NASDAQ:PYPLPaypal 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. Since then, PYPL shares have increased by 64.5% and is now trading at $170.87. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

37 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paypal in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 32 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, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Paypal.

Paypal will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 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.

Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The credit services provider reported $0.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.08. The credit services provider earned $4.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.72 billion. Paypal had a net margin of 10.27% and a return on equity of 16.06%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 11.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.78 earnings per share. View Paypal's earnings history.

Paypal updated its second quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.99-1.03 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.76. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.86465-4.86465 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.79 billion.

37 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Paypal's stock. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $215.00. On average, they expect Paypal's share price to reach $161.68 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.4%. View analysts' price targets for Paypal.

Media headlines about PYPL stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Paypal earned a daily sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning 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 about Paypal.

Paypal saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 15,170,000 shares, an increase of 11.0% from the June 15th total of 13,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,300,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.4% 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), Walt Disney (DIS), Netflix (NFLX), Micron Technology (MU), salesforce.com (CRM), Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Adobe (ADBE).

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

Paypal's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.08%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.04%), Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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 Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, TIAA FSB, Manning & Napier Group LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Cullinan Associates Inc., Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, and Centre Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Paypal company stock in the last year include Aaron Karczmer, Adele Louise Pentland, Daniel H Schulman, John D Rainey, and Jonathan Auerbach. View insider buying and selling activity for Paypal.

PYPL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Chapman Investment Management LLC, Canandaigua National Corp, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Factory Mutual Insurance Co., Minot Wealth Management LLC, Exane Derivatives, and Hoey Investments Inc.. 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 $170.87.

Paypal has a market capitalization of $200.60 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.

The official website for Paypal is 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]