eBay vs PayPal
EBAY and PYPL side by side, both in miscellaneous business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How EBAY and PYPL compare
eBay and PayPal are about the same size, with market caps of $53.9B and $49.4B.
On earnings, PayPal is cheaper: it trades at 11.4× trailing earnings, against 26.6× for eBay.
eBay grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (15.7% versus 4.4% for PayPal).
eBay keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.9% compared with 13.8% at PayPal.
Both pay dividends: eBay yields 0.99% and PayPal 0.94%.
PayPal scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 12 for eBay), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | EBAY | PYPL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $53.9B | $49.4B |
| Share price | $122.68 | $59.48 |
| Change, 1 year | 44.0% | −10.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 64.4% | −69.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.97 | 1.37 |
| Employees | 12K | 24K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 18 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 26.6× | 11.4× (better) |
| P/S | 4.3× | 1.4× (better) |
| P/B | 12.2× | 2.5× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 19.5× | 7.7× (better) |
| P/FCF | 22.3× | 7.8× (better) |
| PEG | – | 0.30 |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 12.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $85.67 | $97.83 |
| Margin of safety | −43.2% | 39.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 15.7% (better) | 4.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.5% | 9.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −3.3% (better) | −3.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 0.66% | 5.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −11.3% | 8.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 72.2% | – |
| Operating margin | 20.3% (better) | 17.0% |
| Net margin | 16.9% (better) | 13.8% |
| FCF margin | 19.5% (better) | 18.4% |
| Return on equity | 46.6% (better) | 23.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.2% (better) | 21.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.53 | 0.69 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.83 | 0.47 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 10.0× | 12.0× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.78 | 1.26 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 6.58 (better) | 1.93 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.99% (better) | 0.94% |
| Payout ratio | 26.0% | 10.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Buyback yield | 3.7% | 12.3% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 4.7% | 13.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.7% | 78.6% |
| Held by insiders | 10.2% | 0.12% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$55.9M | −$5.6M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.4% | 3.4% |
Go deeper
- EBAY stock overview
- EBAY income statement
- EBAY valuation and score
- PYPL stock overview
- PYPL income statement
- PYPL valuation and score
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