NASDAQ:PYPL

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$74.36

+2.96 (+4.15%)

(As of 07/5/2022 04:36 PM ET)

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Today's Range: $68.76
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$74.48
50-Day Range: $69.84
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$92.72
52-Week Range: $67.58
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$310.16

Volume: 886,272 shs
Average Volume: 14.40 million shs
Market Capitalization: $86.11 billion

P/E Ratio: 24.54
Dividend Yield: N/A
Price Target: $153.59

PYPL Vs. BABA, MA, ACN, PDD, FISV, FIS, RELX, UBER, MELI, and MSCI

Should you be buying PayPal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PayPal include Alibaba Group (BABA), Mastercard (MA), Accenture (ACN), Pinduoduo (PDD), Fiserv (FISV), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Relx (RELX), Uber Technologies (UBER), MercadoLibre (MELI), and MSCI (MSCI). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.

PayPal vs.

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

: 17.4% of Alibaba Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of PayPal shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PayPal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
: Alibaba Group received 921 more outperform votes than PayPal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.57% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 80.56% of users gave PayPal an outperform vote.
Company Underperform Outperform
Alibaba Group Outperform Votes
2633
85.57%
Underperform Votes
444
14.43%
PayPal Outperform Votes
1712
80.56%
Underperform Votes
413
19.44%
: Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PayPal has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
: PayPal has a net margin of 13.87% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 6.35%. PayPal's return on equity of 17.90% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.
Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alibaba Group 6.35% 11.17% 7.11%
PayPal 13.87% 17.90% 5.09%
: In the previous week, Alibaba Group and Alibaba Group both had 21 articles in the media. PayPal's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.26 indicating that PayPal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alibaba Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
PayPal
4 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
: Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than PayPal. PayPal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alibaba Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
Alibaba Group $134.57 billion 2.42 $9.82 billion $3.07 39.18
PayPal $25.37 billion 3.39 $4.17 billion $3.03 24.54
: Alibaba Group currently has a consensus target price of $188.13, indicating a potential upside of 56.40%. PayPal has a consensus target price of $153.59, indicating a potential upside of 106.54%. Given PayPal's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PayPal is more favorable than Alibaba Group.
Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alibaba Group
1 Sell rating(s)

3 Hold rating(s)

22 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
PayPal
1 Sell rating(s)

11 Hold rating(s)

30 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alibaba Group	Outperform Votes 2633 85.57%	Underperform Votes 444 14.43%
PayPal	Outperform Votes 1712 80.56%	Underperform Votes 413 19.44%

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alibaba Group	6.35%	11.17%	7.11%
PayPal	13.87%	17.90%	5.09%

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alibaba Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PayPal	4 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alibaba Group	$134.57 billion	2.42	$9.82 billion	$3.07	39.18
PayPal	$25.37 billion	3.39	$4.17 billion	$3.03	24.54

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alibaba Group	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
PayPal	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	30 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Summary

Alibaba Group beats PayPal on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.

PYPL vs. The Competition

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Metric	PayPal	Business services Industry	Computer Sector	NASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap	$85.53B	$12.22B	$11.84B	$5.74B
Dividend Yield	N/A	3.18%	2.71%	3.41%
P/E Ratio	24.38	21.76	167.86	11.41
Price / Sales	3.37	6.90	783.62	100.72
Price / Cash	14.54	18.89	29.30	26.59
Price / Book	3.96	4.17	16.84	7.46
Net Income	$4.17B	$413.37M	$765.57M	$239.06M
7 Day Performance	2.84%	-0.31%	-1.60%	-0.13%
1 Month Performance	-14.64%	-4.80%	-7.07%	-4.90%
1 Year Performance	-74.55%	-24.31%	138.93%	-31.02%

