Is EBAY a good long-term investment?

I'd like your opinion.

E- Bay is a maturing company with great cash and no debt and its growth will never ever be as good as it once was . There is alot of competition also coming online against them . They were the first and they maximized it but lately others are jumping in and the press they are getting is not great . The stock is overvalued for the next few quarters in my opinion . You might want to buy it only if it falls back . At present numbers it is a hold if you have it - assuming you bought in at a lower price and a definite sell if you bought in higher

it can be so long as you can provide good products at a reasonable price and sell what people really need. if you go into this to make the quick buck selling cheap aftermarket products and such, you probably won't see the revenue you want to. people are idiots on ebay and will buy pretty much anything.

Its numbers look good, but don't make it too much of your portfolio.

Just glancing at it: A lot of cash, and no debt is always a good sign. However it trades at a highish PE and frankly I'm surprised that its ROE is as low as it is (though numbers on Yahoo finance can be misleading.) In a nutshell this company will need to grow substantially in the coming years to justify its current stock price. If you think it has the potential to greatly increase revenues/earnings, either through luring more people to use the site or by charging existing customers more without driving them off, then it may be a good investment. If not I'd go somewhere else.

NOPE! Not until they get some good management in there that works to please the SELLERS. The sellers are the ones that provide eBay's income... and the latest fee increases are pissing off a lot of the sellers and quite a number of them are trying other ventures. Even one of their top 5 store sellers have left due to the increase! That seller has over 2.3 million listings at other sites now! They are giving the chinese and other asian markets free listings and increasing the fees for those back home. Those asian markets are very prone to scam artists. eBay says that it is the storefronts that cost them too much when it actually all their employees that they pay to come up with features the sellers and buyers don't want. Not to mention their buying of Skype which has nothing to do with their area of business.

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