eBay Earnings: Cashing In On Faster Growth

Investors had every reason to expect good news from eBay's (NASDAQ: EBAY) second-quarter report. Management said that all of its growth and engagement metrics began spiking in the early days of the pandemic as global shopping behavior shifted to online channels, and peers such as Walmart had described surging demand around that change.

On Tuesday, eBay confirmed that its business saw an unprecedented volume spike in Q2 that also pushed profitability higher. Executives said they're confident that the trend will continue at least through the third quarter, while warning that it's hard to predict much beyond that.

With that big picture in mind, let's dive into the results.

Source Fool.com