PayPal Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
BABA Alibaba Group	2.267 of 5 stars	$120.37 +3.8%	$188.49 +56.6%	-46.7%	$326.31B	$134.57B	39.21	251,462	Analyst Report
MA Mastercard	3.0242 of 5 stars	$319.31 +0.3%	$421.47 +32.0%	-15.1%	$310.58B	$18.88B	33.23	24,000
ACN Accenture	3.1976 of 5 stars	$275.17 -2.0%	$358.03 +30.1%	-7.9%	$174.06B	$50.53B	26.69	624,000	Analyst Revision
PDD Pinduoduo	1.4837 of 5 stars	$66.62 +2.8%	$68.67 +3.1%	-45.6%	$82.52B	$14.74B	45.32	9,762
FISV Fiserv	2.6496 of 5 stars	$94.12 +1.7%	$124.64 +32.4%	-15.3%	$61.37B	$16.23B	36.77	44,000
FIS Fidelity National Information Services	2.8395 of 5 stars	$95.00 +1.5%	$134.04 +41.1%	-35.7%	$57.76B	$13.88B	64.19	65,000
RELX Relx	0.8998 of 5 stars	$26.33 -1.6%	N/A	-2.3%	$50.68B	$9.96B	0.00	33,500	Analyst Report Gap Down
UBER Uber Technologies	2.1031 of 5 stars	$22.48 +5.3%	$54.77 +143.6%	-58.7%	$44.14B	$17.46B	-6.81	29,300
MELI MercadoLibre	2.0916 of 5 stars	$712.29 +7.9%	$1,649.00 +131.5%	-57.5%	$35.89B	$7.07B	194.08	9,471	Short Interest ↓ Gap Down
MSCI MSCI	2.4099 of 5 stars	$421.97 +1.0%	$532.86 +26.3%	-22.9%	$34.29B	$2.04B	46.27	4,303	Short Interest ↓ Analyst Revision
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GPN Global Payments	3.1349 of 5 stars	$111.81 +0.8%	$182.48 +63.2%	-42.6%	$31.48B	$8.52B	32.04	25,000	News Coverage
DASH DoorDash	1.9519 of 5 stars	$74.86 +10.2%	$140.19 +87.3%	-62.9%	$26.29B	$4.89B	-48.93	8,600
EBAY eBay	2.5618 of 5 stars	$43.94 +2.4%	$63.19 +43.8%	-38.8%	$24.60B	$10.42B	2.58	10,800	Analyst Report
CSGP CoStar Group	2.4831 of 5 stars	$61.86 +0.9%	$78.88 +27.5%	-25.7%	$24.51B	$1.94B	78.30	4,742	Positive News
BR Broadridge Financial Solutions	2.2225 of 5 stars	$146.21 -0.1%	$182.33 +24.7%	-10.9%	$17.14B	$4.99B	31.38	13,704
FLT FLEETCOR Technologies	2.4535 of 5 stars	$213.57 -0.1%	$296.11 +38.6%	-17.6%	$16.52B	$2.83B	20.17	9,700
TCOM Trip.com Group	1.922 of 5 stars	$26.00 -6.4%	$31.38 +20.7%	-21.7%	$15.59B	$3.14B	-32.50	33,732	Gap Down
AKAM Akamai Technologies	2.3858 of 5 stars	$93.16 +1.1%	$127.50 +36.9%	-22.0%	$14.93B	$3.46B	25.04	8,700
ETSY Etsy	2.6584 of 5 stars	$88.35 +10.7%	$139.37 +57.7%	-59.6%	$11.23B	$2.33B	29.35	2,402
FICO Fair Isaac	2.8356 of 5 stars	$411.30 +0.7%	$535.50 +30.2%	-19.6%	$10.67B	$1.32B	27.02	3,650
GRAB Grab	1.7378 of 5 stars	$2.71 +13.9%	$6.12 +125.8%	N/A	$10.14B	$675M	0.00	2	Short Interest ↓
ZG Zillow Group	2.2748 of 5 stars	$35.19 +4.1%	$77.62 +120.6%	-71.4%	$8.67B	$8.15B	-15.85	8,005	Short Interest ↓ Gap Down
Z Zillow Group	1.6238 of 5 stars	$35.07 +4.2%	$81.33 +131.9%	-71.3%	$8.64B	$8.15B	-15.80	8,005
NLSN Nielsen	1.6099 of 5 stars	$23.46 -0.7%	$24.57 +4.7%	-4.5%	$8.44B	$3.50B	17.12	15,000
