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| Vester |
 Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:29 pm Post subject: eBay |
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Investing Sr. Associate
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What do you guys think about eBay?
It feels stuck to me.
I need to make a decision on this one soon. |
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| frusnak |
| Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:33 am Post subject: |
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CFO
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EBAY@$40.37
52 week $47.86 - $30.78
p/e 51.8
eps $0.78
1.41 billion shares outstanding
82.2% float
65.4% institutional ownership
approx. 2 million shares sold by insiders in last couple of months
net profit margin23.8%
return on equity 10.8%
beta 1.85
Except for p/e ratio and slightly elevated beta, there doesn't appear to be anything going wrong with ebay. Just a dull stock. |
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| Im Not Warren Buffett |
| Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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CFO
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My gut instinct says that Ebay doesn't justify such a high multiple, and that means it will either stagnate until earnings catch up to form a more reasonable P/E, or the price will drop. I see the former as a more likely possibility.
If I look into it more, I'll post. |
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