PayPal (PYPL) Stock Forecast & Price Target

$68.26 -0.20 (-0.29%)

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PayPal - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2025)

Consensus Rating

Hold

Based on 33 Analyst Ratings

Sell
2

Hold
14

Buy
17

Based on 33 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for PayPal in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold." Out of the 33 analysts, 2 have given a sell rating, 14 have given a hold rating, and 17 have given a buy rating for PYPL.

Consensus Price Target

$85.00
24.52% Upside

According to the 33 analysts' twelve-month price targets for PayPal, the average price target is $85.00. The highest price target for PYPL is $107.00, while the lowest price target for PYPL is $56.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 24.52% from the current price of $68.26.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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PYPL Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 9/6/24 to 9/6/25	1 Month Ago 8/7/24 to 8/7/25	3 Months Ago 6/8/24 to 6/8/25	1 Year Ago 9/7/23 to 9/6/24
Strong Buy	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	17 Buy rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)
Hold	14 Hold rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	17 Hold rating(s)
Sell	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$85.00	$84.57	$83.29	$75.56
Forecasted Upside	24.52% Upside	23.96% Upside	13.43% Upside	9.69% Upside
Consensus Rating	Hold	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy

PYPL Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

PYPL Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

PayPal Stock vs. The Competition

Type	PayPal	Business Services Companies	S&P 500
Consensus Rating Score	2.45	2.71	2.53
Consensus Rating	Hold	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	24.52% Upside	122.56% Upside	10.35% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent PYPL News	Positive News	Positive News

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
7/30/2025	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	James Faucette 2 of 5 stars	Reiterated Rating	Positive
7/30/2025	Canaccord Genuity Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Joseph Vafi 1 of 5 stars	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$96.00	+37.71%
7/30/2025	Macquarie Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Paul Golding Not Rated	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$95.00	+33.58%
7/30/2025	JMP Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew Boone Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Market Outperform	$110.00 ➝ $100.00	+39.55%
7/29/2025	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy
7/29/2025	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
7/29/2025	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ramsey El-Assal Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight
7/29/2025	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Bryan Keane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$75.00	-4.12%
7/29/2025	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Patrick Moley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$74.00	-5.40%
7/14/2025	Seaport Res Ptn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	J. Cantwell Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
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6/26/2025	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Daniel Perlin Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$88.00	+21.48%
6/2/2025	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Matthew Coad Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Sell	$68.00	-2.91%
4/30/2025	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Colin Sebastian Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$78.00 ➝ $79.00	+22.64%
4/30/2025	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Timothy Chiodo Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Neutral	$88.00 ➝ $75.00	+16.43%
4/30/2025	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Mayank Tandon Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold
4/23/2025	Compass Point Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Dominick Gabriele Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Sell	$56.00	-8.82%
4/16/2025	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew Bauch Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$80.00 ➝ $74.00	+21.54%
4/14/2025	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jason Kupferberg Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$103.00 ➝ $93.00	+48.59%
4/9/2025	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Adam Frisch Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	In-Line	$65.00	+13.22%
4/8/2025	Monness Crespi & Hardt Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gus Gala Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$120.00 ➝ $90.00	+49.42%
3/31/2025	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Sanjay Sakhrani Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Outperform	$104.00 ➝ $85.00	+30.47%
3/27/2025	Arete Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	O. Lester Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$81.00	+20.63%
2/28/2025	DZ Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	P. Hassler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$92.00	+30.07%
2/4/2025	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Overweight
2/4/2025	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Neutral
1/6/2025	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Positive	$94.00 ➝ $101.00	+13.60%
12/13/2024	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	D. Peller Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Peer Perform ➝ Outperform	$107.00	+19.69%
11/1/2024	Phillip Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Accumulate	$80.00 ➝ $90.00	+16.63%
10/30/2024	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Neutral	$79.00 ➝ $87.00	+10.97%
10/18/2024	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Equal Weight	$75.00 ➝ $85.00	+5.55%
10/14/2024	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	D. Dolev Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$90.00 ➝ $100.00	+24.21%
10/10/2024	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	H. Rawat Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$75.00 ➝ $80.00	-2.02%
10/1/2024	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Market Perform
8/9/2024	Daiwa America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	K. Nishimura Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Moderate Buy ➝ Strong-Buy
8/9/2024	Daiwa Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$68.00 ➝ $72.00	+12.01%
7/31/2024	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Hold	$68.00 ➝ $70.00	+6.09%
7/31/2024	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	S. Biggar Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy
7/30/2024	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	A. Jeffrey Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
7/29/2024	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target		$70.00 ➝ $65.00	+10.38%
5/31/2024	New Street Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	S. Datta Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$80.00	+27.98%

2/8/2024	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$85.00	+47.03%
10/13/2023	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Buy	$69.00	+22.44%
9/18/2023	Moffett Nathanson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$75.00	+16.80%

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Should I Buy PayPal Stock? PYPL Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. Please send any questions or comments about these PayPal pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

PayPal
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in PayPal Holdings, Inc.:

The current stock price is around $72, which is significantly higher than its fifty-two week low, indicating potential for growth.
PayPal Holdings, Inc. reported a strong quarterly earnings performance, with earnings per share (EPS) of $1.40, surpassing estimates, which reflects robust financial health.
The company has a solid market capitalization of approximately $67 billion, suggesting it is a well-established player in the digital payments sector.
With a return on equity of over 25%, PayPal Holdings, Inc. demonstrates effective management and profitability, which can attract investors looking for strong returns.
The company has a manageable debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, indicating a balanced approach to leveraging debt for growth without excessive risk.

PayPal
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in PayPal Holdings, Inc. for these reasons:

Insider selling has been notable, with executives selling shares recently, which may signal a lack of confidence in the stock's short-term performance.
The stock has a relatively high beta of 1.43, indicating that it is more volatile than the market, which could lead to greater risk for investors.
Despite recent earnings growth, the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.00 suggests that the stock may be overvalued compared to its earnings potential.
The company has a quick ratio of 1.33, which, while acceptable, indicates that it may face challenges in meeting short-term liabilities without selling inventory.
PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates in a highly competitive market, which could impact its market share and profitability in the future.

PYPL Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

: According to the research reports of 33 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for PayPal is $85.00, with a high forecast of $107.00 and a low forecast of $56.00.
: 33 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PayPal in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" PYPL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PYPL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
: According to analysts, PayPal's stock has a predicted upside of 24.52% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.
: Over the previous 90 days, PayPal's stock had 2 upgrades by analysts.
: PayPal has been rated by research analysts at Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, Canaccord Genuity Group, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, JMP Securities, Macquarie, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Royal Bank Of Canada, and Seaport Res Ptn in the past 90 days.
: Analysts like PayPal less than other "business services" companies. The consensus rating for PayPal is Hold while the average consensus rating for "business services" companies is Moderate Buy. Learn more on how PYPL compares to other companies.

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PayPal (PYPL) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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PayPal (PYPL) Stock Forecast & Price Target

PayPal - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2025)

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Consensus Price Target

PYPL Analyst Ratings Over Time

PYPL Analyst Recommendations By Month

PYPL Price Targets by Month

PayPal Stock vs. The Competition

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

Should I Buy PayPal Stock? PYPL Pros and Cons Explained

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PYPL Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

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