NASDAQ:PYPL - Paypal Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The credit services provider reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.52 by $0.09. The credit services provider earned $4.38 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.35 billion. Paypal had a net margin of 14.89% and a return on equity of 16.73%. Paypal's revenue for the quarter was up 18.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.58 earnings per share. 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.

Paypal issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.81-0.83 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.81. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.89-4.95 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.93 billion.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Paypal's stock. Their forecasts range from $90.82 to $140.00. On average, they expect Paypal's stock price to reach $122.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Paypal.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paypal in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 24 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Paypal.

Press coverage about PYPL stock has been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Paypal earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Paypal.

Paypal saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume, of 6,890,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the 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), AT&T (T), Bank of America (BAC), Walt Disney (DIS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Tesla (TSLA).

Paypal's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.10%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.07%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.06%), Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.05%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%). 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, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, TIAA FSB, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Gateway Investment Advisers 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC, Red Spruce Capital LLC and Advisors Capital Management LLC. 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 $116.04.

Paypal has a market capitalization of $136.25 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]