DLO DLocal	2.0502 of 5 stars	$28.20 +6.4%	$38.71 +37.3%	-50.0%	$8.32B	$244.12M	100.71	539
RBA Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers	1.3816 of 5 stars	$64.46 -4.5%	$60.14 -6.7%	+12.7%	$7.14B	$1.42B	23.79	2,700	Gap Down
CNXC Concentrix	3.2293 of 5 stars	$134.98 -1.6%	$202.00 +49.7%	-16.5%	$7.08B	$5.59B	15.59	290,000	Analyst Report Gap Down
WEX WEX	2.6988 of 5 stars	$155.79 -1.6%	$209.54 +34.5%	-20.8%	$7.01B	$1.85B	56.45	5,600
WU Western Union	2.4937 of 5 stars	$16.78 -0.2%	$19.96 +19.0%	-27.7%	$6.48B	$5.07B	7.39	10,500
CDK CDK Global	1.7589 of 5 stars	$54.81 -0.1%	$48.00 -12.4%	+9.9%	$6.40B	$1.67B	26.22	6,500
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HQY HealthEquity	2.1603 of 5 stars	$58.84 +2.0%	$75.73 +28.7%	-30.2%	$4.96B	$756.56M	-89.15	3,695
NVEI Nuvei	1.924 of 5 stars	$35.09 -0.1%	$84.10 +139.7%	N/A	$4.96B	$724.53M	0.00	1,368
EXLS ExlService	2.1223 of 5 stars	$147.36 -0.6%	$147.00 -0.2%	+39.1%	$4.91B	$1.12B	42.34	37,400
TNET TriNet Group	2.016 of 5 stars	$78.09 +0.4%	$87.31 +11.8%	+6.9%	$4.86B	$4.54B	13.53	2,800	Gap Down
LYFT Lyft	2.3921 of 5 stars	$13.88 +3.0%	$43.93 +216.5%	-78.5%	$4.84B	$3.21B	-6.06	4,453
ALIT Alight	1.6355 of 5 stars	$7.02 +2.0%	$15.33 +118.4%	N/A	$3.94B	$2.92B	-0.21	16,000	Analyst Report Gap Down
MMS Maximus	1.4595 of 5 stars	$63.69 +0.1%	N/A	-27.0%	$3.91B	$4.25B	15.96	35,800
WNS WNS	2.1886 of 5 stars	$75.64 -1.1%	$99.83 +32.0%	-6.5%	$3.70B	$1.11B	29.09	52,081	Analyst Report Short Interest ↓
MPLN MultiPlan	1.8675 of 5 stars	$5.54 +0.9%	$7.17 +29.4%	-41.1%	$3.54B	$1.12B	34.63	2,400	Gap Down
FTCH Farfetch	1.9649 of 5 stars	$7.94 +9.2%	$24.67 +210.7%	-85.5%	$3.02B	$2.26B	-6.84	6,464
ENV Envestnet	1.866 of 5 stars	$53.70 +1.7%	$82.57 +53.8%	-29.5%	$2.96B	$1.19B	-191.78	4,375
FOUR Shift4 Payments	2.0804 of 5 stars	$33.75 -3.4%	$70.42 +108.6%	-63.9%	$2.84B	$1.37B	-78.49	1,753	Gap Down
FLYW Flywire	1.9728 of 5 stars	$19.88 +8.0%	$38.43 +93.3%	-47.5%	$2.13B	$201.15M	-41.42	665
CBZ CBIZ	1.4213 of 5 stars	$40.06 -1.3%	N/A	+23.4%	$2.09B	$1.10B	27.07	6,000	Short Interest ↑ Gap Down
EVOP EVO Payments	2.2621 of 5 stars	$23.85 +0.2%	$28.50 +19.5%	-17.7%	$2.00B	$496.64M	795.27	2,200	Positive News
FA First Advantage	2.2088 of 5 stars	$12.92 +0.2%	$24.07 +86.3%	-35.6%	$1.98B	$712.29M	39.15	5,500
TTGT TechTarget	2.0582 of 5 stars	$66.69 +1.5%	$104.80 +57.1%	-13.5%	$1.97B	$263.43M	392.29	1,000
NUTX Nutex Health	0.4634 of 5 stars	$3.03 -1.3%	N/A	N/A	$1.96B	$18.79M	0.00	N/A	News Coverage Positive News
BFH Bread Financial	1.668 of 5 stars	$36.97 -0.2%	N/A	N/A	$1.84B	$3.27B	2.55	6,000	Gap Down
OLO OLO	1.79 of 5 stars	$11.07 +5.6%	$29.00 +162.0%	-69.6%	$1.76B	$149.37M	-61.50	639

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