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Piper Pontificates Over Possible eBay (EBAY) and ETSY (ETSY) Merger

March 28, 2025 5:50 AM EDT

Piper Pontificates Over Possible eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) Merger.

The analyst comments "Would a deal really make sense for EBAY? Yes, we think so. Scale drives leverage and even with a 30% cut to ETSY GMS (and a 20% premium to the stock) we land at EPS accretion in our framework. That said, EBAY has more recently divested its stakes in Gmarket (Korea), Adyen, and significantly reduced Aurelia (formerly Adevinta). It may want to focus on running the business for a time... More