eBay’s Global Listings Up 31%
eBay’s Global Listings Up 31% (EBAY)
Caris & Company analyst Tim Boyd analyzes eBay’s (EBAY) weekly listings:
• As of the week ended May 30th, our QTD core (i.e. excluding Store Inventory Format listings) global listings count is up 32% Y/Y – this represents an acceleration from the 27% rate we tracked in 1Q06.
• Our QTD core U.S. listings count is up 14% Y/Y – this represents an acceleration from the 13% rate we tracked in 1Q06.
• Our QTD core International listings count is up 49% Y/Y – this is an acceleration from the 42% rate we tracked in 1Q06.
• On a smoothed, rolling-13-week basis, we see global listings growing at 31% Y/Y, U.S. listings
growing at 14%, and International listings growing at 48%. We note that all three of our counted QTD Y/Y growth rates are tracking higher than their 13-week averages – a positive indication.
• Adjusting our count for the impact of Store Inventory Format listings, we estimate full-quarter
listings of 576MM (up 31% Y/Y), which is roughly 1% higher than our published estimate of 572MM (up 30% Y/Y).
• QTD, we are tracking Y/Y listings growth acceleration in the U.S., Germany, France, China, Korea, Belgium, Austria, Spain, Hong Kong, Switzerland, New Zealand and Ireland.
• QTD, we are tracking Y/Y listings growth deceleration in the U.K., Taiwan, Australia, Canada, Italy, The Netherlands, India, Singapore and Sweden.