TTM
14.5%
YoY change
−4.06pp
Trough year (1999)
-8.8%
Peak year (2014)
50.1%
Latest annual
15.0%
FCF Margin history chart for eBay (EBAY) from 1997 to 2025
Latest: 15.0%
FCF Margin change chart for eBay (EBAY) from 1997 to 2025
Latest: −4.06pp
FCF Margin history table for eBay (EBAY) from 1997 to 2025
| 2025 | 15.0% | -4.06pp | ||
| 2024 | 19.0% | -0.46pp | ||
| 2023 | 19.5% | +1.05pp | ||
| 2022 | 18.4% | -2.81pp | ||
| 2021 | 21.2% | -0.41pp | ||
| 2020 | 21.6% | -12.84pp | ||
| 2019 | 34.5% | +11.28pp | ||
| 2018 | 23.2% | -1.78pp | ||
| 2017 | 25.0% | +1.32pp | ||
| 2016 | 23.7% | -15.50pp | ||
| 2015 | 39.2% | -10.96pp | ||
| 2014 | 50.1% | +4.77pp | ||
| 2013 | 45.4% | +27.01pp | ||
| 2012 | 18.3% | -1.49pp | ||
| 2011 | 19.8% | -2.26pp | ||
| 2010 | 22.1% | -4.74pp | ||
| 2009 | 26.8% | -0.29pp | ||
| 2008 | 27.1% | -1.39pp | ||
| 2007 | 28.5% | -0.51pp | ||
| 2006 | 29.0% | -7.70pp | ||
| 2005 | 36.7% | +6.38pp | ||
| 2004 | 30.3% | +6.84pp | ||
| 2003 | 23.5% | -4.61pp | ||
| 2002 | 28.1% | +2.11pp | ||
| 2001 | 26.0% | +14.32pp | ||
| 2000 | 11.7% | +20.49pp | ||
| 1999 | -8.8% | -5.79pp | ||
| 1998 | -3.0% | -3.26pp | ||
| 1997 | 0.2% | — |
- 202515.0%-4.06pp
- 202419.0%-0.46pp
- 202319.5%+1.05pp
- 202218.4%-2.81pp
- 202121.2%-0.41pp
- 202021.6%-12.84pp
- 201934.5%+11.28pp
- 201823.2%-1.78pp
- 201725.0%+1.32pp
- 201623.7%-15.50pp
- 201539.2%-10.96pp
- 201450.1%+4.77pp
- 201345.4%+27.01pp
- 201218.3%-1.49pp
- 201119.8%-2.26pp
- 201022.1%-4.74pp
- 200926.8%-0.29pp
- 200827.1%-1.39pp
- 200728.5%-0.51pp
- 200629.0%-7.70pp
- 200536.7%+6.38pp
- 200430.3%+6.84pp
- 200323.5%-4.61pp
- 200228.1%+2.11pp
- 200126.0%+14.32pp
- 200011.7%+20.49pp
- 1999-8.8%-5.79pp
- 1998-3.0%-3.26pp
- 19970.2%—
FCF Margin values are taken from eBay's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at eBay (EBAY)
According to eBay's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 14.5%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of eBay (EBAY) free cash flow margin is 14.96% – contracted 4.1 percentage points year-over-year.
50.13% stands as the all-time-high annual free cash flow margin, posted in 2014, against a low of -8.81% during 1999.
eBay FCF Margin by Year
eBay FCF Margin 2025: 15.0%
eBay free cash flow margin in 2025 was 14.96%, contracted 4.1 percentage points from 2024.
eBay FCF Margin 2024: 19.0%
2024's free cash flow margin for eBay came in at 19.02%, contracted 0.5 percentage points from 2023.
eBay FCF Margin 2023: 19.5%
eBay posted free cash flow margin of 19.48% in 2023, expanded 1.1 percentage points from 2022.
eBay FCF Margin 2022: 18.4%
In 2022, eBay reported free cash flow margin of 18.43%, contracted 2.8 percentage points from 2021.
eBay FCF Margin 2021: 21.2%
eBay free cash flow margin in 2021 was 21.24%.
See more financial history for eBay (EBAY).
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