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

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

Paypal declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 9.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 18th. The credit services provider reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.54 by $0.04. The credit services provider had revenue of $3.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.66 billion. Paypal had a return on equity of 13.60% and a net margin of 13.98%. Paypal's revenue was up 13.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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 EPS 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.

31 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Paypal's shares. Their predictions range from $43.00 to $119.00. On average, they anticipate Paypal's share price to reach $95.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Paypal.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paypal in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 25 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Paypal.

Headlines about PYPL stock have trended very positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Paypal earned a media sentiment score of 3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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Paypal's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%), Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.05%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%), Abner Herrman & Brock LLC (0.02%) and Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.02%). 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 Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Navellier & Associates Inc, Sheets Smith Wealth Management, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Hennessy Advisors Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Abner Herrman & Brock 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Tower View Investment Management & Research LLC, Daiwa SB Investments Ltd., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., YHB Investment Advisors Inc. and Northstar Investment Advisors LLC. 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 $91.60.

Paypal has a market capitalization of $106.56 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]