What's Wrong With eBay, and What's Right With PayPal?

The good news for eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) was that it beat investors' low expectations for the third quarter. The bad news is that growth is flat, EPS is down, and sellers are leaving its marketplace. In this segment of the Oct. 25 Motley Fool Money podcast, host Chris Hill and analysts Jason Moser, Emily Flippen, and Ron Gross discuss eBay, what its activist investors want, its holiday strategy, and more. Then they pivot to another company that once was part of it: PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL). The team talks about the payment company's latest numbers, its steady rise, its tailwinds, its valuation, and more.

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