EBAY vs LSPD vs TOST Stock Comparison

Ebay, Lightspeed Commerce and Toast Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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EBAY Ebay Inc
$121.19 +15.2% 1M +21.8% 1Y
Market cap
$54.17B
P/E
25.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.39B
Div. yield
–
Digital Marketplaces Technology
6 wins
LSPD Lightspeed Commerce Inc.
$10.95 +12.2% 1M -10.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.51B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.24B
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
2 wins
TOST Toast, Inc.
$31.50 +3.4% 1M -11.9% 1Y
Market cap
$18.15B
P/E
37.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.80B
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Ebay leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Ebay 6, Lightspeed Commerce 2, Toast 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEBAYLSPDTOSTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $54.17B $1.51B $18.15B EBAY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.8x -15.5x 37.4x EBAY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.2x 18.2x 23.9x LSPD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.7% +11.6% +23.0% TOST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 16.9% -7.8% 7.1% EBAY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 18.6% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.6x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +21.8% -10.4% -11.9% EBAY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.6%/yr -35.5%/yr -10.0%/yr EBAY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.8% 44.4% 47.7% EBAY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 73/100 70/100 LSPD

Percentile Scorecard

EBAYLSPDTOST

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisEBAYLSPDTOST
Valuation 38 #104 of 166 61 #35 of 89 51 #44 of 89
Growth 46 #83 of 153 94 #6 of 81 98 #3 of 81
Profitability 89 #18 of 153 40 #46 of 76 67 #26 of 76
Financial Health 32 #123 of 179 83 #17 of 93 72 #27 of 93
Shareholder Returns 40 #55 of 91 88 #7 of 50 65 #18 of 50
Overall 49 73 70
  • EBAY ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • LSPD ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • TOST ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodEBAYLSPDTOSTSPY
1 month +15.2%+12.2%+3.4% +0.7%
3 months +6.8%+13.6%-4.1% +3.7%
6 months +17.1%+18.4%+10.4% +7.1%
Year to date +39.1%-9.4%-11.3% +12.8%
1 year +21.8%-10.4%-11.9% +11.9%
3 years +213.6%-13.4%+97.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year +46.4%-4.7%+25.5% +22.8%
5 years +58.0%-88.8%-40.8% +67.6%
5 years, per year +9.6%-35.5%-10.0% +10.9%
10 years +323.7%—— +262.0%
10 years, per year +15.5%—— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureEBAYLSPDTOSTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.8%44.4%47.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.2%46.5%52.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.681.061.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.59-0.23-0.25 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.8%-92.2%-80.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.4%-18.5%-19.3% -1.2%
52-week high $122.91$13.44$39.02 $779.14
52-week low $79.41$8.37$22.33 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleEBAYLSPDTOST
P/E now vs peer median 25.6xmedian 16.7x -15.7xmedian 39.2x 37.5xmedian 39.2x
P/S now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 1.4x 1.2xmedian 2.4x 2.7xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.2xmedian 12.7x 192.9xmedian 17.3x 28.4xmedian 17.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 10.5x 30.4xmedian 20.3x 31.6xmedian 20.3x
P/B now vs peer median 12.1xmedian 1.7x 1.1xmedian 1.8x 8.9xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median -8.09median 0.39 -0.30median 1.52 0.80median 1.52

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsEBAYLSPDTOST
Revenue $12.39B $1.24B $6.80B
Gross profit $8.95B $536.41M $1.82B
Operating income $2.52B -$115.79M $431.00M
Net income $2.10B -$97.27M $486.00M
Free cash flow $2.45B $49.64M $576.00M
R&D $1.79B $125.76M $405.00M
EPS (diluted) $4.63 $-0.70 $0.82
Cash & equivalents $1.17B $372.14M $1.02B
Total debt $6.73B – –
Shares (diluted) 453.00M 139.17M 590.00M
Enterprise value $42.11B -$256.92M $10.82B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricEBAYLSPDTOST
P/E 25.6x -15.7x 37.5x
P/FCF 21.8x 30.4x 31.6x
P/Operating cash flow 17.3x 34.9x 28.6x
P/S 4.3x 1.2x 2.7x
P/B 12.1x 1.1x 8.9x
P/Tangible book 12.1x 1.2x 8.9x
EV/EBITDA 19.2x 192.9x 28.4x
EV/EBIT 23.1x -9.8x 38.2x
EV/Revenue 4.7x 0.9x 2.4x
EV/FCF 23.7x 22.9x 28.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.8x 26.3x 25.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -8.09 -0.30 0.80

