PayPal Stock Forecast, Price & News

36 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PayPal in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 32 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" PayPal stock.
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PayPal saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 11,900,000 shares, an increase of 20.8% from the July 29th total of 9,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,000,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days.
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PayPal is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 1st 2021.
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PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 28th. The credit services provider reported $1.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.31. The credit services provider had revenue of $6.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.32 billion. PayPal had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.07% and a net margin of 20.42%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.07 EPS.
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PayPal's stock was trading at $103.90 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PYPL shares have increased by 166.0% and is now trading at $276.34.
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PayPal issued an update on its third quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.070-$1.070 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.140. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.15 billion-$6.25 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.43 billion.

36 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for PayPal's stock. Their forecasts range from $210.00 to $375.00. On average, they anticipate PayPal's share price to reach $319.35 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.6% from the stock's current price.
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1,581 employees have rated PayPal CEO Dan Schulman on Glassdoor.com. Dan Schulman has an approval rating of 92% among PayPal's employees. This puts Dan Schulman in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

PayPal's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.94%), BlackRock Inc. (6.99%), State Street Corp (3.84%), FMR LLC (3.75%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.58%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.59%). Company insiders that own PayPal stock include Aaron Anderson, Adele Louise Pentland, Ann Sarnoff, Daniel H Schulman, Daniel H Schulman, Daniel H Schulman, David M Moffett, Glazer Capital, Llc, Jeffrey William Karbowski, John D Rainey, Jonathan Auerbach, Mark Britto and Peggy Alford.
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PYPL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Citadel Advisors LLC, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., FMR LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, ARK Investment Management LLC, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold PayPal company stock in the last year include Adele Louise Pentland, Ann Sarnoff, Daniel H Schulman, Glazer Capital, Llc, Jeffrey William Karbowski, John D Rainey, Jonathan Auerbach, Mark Britto, and Peggy Alford.
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PYPL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi, Macquarie Group Ltd., Ninety One UK Ltd, Melvin Capital Management LP, Deutsche Bank AG, abrdn plc, Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V., and Coatue Management LLC.
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Shares of PYPL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PYPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $276.34.

PayPal has a market capitalization of $324.71 billion and generates $21.45 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $4.20 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.64 on an earnings per share basis.

PayPal employs 26,500 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of PayPal: Bill Me Later Inc., CyActive, HONEY, Jetlore, Modest Inc, PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie. S.C.A., PayPal 2 S.à r.l., PayPal Australia Pty Ltd., PayPal Canada Co., PayPal Global Holdings Inc., PayPal Inc., PayPal International Treasury Centre S.à r.l., PayPal Payment Holdings Pte. Ltd., PayPal Pte. Ltd., PayPal do Brasil Servicos de Pagamentos Ltda., Paydiant, Simility, Swift Capital, Swift Financial LLC, TIO Networks, Xoom, gopay, hyperWALLET Systems, and iZettle.

PayPal was founded in 1998.

The official website for PayPal is www.paypal.com.

PayPal is headquartered at 2211 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA, 95131.

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].