eBay unscrews, despite quarterly increase
April 23, 2010
The group distribution on the Internet, eBay, released Wednesday, profit up 11% on a year for the first quarter of 2010, to 398 million.
For its part, the sales were up 9% to $ 2.2 billion, against a consensus of 2.18 billion dollars in sales and 18% excluding Skype.
The payments industry, which includes PayPal and BillMeLater, the most dynamic over the past several quarters, reported a 35% increase in volume to 21.3 billion dollars, up 26% of turnover to 809.3 million.
Shopping websites rose 24% year on year gross merchandise volume, at 13.4 billion dollars, revenues increased 13% to $ 1.4 billion, benefiting from the increasing offers fixed-price Guaranteed high risk personal loans.
In a statement released Wednesday, after-hours trade, the group has maintained its expectations for the second quarter of 2010 with a turnover of between $ 2.15 billion and 2.20 billion, representing growth of between 11% and 14% off Skype. For the year 2010, the turnover is expected between 8.8 billion and $ 9.1 billion, an increase of 9% to 12%.
At the New York Stock Exchange, the action loses to 4:20 p.m., 8.52% to 24.05 dollars.
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