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

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

Paypal announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 9.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is 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, beating 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 net margin of 13.98% and a return on equity of 13.60%. The firm's revenue was up 13.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.46 earnings per share. 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 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.

33 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Paypal's shares. Their predictions range from $43.00 to $119.00. On average, they anticipate Paypal's stock price to reach $95.1250 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Paypal.

33 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paypal in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 27 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Paypal.

Press coverage about PYPL stock has trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Paypal earned a news sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Paypal's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.34%), Vanguard Group Inc (7.34%), FMR LLC (6.86%), BlackRock Inc. (6.23%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.42%) and Jennison Associates LLC (1.15%). 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 Jackson Square Partners LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Macquarie Group Ltd., AQR Capital Management LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, OppenheimerFunds Inc. and Third Point 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, FMR LLC, Vanguard Group Inc, Vanguard Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Epoch Investment Partners Inc. and Rehmann Capital Advisory Group. 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 $85.92.

Paypal has a market capitalization of $103.18 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]