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PYPL vs. AAPL, AFRM, AMZN, COIN, EBAY, HOOD, SOFI, PINS, V, and UBER

Should you be buying PayPal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PayPal include Apple (AAPL), Affirm (AFRM), Amazon.com (AMZN), Coinbase Global (COIN), eBay (EBAY), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Pinterest (PINS), Visa (V), and Uber Technologies (UBER).

PayPal vs. Its Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than PayPal. PayPal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apple$391.04B9.85$93.74B$6.5939.39
PayPal$31.80B2.09$4.15B$4.6814.88

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to PayPal's net margin of 14.49%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat PayPal's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apple24.30% 170.91% 31.94%
PayPal 14.49%25.35%6.30%

Apple has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PayPal has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Apple had 207 more articles in the media than PayPal. MarketBeat recorded 279 mentions for Apple and 72 mentions for PayPal. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat PayPal's score of 0.70 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple
186 Very Positive mention(s)
28 Positive mention(s)
37 Neutral mention(s)
17 Negative mention(s)
6 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PayPal
37 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
20 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of PayPal shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PayPal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Apple currently has a consensus target price of $252.47, indicating a potential downside of 2.74%. PayPal has a consensus target price of $82.57, indicating a potential upside of 18.53%. Given PayPal's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PayPal is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
PayPal
3 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

Summary

Apple beats PayPal on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PYPL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PYPL vs. The Competition

MetricPayPalFinancial Transaction Services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$65.03B$33.74B$28.82B$10.60B
Dividend YieldN/A2.31%2.87%4.86%
P/E Ratio14.8836.6017.8624.06
Price / Sales2.0922.08934.36128.87
Price / Cash12.1716.2430.1860.64
Price / Book3.387.157.706.53
Net Income$4.15B$1.11B$197.10M$276.75M
7 Day Performance5.47%2.34%-0.28%0.20%
1 Month Performance3.49%-4.12%-1.45%1.67%
1 Year Performance-13.82%22.88%52.08%32.73%

PayPal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PYPL
PayPal
4.6797 of 5 stars
$69.66
+2.3%
$82.57
+18.5%
-15.9%$65.03B$31.80B14.8824,400Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AAPL
Apple
4.7628 of 5 stars
$252.29
+2.0%
$248.29
-1.6%
+9.6%$3.67T$408.63B38.28164,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
AFRM
Affirm
3.4622 of 5 stars
$67.90
-1.7%
$86.00
+26.7%
+63.5%$22.49B$3.24B522.352,206Analyst Forecast
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.7911 of 5 stars
$213.04
-0.7%
$266.26
+25.0%
+14.9%$2.29T$637.96B32.481,556,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
COIN
Coinbase Global
4.0772 of 5 stars
$336.02
+1.7%
$367.94
+9.5%
+52.0%$84.85B$6.56B32.503,772Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
EBAY
eBay
4.3869 of 5 stars
$92.01
+0.9%
$84.59
-8.1%
+50.6%$41.67B$10.28B20.2711,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
2.7687 of 5 stars
$129.91
-1.2%
$118.94
-8.4%
+364.1%$116.81B$2.95B65.942,300Insider Trade
SOFI
SoFi Technologies
1.9104 of 5 stars
$26.54
-0.2%
$20.71
-22.0%
+157.0%$31.85B$2.67B55.295,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
PINS
Pinterest
4.4225 of 5 stars
$32.41
-0.6%
$42.67
+31.6%
+3.2%$22.16B$3.65B11.624,666
V
Visa
4.7256 of 5 stars
$341.90
+1.9%
$389.00
+13.8%
+21.1%$614.72B$35.93B33.3931,600Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.8018 of 5 stars
$92.29
-0.2%
$105.68
+14.5%
+14.6%$192.94B$43.98B15.7231,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:PYPL) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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