Compare Stocks: PYPL, MSFT, and NOW

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
MSFT Microsoft	$521.13 -2.3%	$518.20	$349.20 ▼ $559.15	$3.96T	1.05	26.11 million shs	28.90 million shs
NOW ServiceNow	$102.85 +3.3%	$133.69	$81.24 ▼ $175.00	$103.40B	1	20.43 million shs	14.46 million shs
PYPL PayPal	$59.48 +1.2%	$55.49	$38.46 ▼ $67.99	$48.83B	1.33	11.63 million shs	6.26 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
MSFT Microsoft	-2.26%	-6.24%	-3.70%	+4.88%	+2.45%
NOW ServiceNow	+3.52%	-5.36%	-26.63%	-19.07%	-40.18%
PYPL PayPal	+1.19%	-1.20%	+6.12%	-1.83%	-11.75%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
MSFT Microsoft	$521.13 -2.3%	$518.20	$349.20 ▼ $559.15	$3.96T	1.05	26.11 million shs	28.90 million shs
NOW ServiceNow	$102.85 +3.3%	$133.69	$81.24 ▼ $175.00	$103.40B	1	20.43 million shs	14.46 million shs
PYPL PayPal	$59.48 +1.2%	$55.49	$38.46 ▼ $67.99	$48.83B	1.33	11.63 million shs	6.26 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
MSFT Microsoft	-2.26%	-6.24%	-3.70%	+4.88%	+2.45%
NOW ServiceNow	+3.52%	-5.36%	-26.63%	-19.07%	-40.18%
PYPL PayPal	+1.19%	-1.20%	+6.12%	-1.83%	-11.75%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
MSFT Microsoft	2.94	Moderate Buy	$609.54	16.97% Upside
NOW ServiceNow	2.81	Moderate Buy	$154.50	50.22% Upside
PYPL PayPal	2.04	Hold	$56.37	-5.23% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest PYPL, MSFT, and NOW Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
11/11/2026	PYPL PayPal	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$55.00 ➝ $60.00
11/10/2026	MSFT Microsoft	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
11/6/2026	MSFT Microsoft	Roth Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Buy
11/3/2026	NOW ServiceNow	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$170.00
11/3/2026	PYPL PayPal	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
10/30/2026	NOW ServiceNow	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C-)
10/29/2026	NOW ServiceNow	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target	Outperform	$176.00 ➝ $165.00
10/29/2026	MSFT Microsoft	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target		$700.00
10/29/2026	MSFT Microsoft	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Sector Outperform	$625.00 ➝ $650.00
10/29/2026	MSFT Microsoft	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$600.00 ➝ $630.00
10/29/2026	NOW ServiceNow	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target		$185.00

(Data available from 11/12/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
MSFT Microsoft	$346.45B	11.17	$22.03 per share	23.66	$63.36 per share	8.22
NOW ServiceNow	$13.28B	8.04	$3.37 per share	30.53	$12.62 per share	8.15
PYPL PayPal	$33.17B	1.49	$6.62 per share	8.99	$23.45 per share	2.54

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
MSFT Microsoft	$133.75B	$19.16	27.20	21.89	1.57	41.17%	31.28%	18.55%	1/27/2027 (Estimated)
NOW ServiceNow	$1.75B	$1.39	73.99	37.95	1.95	9.36%	15.17%	6.70%	1/27/2027 (Estimated)
PYPL PayPal	$5.23B	$5.24	11.35	10.08	1.22	13.78%	24.39%	5.97%	N/A

Latest PYPL, MSFT, and NOW Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/28/2026	Q1 2027	MSFT Microsoft	$4.72	$4.89	+$0.17	$4.92	$90.62 billion	$92.28 billion
10/28/2026	Q3 2026	NOW ServiceNow	$1.02	$1.00	-$0.02	$0.27	$4.09 billion	$4.11 billion
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	PYPL PayPal	$1.31	$1.45	+$0.14	$1.25	$8.71 billion	$8.58 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
MSFT Microsoft	$3.92	0.75%	+10.21%	20.46%	23 Years
NOW ServiceNow	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PYPL PayPal	$0.56	0.94%	N/A	10.69%	N/A

Latest PYPL, MSFT, and NOW Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/26/2026	PYPL PayPal	quarterly	$0.14	1%	12/4/2026	12/4/2026	12/24/2026
9/14/2026	MSFT Microsoft	quarterly	$0.98	0.79%	11/19/2026	11/19/2026	12/10/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
MSFT Microsoft	0.07	1.22	1.21
NOW ServiceNow	0.42	0.72	0.72
PYPL PayPal	0.56	1.26	1.26

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
MSFT Microsoft	71.13%
NOW ServiceNow	87.18%
PYPL PayPal	68.32%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
MSFT Microsoft	0.03%
NOW ServiceNow	0.34%
PYPL PayPal	0.63%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
MSFT Microsoft	223,000	7.43 billion	7.42 billion	Optionable
NOW ServiceNow	29,187	1.04 billion	1.03 billion	Optionable
PYPL PayPal	23,800	830.66 million	825.43 million	Optionable

PYPL, MSFT, and NOW Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

PayPal: Doing The Right Thing Given Its Circumstances

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Germany raises competition concerns over PayPal surcharging ban

3 hours ago | electronicpaymentsinternational.comE

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November 11 at 10:52 PM | stocktwits.comS

