Etsy Stock News

BROOKLYN, N.Y. , Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Etsy, Inc. (Nasdaq: ETSY), which operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers around the world, today announced that effective February 3, 2025, Etsy granted an inducement restricted stock unit award consisting of 99,593 shares of Etsy's common stock to Lanny Baker, who joined Etsy as its...

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Roku (ROKU -2.97%) is a connected-TV platform company; PayPal (PYPL -0.69%) is a financial technology (fintech) company; and Etsy (ETSY -1.62%) is a digital marketplace for buying and selling handmade products. And if you've held these stocks over the past several years, then you have my sympathy -- all three are down at least 70% from the all-time highs they reached in 2021.

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