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEBAYLSPDTOST
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.7% 11.6% 23.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.2% 17.6% 27.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.3% 13.9% 30.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.2% 16.1% 38.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 14.3% 83.3% 128.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.3% 52.1% 47.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -3.3% 85.7% 117.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -8.2% 54.3% 48.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -0.3% 84.2% 122.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.2% 53.1% 46.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 55.0% 804.1% 13.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1.0% 34.2% 106.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 56.5% 3,659% 13.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.8% 34.5% 82.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEBAYLSPDTOST
Gross margin 72.2% 43.1% 26.7%
EBITDA margin 24.4% 0.5% 8.5%
Operating margin 20.3% -9.3% 6.3%
Pretax margin 20.4% -7.7% 7.3%
Net margin 16.9% -7.8% 7.1%
FCF margin 19.8% 4.0% 8.5%
Operating cash flow margin 24.9% 3.5% 9.3%
Return on equity 46.2% -6.8% 24.1%
Return on assets 11.7% -6.0% 15.5%
Return on invested capital 18.6% – –
Return on capital employed 21.3% -8.0% 21.2%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.8x 2.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x -0.4x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 4.5% 3.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEBAYLSPDTOST
Debt / assets 37.4% – –
Debt / equity 1.5x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 1.6x – –
Debt / FCF 2.7x – –
Liabilities / assets 75.5% 12.5% 35.7%
Equity / assets 24.5% 87.5% 64.3%
Interest coverage 10.0x – –
Current ratio 0.8x 3.5x 2.4x
Quick ratio 0.6x 2.4x 1.7x
Cash ratio 0.3x 2.0x 1.6x
Altman Z-score 6.56 3.24 12.34

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEBAYLSPDTOST
Dividend yield 1.0% – –
Net buyback yield 3.8% 7.0% 2.8%
Shareholder yield 4.8% 7.0% 2.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusEBAYLSPDTOST
Forward P/E 21.2xFY2026 18.2xFY2026 23.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.73FY2026 $0.60FY2026 $1.32FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +3.8%FY2026 +36.4%FY2026 +34.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +14.1% +46.7% +35.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.92BFY2026 $1.22BFY2026 $7.84BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.4%FY2026 -0.6%FY2026 +27.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.6% +23.4% +17.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEBAYLSPDTOST
Held by institutions 92.4% 54.9% 93.1%
Institutions holding 1,295 108 775
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3% -4.3% +8.1%
Institutions buying 618 54 428
Institutions selling 485 37 245
Buyers to sellers 1.27 1.46 1.75

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

EBAYLSPDTOST
EBAY 1.00 0.24 0.20
LSPD 0.24 1.00 0.46
TOST 0.20 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EBAY, LSPD and TOST?

Ebay (EBAY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ebay (EBAY) $54.17B, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) $1.51B, Toast (TOST) $18.15B.

Which stock is cheaper, EBAY, LSPD and TOST?

Ebay (EBAY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ebay (EBAY) 25.8x, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -15.5x, Toast (TOST) 37.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) is cheapest (Ebay (EBAY) 21.2x, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) 18.2x, Toast (TOST) 23.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Toast (TOST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ebay (EBAY) +15.7%, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) +11.6%, Toast (TOST) +23.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ebay (EBAY) has the highest net margin (Ebay (EBAY) 16.9%, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -7.8%, Toast (TOST) 7.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ebay (EBAY) returned the most: Ebay (EBAY) +21.8%, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -10.4%, Toast (TOST) -11.9%. Over five years, Ebay (EBAY) compounded fastest (Ebay (EBAY) +9.6%/yr, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -35.5%/yr, Toast (TOST) -10.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ebay (EBAY) has been the steadiest (Ebay (EBAY) 36.8%, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) 44.4%, Toast (TOST) 47.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EBAY, LSPD and TOST?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ebay (EBAY) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.