PayPay (PAYP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

PayPay Corporation, a financial technology company, provides a digital payments and financial services platform primarily in Japan. The company operates a smartphone-based payment ecosystem that enables consumers to make cashless transactions at online and offline merchants using QR code and mobile wallet technology. PayPay’s platform also supports peer-to-peer transfers, digital wallet services, and merchant payment processing solutions designed to facilitate commerce across retail, e-commerce, and service industries.

In addition to payment services, PayPay offers financial products, including lending, insurance, and investment services, through integrated partners within its digital ecosystem. The company operates through Payment and Financial Services segments and serves millions of consumers and merchants across Japan through its mobile application and merchant network.

PayPay Corporation was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company is backed by the SoftBank ecosystem and began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol PAYP in March 2026.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $15.05 to $16.40
• 50-Day Range: $12.37 to $19.73
• 52-Week Range: $12.07 to $24.89
• Volume: 1.41 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.53 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $10.24 billion
• P/E Ratio: 116.38
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $25.64
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

PayPay Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

PayPay scored higher than 60% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 591st out of 853 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

PayPay has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.77, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 8 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

PayPay has a consensus price target of $25.64, representing about 69.4% upside from its current price of $15.13.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

PayPay has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of PayPay is 116.38, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.25.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of PayPay is 116.38, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 28.65.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.51% of the float of PayPay has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

PayPay has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in PayPay has recently increased by 11.91%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

PayPay does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

PayPay does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.37

News Sentiment

PayPay has a news sentiment score of 1.37. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.84 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for PayPay this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 3 people have searched for PAYP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, PayPay insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

PayPay has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/31/2026
• Today: 8/01/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Financial Services
• Sub-Industry: Transaction & Payment Processing Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PAYP
• CIK: 2080845
• Web: N/A
• Phone: 81-3-6885-8181
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,159
• Year Founded: 2018

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for PayPay: $25.64
• High Price Target: $31.00
• Low Price Target: $20.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +69.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.77
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 116.38
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $367.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.03
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 676,956,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $10.24 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: N/A