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

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

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

Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 18th. The credit services provider reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.04. The credit services provider had revenue of $3.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.66 billion. Paypal had a net margin of 13.98% and a return on equity of 13.60%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 13.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.46 earnings per share. 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 updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 18th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.65-0.67 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets 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 14.9% 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 somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Paypal earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

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Paypal's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.34%), FMR LLC (6.86%), BlackRock Inc. (6.23%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.42%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.15%) and TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC (1.10%). 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, FMR LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Rehmann Capital Advisory Group and AGF Investments Inc.. 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 $82.77.

Paypal has a market capitalization of $97.53 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]