EBay sees net income double in quarter
EBay Inc. more than doubled its second-quarter net income, thanks to higher revenue from its PayPal online payments business and its e-commerce websites. The results sent its stock up in after-hours trading.
EBay Inc. earned $692 million, or 53 cents per share, in the April-June period. That’s up from $283 million, or 22 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier.
Adjusted earnings were $730 million, or 56 cents per share, in the latest quarter – a penny above analysts’ expectations.
Revenue grew 23 percent to $3.4 billion from $2.76 billion.
Analysts, on average, were expecting revenue of $3.36 billion, according to FactSet.
