PayPal Bouys Ebay Q2 Earnings
July 29, 2010
eBay Inc. recently reported Q2 profits rose 26 percent mainly
on record performance of its alternative payments unit PayPal. The parent
company reported net income of $530.2 million, or 40 cents per share, on
revenue of $2.2 billion. PayPal added a million new accounts each month
during the quarter and its merchant services business grew 40 percent
year-over-year. "PayPal is strong and getting stronger, building a robust
and innovative global footprint serving all of ecommerce," said John
Donahoe, eBay Inc. president and CEO. PayPal showed net revenue in the second
quarter of 2010 of $817 million, up 22 percent from $669 million during the
same time period a year earlier. Net total payments volume for PayPal increased
28 percent from $16.7 million in Q2 2009 to $21.4 million this year. For the
full year 2010, eBay said it expects its PayPal business unit to continue its
strong performance, with net revenues of approximately $100 million and $0.06
to $0.08 per diluted share.