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November 11 at 5:51 PM | stocktwits.comS

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PayPal (PYPL) Stock May Be 50% Undervalued As Barclays Cuts Rating

November 11 at 12:50 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Sanford C. Bernstein Issues Positive Forecast for PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Stock Price

November 11 at 12:41 PM | marketbeat.com

German antitrust authority says PayPal practices may restrict competition

November 11 at 7:49 AM | msn.com

PayPal in German Regulator's Crosshairs Over Merchant Restrictions on Payment Fees

November 11 at 7:49 AM | finance.yahoo.com

German cartel office flags PayPal over retailer surcharge restrictions

November 11 at 6:50 AM | seekingalpha.com

Inside Dan Schulman’s war on the old Verizon

November 11 at 3:31 AM | fortune.com

PayPal Targets Double-Digit EPS Growth as Venmo and Checkout Strategy Take Shape

November 10 at 8:13 PM | marketbeat.com

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) Presents at KBW Fintech Ecosystem Conference 2026 Transcript

November 10 at 8:09 PM | seekingalpha.com

Analysts Offer Insights on Financial Companies: Essent Group (ESNT), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) and PayPal Holdings (PYPL)

November 10 at 3:08 PM | theglobeandmail.com

Venmo's newest feature is supposed to make it easier to split lunch. So, we tested it out.

November 10 at 2:22 PM | businessinsider.com

CME vs. PayPal: Which Financial Stock Is a Better Buy for 2027?

November 10 at 7:55 AM | fool.com

PayPal (PYPL) Stock Price Prediction: Bollinger resistance meets weak tape as analyst target cuts keep pressure on PayPal

November 9 at 6:08 PM | blockchain.newsB

SoFi’s Earnings Shine While PayPal & Boeing’s Earnings Look “Meh”

November 9 at 5:30 PM | fool.com

A major Venmo update could change how you pay for dinner with friends

November 9 at 3:00 PM | fastcompany.comF

Venmo Adds Receipt Scanning to Simplify Bill Splitting

November 9 at 2:42 PM | pymnts.com

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PYPL, MSFT, and NOW Company Descriptions

Microsoft NASDAQ:MSFT

$521.13 -12.03 (-2.26%)

Closing price 11/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$518.50 -2.63 (-0.50%)

As of 08:32 AM Eastern

Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services. This segment also provides LinkedIn; and dynamics business solutions, including Dynamics 365, a set of intelligent, cloud-based applications across ERP, CRM, power apps, and power automate; and on-premises ERP and CRM applications. The Intelligent Cloud segment offers server products and cloud services, such as azure and other cloud services; SQL and windows server, visual studio, system center, and related client access licenses, as well as nuance and GitHub; and enterprise services including enterprise support services, industry solutions, and nuance professional services. The More Personal Computing segment offers Windows, including windows OEM licensing and other non-volume licensing of the Windows operating system; Windows commercial comprising volume licensing of the Windows operating system, windows cloud services, and other Windows commercial offerings; patent licensing; and windows Internet of Things; and devices, such as surface, HoloLens, and PC accessories. Additionally, this segment provides gaming, which includes Xbox hardware and content, and first- and third-party content; Xbox game pass and other subscriptions, cloud gaming, advertising, third-party disc royalties, and other cloud services; and search and news advertising, which includes Bing, Microsoft News and Edge, and third-party affiliates. The company sells its products through OEMs, distributors, and resellers; and directly through digital marketplaces, online, and retail stores. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

ServiceNow NYSE:NOW

$102.85 +3.24 (+3.25%)

Closing price 11/11/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$101.28 -1.58 (-1.53%)

As of 08:33 AM Eastern

ServiceNow, Inc. provides end to-end intelligent workflow automation platform solutions for digital businesses in the North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates the Now platform for end-to-end digital transformation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic process automation, process mining, performance analytics, and collaboration and development tools. It also provides asset management, cloud observability, integrated risk management; information technology (IT) service management applications; IT service management product suite for enterprise's employees, customers, and partners; strategic portfolio management product suite; IT operations management product that connects a customer's physical and cloud-based IT infrastructure; IT asset management; and security operations that connects with internal and third party. In addition, the company offers integrated risk management product to manage risk and resilience; environmental, social and governance management product; human resources, legal, and workplace service delivery products; customer service management product; and field service management applications. Further, the company provides app engine product; automation engine; platform privacy and security product; and source-to-pay operations. It serves to government, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, IT services, technology, oil and gas, education, and consumer products through service providers and resale partners. The company was formerly known as Service-now.com and changed its name to ServiceNow, Inc. in May 2012. ServiceNow, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

PayPal NASDAQ:PYPL

$59.48 +0.70 (+1.19%)

Closing price 11/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$59.32 -0.15 (-0.26%)

As of 08:32 AM Eastern

PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates a technology platform that enables digital payments on behalf of merchants and consumers worldwide. It operates a two-sided network at scale that connects merchants and consumers that enables its customers to connect, transact, and send and receive payments through online and in person, as well as transfer and withdraw funds using various funding sources, such as bank accounts, PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products comprising its installment products, credit and debit cards, and cryptocurrencies, as well as other stored value products, including gift cards and eligible rewards. The company provides payment solutions under the PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom, Zettle, Hyperwallet, Honey, and Paidy names. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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