PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Issues Q1 Earnings Guidance

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL - Get Free Report) issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.15-1.17 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.13. PayPal also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.950-5.100 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

PYPL has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Barclays lifted their target price on PayPal from $92.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on shares of PayPal from $94.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock a "positive" rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on shares of PayPal from $73.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock a "market perform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Stephens raised their price objective on PayPal from $75.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, October 18th. Finally, Robert W. Baird dropped their target price on PayPal from $100.00 to $95.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Fourteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $89.29.

PayPal Price Performance

Shares of PYPL stock traded down $1.26 during trading on Friday, hitting $77.31. The company had a trading volume of 13,578,416 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,432,852. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $87.71 and its 200 day moving average price is $79.38. PayPal has a one year low of $55.77 and a one year high of $93.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $76.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.44.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The credit services provider reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $8.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.27 billion. PayPal had a return on equity of 23.44% and a net margin of 14.08%. PayPal's quarterly revenue was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.48 EPS. Equities analysts expect that PayPal will post 4.58 EPS 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.