Ebay (EBAY) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026)
Ebay's Short-term Investments came in at $997 million for Q2 2026, down 40.7% from $1.68 billion a year earlier but up 3.2% from the prior quarter.
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Ebay (EBAY) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Ebay's Short-term Investments was $1.05 billion, down 69.6% from FY2024.
- Short-term Investments carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of -15.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Short-term Investments was $3.46 billion in FY2024 (-22.7%), $4.47 billion in FY2023 (+66.2%), $2.69 billion in FY2022 (-54.7%) and $5.94 billion in FY2021 (+148.5%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Short-term Investments is $955 million (Q3 2025) to $9.28 billion (Q3 2021).
- Year-over-year, Short-term Investments has declined for eight consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 46.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Short-term Investments over five years came in Q3 2021 (growth of 244.0%), and the weakest in Q2 2022 (a decline of 85.7%).
- Business Quant data shows EBAY's Short-term Investments at $966 million (Q1 2026), $1.05 billion (Q4 2025) and $955 million (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 4,273.02 Bn | 4,030.55 Bn | 73.85 Bn |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,882.67 Bn | 1,585.19 Bn | 49.47 Bn |
| 3 | Netflix | 292.72 Bn | 252.92 Bn | 6.52 Bn |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 258.66 Bn | 82.26 Bn | 15.11 Bn |
| 5 | Shopify | 221.29 Bn | 198.47 Bn | 1.71 Bn |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 145.86 Bn | 117.84 Bn | 6.38 Bn |
| 7 | Booking Holdings | 120.48 Bn | 53.53 Bn | - |
| 8 | PDD Holdings | 115.79 Bn | -126.92 Bn | 9.45 Bn |
| 9 | Spotify Technology | 108.98 Bn | 66.21 Bn | 1.86 Bn |
| 10 | Ebay | 49.92 Bn | 36.46 Bn | 2.30 Bn |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 997.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 966.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.05 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 955.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.68 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.76 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.46 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.30 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.20 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.24 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.47 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.02 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.66 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.87 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.69 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.46 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.48 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.77 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.94 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 9.28 Bn |
API Access
Ebay Short-term Investments API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-investments&ticker=EBAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-investments", "ticker": "EBAY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-investments&ticker=EBAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();