NASDAQ:PYPL

PayPal - PYPL Stock Forecast, Price & News

$95.32

-1.66 (-1.71%)

(As of 08/5/2022 08:49 PM ET)

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Today's Range: $94.41
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$96.99
50-Day Range: $69.55
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$97.92
52-Week Range: $67.58
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$296.70

Volume: 12.28 million shs
Average Volume: 19.08 million shs
Market Capitalization: $110.38 billion

P/E Ratio: 54.78
Dividend Yield: N/A
Price Target: $139.43

PayPal MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy
2.69 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 46.3% Upside
$139.43 Price Target
Short Interest: Healthy
1.98% of Float Sold Short
Dividend Strength: N/A
Sustainability: -0.37
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment: 0.27
Based on 102 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: Selling Shares
$2.13 M Sold Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth: 30.47%
From $2.79 to $3.64 Per Share

Overall MarketRank^™

MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

3.29 out of 5 stars

Computer And Technology Sector

8th out of 832 stocks

Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified Industry

3rd out of 136 stocks

4.3

Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
PayPal has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.69, and is based on 29 buy ratings, 13 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $139.43, PayPal has a forecasted upside of 46.3% from its current price of $95.32.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
PayPal has been the subject of 15 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

5.0

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
1.98% of the float of PayPal has been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
PayPal has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in PayPal has recently decreased by 5.20%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

0.0

Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
PayPal does not currently pay a dividend.
Dividend Growth
PayPal does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

3.2

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
PayPal has received a 33.82% net impact score from Upright. The largest positive contribution comes from its "Societal infrastructure" impact, which is mostly driven by its "Chip-card readers", "Payment cards", and "Corporate credit granting" products. See details.
Environmental Sustainability
The Environmental Impact score for PayPal is -0.37.

2.9

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
PayPal has a news sentiment score of 0.27. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Computer and Technology companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 102 news articles for PayPal this week, compared to 24 articles on an average week.
Social Mentions This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 21 reddit mentions for PayPal this week, compared to 36 mentions on an average week.
Search Interest
323 people have searched for PYPL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 45% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
389 people have added PayPal to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 257% compared to the previous 30 days.

2.5

Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, PayPal insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,131,596.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 0.13% of the stock of PayPal is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
75.90% of the stock of PayPal is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

3.1

Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for PayPal are expected to grow by 30.47% in the coming year, from $2.79 to $3.64 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of PayPal is 54.78, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 131.56.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of PayPal is 54.78, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 385.58.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PayPal has a PEG Ratio of 2.40. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
PayPal has a P/B Ratio of 5.58. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Stock

PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates a technology platform that enables digital payments on behalf of merchants and consumers worldwide. It provides payment solutions under the PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom, Zettle, Hyperwallet, Honey, and Paidy names. The company's payments platform allows consumers to send and receive payments in approximately 200 markets and in approximately 100 currencies, withdraw funds to their bank accounts in 56 currencies, and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies. PayPal Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

PayPal Trading Down 1.7 %

Shares of PYPL Stock traded down $1.66 during trading on Friday, hitting $95.32. 12,281,468 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 16,281,130. The firm has a market capitalization of $110.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 1.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 1.23 and a quick ratio of 1.19. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $79.13 and its 200-day moving average price is $97.68. PayPal has a 52-week low of $67.58 and a 52-week high of $296.70.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

PYPL has been the subject of several analyst reports. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group upgraded PayPal from an "underperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $90.00 to $100.00 in a report on Wednesday. UBS Group decreased their price objective on PayPal from $143.00 to $136.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods decreased their price objective on PayPal from $108.00 to $98.00 in a report on Monday, July 11th. Wolfe Research lowered PayPal from an "outperform" rating to a "peer perform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 20th. Finally, Wedbush reduced their target price on PayPal from $170.00 to $110.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have issued a hold rating and twenty-nine have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $139.43.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Peggy Alford sold 21,791 shares of PayPal stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $97.82, for a total transaction of $2,131,595.62. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 18,100 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,770,542. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.13% of the company's stock.

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PYPL Stock News Headlines

August 5, 2022 | marketbeat.com

MarketBeat: Week in Review 8/1 - 8/5 (PYPL)

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August 3, 2022 | marketbeat.com

PayPal Continues To Struggle As Competition Increases

PayPal's shares soared in after-hours trading on better-than-expected results, but issues remain about the business model.

August 3, 2022 | pricetargets.com

Analysts Seem To Agree That PayPal is Poised for Rebound

July 22, 2022 | marketbeat.com

MarketBeat: Week in Review 7/18 – 7/22 (PYPL)

Investors should be careful not to read too much into this week's rally. Next week will bring the Fed's decision on interest rates and key earnings reports from the tech sector. Both could cause significant movement in either direction. While you wait, here are some of the stocks our analysts were looking at this week

July 20, 2022 | marketbeat.com

PayPal Stock is Attempting to Put in the Floor

Digital payments platform PayPal, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) shares have fallen (-62%) on the year and back below its 2020 pandemic lows. The Company enjoyed accelerated growth during the pandemic but now continues to see its stock deflate

July 18, 2022 | marketbeat.com

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August 7, 2022 | americanbankingnews.com

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Price Target Raised to $131.00

August 7, 2022 | americanbankingnews.com

Wells Fargo & Company Boosts PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Price Target to $123.00

August 7, 2022 | benzinga.com

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August 6, 2022 | bloomberg.com

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