NASDAQ:PYPL - Paypal Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Paypal announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 9.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 18th. The credit services provider reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.04. The credit services provider earned $3.68 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.66 billion. Paypal had a net margin of 13.98% and a return on equity of 13.60%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 13.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.46 EPS. View Paypal's Earnings History.

Paypal is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Paypal.

Paypal issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.65-0.67 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.65. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.195-4.275 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.21 billion.Paypal also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $2.38-2.40 EPS.

33 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Paypal's stock. Their predictions range from $43.00 to $119.00. On average, they expect Paypal's share price to reach $95.1250 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Paypal.

33 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paypal in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 27 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Paypal.

Media headlines about PYPL stock have trended very positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Paypal earned a news sentiment score of 3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the credit services provider a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Paypal saw a decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 15,194,562 shares, a decline of 14.7% from the September 28th total of 17,820,036 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 11,322,465 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Paypal's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Paypal include Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Accenture (ACN), Booking (BKNG), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), NetEase (NTES), eBay (EBAY), Worldpay (WP), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Pinduoduo (PDD), Global Payments (GPN), First Data (FDC), Total System Services (TSS), Mercadolibre (MELI) and Ctrip.Com International (CTRP).

Paypal's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (6.86%), BlackRock Inc. (6.23%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.42%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.15%), TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC (1.10%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.89%). Company insiders that own Paypal stock include Aaron Anderson, Aaron Karczmer, Adele Louise Pentland, Daniel H Schulman, David M Moffett, Gail J Mcgovern, Gary J Marino, John D Rainey, John J Donahoe, Jonathan Auerbach, Rodney C Adkins 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 Jackson Square Partners LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Macquarie Group Ltd., AQR Capital Management LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, OppenheimerFunds Inc. and Third Point LLC. Company insiders that have sold Paypal company stock in the last year include Aaron Anderson, Aaron Karczmer, Adele Louise Pentland, Daniel H Schulman, David M Moffett, Gary J Marino, John D Rainey, John J Donahoe, Jonathan Auerbach and William J Ready. View Insider Buying and Selling for Paypal.

PYPL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Rehmann Capital Advisory Group, AGF Investments Inc. and Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PYPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $79.82.

Paypal has a market capitalization of $94.42 billion and generates $13.09 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $1.80 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.39 on an earnings per share basis. Paypal employs 18,700 workers across the globe.

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]