NASDAQ:PYPL - Paypal Stock Price, Forecast & News

Paypal's stock was trading at $103.90 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PYPL stock has decreased by 10.0% and is now trading at $93.48. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paypal in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 28 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Paypal.

Paypal is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Paypal.

Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The credit services provider reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.03. The credit services provider earned $4.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.94 billion. Paypal had a net margin of 13.84% and a return on equity of 17.33%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 17.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.69 EPS. View Paypal's earnings history.

Paypal issued an update on its first quarter 2020 IntraDay earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.76-0.78 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.78. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.78-4.78 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.83 billion.

31 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Paypal's shares. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $153.00. On average, they anticipate Paypal's stock price to reach $127.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Paypal.

Press coverage about PYPL stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 assigned headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutPaypal.

Paypal saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 16,121,400 shares, an increase of 30.2% from the February 27th total of 12,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 10,464,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View Paypal's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Paypal investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Micron Technology (MU), Verizon Communications (VZ), Bank of America (BAC), Walt Disney (DIS), AT&T (T), Tesla (TSLA) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

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

Paypal's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (5.07%), State Street Corp (3.95%), Capital World Investors (1.81%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.45%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.41%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.22%). Company insiders that own Paypal stock include Aaron Anderson, Aaron Karczmer, Adele Louise Pentland, Daniel H Schulman, Frank D Yeary, Gary J Marino, John D Rainey, John J Donahoe, Jonathan Auerbach 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 FMR LLC, Investec Asset Management LTD, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Man Group plc, and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Paypal company stock in the last year include Aaron Karczmer, Adele Louise Pentland, Daniel H Schulman, John D Rainey, Jonathan Auerbach, and William J Ready. View insider buying and selling activity for Paypal.

PYPL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Capital World Investors, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Melvin Capital Management LP, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Marshall Wace LLP, and Manning & Napier Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of PYPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $93.48.

Paypal has a market capitalization of $109.65 billion and generates $17.77 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $2.46 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.45 on an earnings per share basis. Paypal employs 23,200 workers across the globe. View additional information about Paypal.

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]