Is eBay, Inc. a Buy?

eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY)is the largest online marketplace in the U.S. not called Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). But the company might not be able to hold onto that title for long, as it consistently posts gross merchandise volume growth well below the annual e-commerce growth in the U.S. It's falling even further behind when you look at e-commerce growth on a global basis, where Amazon, Alibaba, and Flipkart -- which is soon to be majority-owned by Walmart (NYSE: WMT)-- have shown considerable strength.