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 results on Thursday, January, 30th. The credit services provider reported $0.86 earnings per share 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 analysts' expectations of $4.94 billion. Paypal had a return on equity of 17.33% and a net margin of 13.84%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 17.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.69 earnings per share. 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 first quarter 2020 IntraDay earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.76-0.78 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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.

30 equities research analysts have issued 1 year 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 $128.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.9% 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 3 hold ratings and 27 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Paypal.

Media headlines about PYPL stock have been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Paypal earned a media sentiment score of 2.8 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 news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Paypal.

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

Paypal's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (5.07%), State Street Corp (3.95%), Capital World Investors (1.81%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.45%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.41%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.01%). 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 FMR LLC, Investec Asset Management LTD, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Man Group plc, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and First Trust Advisors LP. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Melvin Capital Management LP, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Marshall Wace LLP, Manning & Napier Group LLC and Johanson Financial Advisors Inc.. 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 $107.99.

Paypal has a market capitalization of $126.67 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]