PayPal Holdings, Inc. $PYPL Shares Purchased by Front Street Capital Management Inc.

Key Points

• Front Street Capital Management Inc. increased its position in PayPal Holdings by 76.5%, with holdings worth approximately $996,000 after acquiring additional shares in the first quarter.
• PayPal reported $1.40 EPS for its last quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations, and set Q3 2025 guidance between 1.180-1.220 EPS.
• Institutional investors own 68.32% of PayPal's stock, with multiple firms, including Vanguard and Deutsche Bank, recently increasing their stakes.

Front Street Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL - Free Report) by 76.5% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 14,921 shares of the credit services provider's stock after acquiring an additional 6,465 shares during the period. Front Street Capital Management Inc.'s holdings in PayPal were worth $996,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of PayPal by 0.3% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 86,221,849 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $5,625,976,000 after acquiring an additional 276,339 shares in the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG lifted its stake in PayPal by 19.1% in the 1st quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 11,238,218 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $733,294,000 after purchasing an additional 1,798,330 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in PayPal by 14.9% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 9,516,070 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $620,924,000 after purchasing an additional 1,232,155 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in PayPal by 44.6% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 8,559,376 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $558,499,000 after purchasing an additional 2,638,815 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of PayPal during the 1st quarter worth approximately $529,264,000. 68.32% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

PayPal Trading Down 0.3%

NASDAQ PYPL opened at $68.26 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a current ratio of 1.33. The firm has a market cap of $65.21 billion, a PE ratio of 14.59, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.43. PayPal Holdings, Inc. has a one year low of $55.85 and a one year high of $93.66. The firm's fifty day moving average is $71.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is $69.70.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.40 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.30 by $0.10. PayPal had a net margin of 14.49% and a return on equity of 25.35%. The company had revenue of $8.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.08 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.19 earnings per share. PayPal has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.180-1.220 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 5.150-5.300 EPS. Analysts expect that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 5.03 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at PayPal

In other PayPal news, insider Suzan Kereere sold 4,162 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $69.39, for a total transaction of $288,801.18. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 48,483 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,364,235.37. This represents a 7.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CAO Chris Natali sold 7,102 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.35, for a total transaction of $492,523.70. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 15,102 shares of company stock worth $1,046,607 over the last ninety days. 0.08% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Piper Sandler set a $74.00 price target on shares of PayPal in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. BMO Capital Markets reissued a "market perform" rating on shares of PayPal in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Citigroup reissued a "buy" rating on shares of PayPal in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $96.00 price objective on shares of PayPal in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of PayPal from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 2nd. Seventeen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $85.00.

PayPal Profile

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.

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