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) shares with value of $422,019 were sold by Jones Wendy Elizabeth. (NASDAQ:EBAY) for 120,648 shares. Fdx Advsrs Incorporated holds 0.1% in eBay Inc. The comparison of these above mentioned historical values gives an idea to investor whether the stock is ready to shift trend (up to down or down to up) or how the stock has recovered the losses or shed gains during its historical phase. (NASDAQ:EBAY) for 5,487 shares. (NASDAQ:EBAY). Moreover, Rothschild Asset Management has 0.34% invested in eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY). 40,039 were accumulated by Amica Mutual Ins Co. Cullen Frost Bankers owns 427,371 shares. Texas Permanent School Fund holds 0.13% or 265,197 shares. Monetary Management Gp Inc reported 286 shares. Cadence Mgmt Lc reported 0.06% stake. eBay has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $43.46. The stock of eBay Inc.

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 31st. They now have a $52.00 target price on the e-commerce company's stock. Evercore upgraded the stock to "Outperform" rating in Friday, March 10 report. Deutsche Bank upgraded eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) on Thursday, July 23 with "Equal Weight" rating. The firm has "Hold" rating by KeyBanc Capital Markets given on Wednesday, October 11. Robert W. Baird reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $52.00 price target on shares of eBay in a report on Thursday. It is down 20.99% since March 31, 2017 and is downtrending.

Managed Asset Portfolios Llc, which manages about $361.80 million and $315.68M US Long portfolio, upped its stake in Orange (NYSE:ORAN) by 21,037 shares to 903,327 shares, valued at $15.72M in 2017Q4, according to the filing. Hermes Investment Management Ltd. boosted its stake in eBay by 17.9% during the 4th quarter.

Since October 20, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 8 insider sales for $18.32 million activity. Wedbush maintained eBay Inc. Credit Suisse Ag invested in 2.47M shares. The insider Schenkel Scott F. sold $5.68 million. (NASDAQ:SBGI). Three Bays Capital Ltd Partnership holds 3.39M shares. Lee Jae Hyun sold $633,885 worth of stock or 14,565 shares. 72,417 shares were sold by Huber Marie Oh, worth $2.72 million on Monday, October 23. (NASDAQ:EBAY) on Friday, October 20. PITTMAN RAYMOND J also sold $2.62 million worth of eBay Inc. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.54 EPS. research analysts expect that eBay will post 1.84 EPS for the current fiscal year. EBAY's profit will be $445.31 million for 22.86 P/E if the $0.44 EPS becomes a reality.

eBay (EBAY) traded down $0.79 during trading on Friday, hitting $40.22.

Among 29 analysts covering YUM! Therefore 92% are positive. Macquarie set a $46.00 target price on shares of eBay and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 1st. The stock of Visa Inc. The company was maintained on Monday, September 11 by RBC Capital Markets. BMO Capital Markets maintained eBay Inc. As per Monday, November 13, the company rating was maintained by Needham. The firm earned "Outperform" rating on Thursday, January 25 by Oppenheimer. On Friday, July 14 the stock rating was maintained by Cowen & Co with "Hold". $707,561 worth of stock was sold by MATSCHULLAT ROBERT W on Wednesday, December 13. The shares were sold at an average price of $43.21, for a total transaction of $1,106,737.73. Its down 0.19, from 0.89 in 2017Q3. It worsened, as 31 investors sold SBGI shares while 73 reduced holdings. 257,936 are owned by Nuveen Asset Management Ltd Liability Corp. Benjamin F Edwards owns 1,783 shares for 0.01% of their portfolio. (NASDAQ:EBAY). 13,505 were reported by Bkd Wealth Limited Liability Company. The Norway-based Dnb Asset As has invested 1.52% in Visa Inc. Sei Invs Company owns 1.25% invested in Visa Inc. 324,080 were reported by Sit Assoc. Wunderlich Managemnt reported 0.72% of its portfolio in eBay Inc. The Colorado-based Denver Inv Advisors Limited Liability Corp has invested 1.52% in Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. Whittier Trust Com holds 0% or 235 shares.

Analysts await Visa Inc. The low EPS estimate is $2.1, while the high EPS estimate is $2.35. The e-commerce company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59. eBay had a negative net margin of 10.62% and a positive return on equity of 16.82%.