NASDAQ:PYPL - Paypal Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The credit services provider reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 analysts' expectations of $4.94 billion. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 17.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.69 EPS. View Paypal's Earnings History.

Paypal is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Paypal.

Paypal updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.39-3.46 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.49.

30 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Paypal's shares. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $153.00. On average, they anticipate Paypal's share price to reach $127.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Paypal.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paypal in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 26 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Paypal.

News coverage about PYPL stock has been trending neutral recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Paypal earned a media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Paypal.

Paypal saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 15,810,000 shares, an increase of 10.6% from the December 31st total of 14,290,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,930,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Paypal's Current Options Chain.

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

Paypal's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (5.07%), State Street Corp (3.95%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.45%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.93%), Jennison Associates LLC (0.74%) and Temasek Holdings Private Ltd (0.73%). 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 FMR LLC, Investec Asset Management LTD, Jennison Associates LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and CIBC Private Wealth Group 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, 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 Point72 Asset Management L.P., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Montag & Caldwell LLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 $122.99.