NASDAQ:PYPL - Paypal Stock Price, Forecast & News

Paypal trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PYPL."

Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The credit services provider reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.52 by $0.09. The credit services provider earned $4.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.35 billion. Paypal had a return on equity of 16.73% and a net margin of 14.89%. Paypal's revenue was up 18.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.58 earnings per share. View Paypal's Earnings History.

Paypal is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Paypal.

Paypal issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.81-0.83 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.81. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.89-4.95 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.93 billion.

30 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Paypal's stock. Their forecasts range from $90.82 to $140.00. On average, they anticipate Paypal's stock price to reach $122.03 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Paypal.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paypal in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 23 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Paypal.

News coverage about PYPL stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Paypal earned a daily sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Paypal.

Paypal saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,810,000 shares, an increase of 8.1% from the October 31st total of 13,700,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,780,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Paypal's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Paypal investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Micron Technology (MU), Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Walt Disney (DIS) and Tesla (TSLA).

Paypal's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.93%), Lindsell Train Ltd (0.63%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.58%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.45%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.40%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.37%). Company insiders that own Paypal stock include Aaron Anderson, Aaron Karczmer, Adele Louise Pentland, Daniel H Schulman, David M Moffett, Frank D Yeary, Gary J Marino, John D Rainey, John J Donahoe, Jonathan Auerbach and William J Ready. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Paypal.

PYPL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Third Point LLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Artemis Investment Management LLP, First Trust Advisors LP, Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Chilton Investment Co. LLC and Columbus Circle Investors. Company insiders that have sold Paypal company stock in the last year include Aaron Karczmer, Adele Louise Pentland, Daniel H Schulman, Gary J Marino, John D Rainey, Jonathan Auerbach and William J Ready. View Insider Buying and Selling for Paypal.

PYPL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Lindsell Train Ltd, California Public Employees Retirement System, Point72 Asset Management L.P., State Street Corp, Man Group plc and Alberta Investment Management Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Paypal.

Shares of PYPL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PYPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $107.65.

Paypal has a market capitalization of $126.40 billion and generates $15.45 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $2.06 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.79 on an earnings per share basis. Paypal employs 21,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Paypal.

The official website for Paypal is http://www.paypal.com/.

Paypal's mailing address is 2211 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA, 95131. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at 408-967-1000 or via email at [email protected]