NASDAQ:PYPL - Paypal Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The credit services provider reported $0.61 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.52 by $0.09. The credit services provider had revenue of $4.38 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.35 billion. Paypal had a net margin of 14.89% and a return on equity of 16.73%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 18.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.58 EPS. View Paypal's Earnings History.

Paypal is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Paypal.

Paypal will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

32 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Paypal's shares. Their forecasts range from $90.82 to $140.00. On average, they expect Paypal's share price to reach $123.59 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Paypal.

32 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paypal in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 25 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Paypal.

Media stories about PYPL stock have trended extremely negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Paypal.

Paypal saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,810,000 shares, an increase of 10.6% from the December 15th total of 14,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,890,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Paypal's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Paypal include Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Accenture (ACN), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), NetEase (NTES), Pinduoduo (PDD), Worldpay (WP), Mercadolibre (MELI), eBay (EBAY), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), CoStar Group (CSGP), Total System Services (TSS), Msci (MSCI) and Ctrip.Com International (CTRP).

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), AT&T (T), Bank of America (BAC), Walt Disney (DIS), Tesla (TSLA) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Paypal's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Strs Ohio (0.12%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.10%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.07%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.06%) and Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.05%). Company insiders that own Paypal stock include Aaron Anderson, Aaron Karczmer, Adele Louise Pentland, Daniel H Schulman, David M Moffett, 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Columbus Circle Investors, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, TIAA FSB, Marathon Asset Management LLP and Premier Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Paypal company stock in the last year include Aaron Karczmer, Adele Louise Pentland, Daniel H Schulman, Gary J Marino, John D Rainey, Jonathan Auerbach and William J Ready. View Insider Buying and Selling for Paypal.

PYPL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Mercator Fund Cayman Master LP, Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc., Ironvine Capital Partners LLC, Ironvine Capital Partners LLC and Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PYPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $116.98.

Paypal has a market capitalization of $137.36 billion and generates $15.45 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $2.06 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.79 on an earnings per share basis. Paypal employs 21,800 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]