Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Has $7.76 Million Position in PayPal Holdings, Inc. $PYPL

Key Points

• Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC increased its stake in PayPal Holdings, Inc. by 15.3%, bringing its total holdings to 104,408 shares valued at $7.76 million.
• Analysts are generally optimistic about PayPal, with a consensus target price of $84.66 and a majority of analysts rating the stock as a Buy or Hold.
• Insider trading activity included CAO Chris Natali selling 7,102 shares for approximately $492,524, highlighting ongoing insider transactions amidst stock fluctuations.

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC increased its position in PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL - Free Report) by 15.3% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 104,408 shares of the credit services provider's stock after buying an additional 13,874 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC's holdings in PayPal were worth $7,763,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in PYPL. Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of PayPal by 41.2% during the first quarter. Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd now owns 473 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 138 shares during the period. GSB Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of PayPal by 1.7% during the second quarter. GSB Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,160 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $606,000 after acquiring an additional 140 shares during the period. CreativeOne Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of PayPal by 1.5% during the first quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC now owns 9,387 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $613,000 after acquiring an additional 142 shares during the period. Pitti Group Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of PayPal by 1.5% during the second quarter. Pitti Group Wealth Management LLC now owns 10,233 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $761,000 after acquiring an additional 147 shares during the period. Finally, MONECO Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of PayPal by 0.8% during the first quarter. MONECO Advisors LLC now owns 20,450 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $1,334,000 after acquiring an additional 154 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.32% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

PYPL has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $75.00 price objective on PayPal in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $88.00 price objective on shares of PayPal in a report on Thursday, June 26th. Macquarie reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $95.00 price objective on shares of PayPal in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn lifted their price objective on PayPal from $66.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, September 16th. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn raised PayPal from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Seventeen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $84.66.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other PayPal news, CAO Chris Natali sold 7,102 shares of the business'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 sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Suzan Kereere sold 4,162 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.39, for a total value of $288,801.18. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 48,483 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,364,235.37. This represents a 7.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 15,102 shares of company stock valued at $1,046,607. 0.08% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

PayPal Stock Performance

PayPal stock opened at $69.90 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $68.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of $69.42. The company has a quick ratio of 1.33, a current ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. PayPal Holdings, Inc. has a 12-month low of $55.85 and a 12-month high of $93.66. The stock has a market capitalization of $66.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.94, a P/E/G ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.44.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.30 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $8.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.08 billion. PayPal had a return on equity of 25.35% and a net margin of 14.49%.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. On average, research analysts anticipate that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 5.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About PayPal

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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