EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) users being outbid

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) shares stood at 26.29 as of 4/21/2010 signifying a -0.11 – -0.42% change over the previous trading period.

eBay Inc., a company in the online retail and finance sector, has had its share of column inches lately, which has led to a 17.2% change in its stock price over the past 3 months.

Tomorrow may not be a good day for the online ecommerce giant EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY). Their stock value lost nearly 10% after-hours after bad news from their payment processing operation, Paypal. The online payment processor said Q2 profits would miss estimations as customers move to its competitors to send and receive money online.

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) Basic Analysis

For today’s basic analysis, we begin with the P/E. EBAY’s current P/E is standing at 14.5 – better than the average across the industry of 46.7. Analysts believe that EBAY’s forward P/E is around 14.37, so that’s a plus compared to the trailing P/E. An even better tool is the PEG ratio – where eBay Inc.’s 1 ratio makes it in fact overvalued and worse off than the industry’s average 5 year PEG ratio of 1

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) Analyst Opinion

The analyst consensus for EBAY is a Moderate Buy, with a current 2 mean recommendation (with 1 being a strong buy, and 5 being a strong sell). The average score 3 months ago was 2.09. Investment research firm Zacks gives eBay Inc. a 8 out of 17 rank in the industry.

Also worth sharing is the shares’ grades from MSN Money in the following areas:

Technical Grade: D
Valuation Grade:A
Fundemental Grade:A
Return Grade:B
Risk Grade: B

Last, no matter whether you want to buy, hold or sell eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) stocks, make sure you make the trade at the right price. Timing the market or technical analysis might often a hard task, but do take into account the price history:

We’ll be keeping a close eye on the EBAY (NASDAQ:EBAY) share price for changes over the next few weeks.