StubHub Was A Bright Spot For eBay In Q3

Shares of eBay Inc EBAY were down more than 7 percent in pre-market trading, following the announcement of the company’s Q3 results.

Earnings of $0.45 per share and revenue of $2.22 billion beat the Street’s consensus by $0.01 and $30 million, respectively.

Given that Q3 is usually a seasonally tough quarter, it's likely that eBay’s stock is down on the conservative Q4 guidance, Benchmark Senior Analyst Dan Kurnos told Benzinga.

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Nonetheless, the active buyers figure for Q3 (165 million) also came in slightly under consensus at of 166.5 million.

Kurnos then went into the company’s Marketplace GMV ex-StubHub, which was also slightly soft, but offset by a marginally better than expected take rate, which resulted in a revenue beat.

He pointed out that StubHub’s numbers looked very promising, and clearly market the bright spot of the report.

eBay’s management team said it expects Q4 sales of $2.36 billion to $2.41 billion and EPS of $0.52 to $0.54, while the Street was expecting $2.4 billion in sales and $0.54 in EPS. While many analysts were quite disenchanted, Kurnos believes Q4 results are likely to come in at the high-end of guidance. However, there risk associated with consumer sentiment souring in Q4.

Shares traded at $30.14 in the pre-market session after closing at $32.52.

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