NASDAQ:PYPL - Paypal Stock Price, Forecast & News

Paypal's stock was trading at $103.90 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PYPL shares have decreased by 10.0% and is now trading at $93.52. 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The credit services provider reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.03. The credit services provider had revenue of $4.96 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.94 billion. Paypal had a return on equity of 17.33% and a net margin of 13.84%. Paypal's revenue was up 17.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.69 EPS. View Paypal's earnings history.

Paypal updated 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 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Paypal's shares. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $153.00. On average, they expect Paypal's stock price to reach $127.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Paypal.

Media stories about PYPL stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Paypal earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutPaypal.

Paypal saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 volume of 10,464,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View Paypal's Current Options Chain.

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

Paypal's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.02%), Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.01%), M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.00%), Cox Capital Mgt LLC (0.00%) and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%). 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 Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., and M&R Capital Management 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 Cullinan Associates Inc., Cox Capital Mgt LLC, Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, and Bath Savings Trust Co. 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 $93.52.

Paypal has a market capitalization of $109.70 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]