PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.150-1.170 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.130. The company issued revenue guidance of -. PayPal also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.950-5.100 EPS.

PayPal Price Performance

Shares of PayPal stock traded down $0.47 during trading on Thursday, hitting $78.73. The stock had a trading volume of 7,819,730 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,044,061. The firm has a market cap of $78.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.44. The company has a current ratio of 1.25, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. The business’s 50-day moving average is $87.87 and its 200 day moving average is $79.39. PayPal has a 12 month low of $55.77 and a 12 month high of $93.66.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The credit services provider reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.08. PayPal had a net margin of 14.08% and a return on equity of 23.44%. The firm had revenue of $8.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.27 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.48 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that PayPal will post 4.58 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

PYPL has been the subject of several recent research reports. Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded shares of PayPal from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $75.00 to $80.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 10th. Phillip Securities restated an “accumulate” rating and issued a $90.00 price objective (up from $80.00) on shares of PayPal in a report on Friday, November 1st. Monness Crespi & Hardt increased their price objective on PayPal from $95.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 28th. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $100.00 target price on shares of PayPal in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, Barclays raised their price objective on shares of PayPal from $92.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. Fourteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $89.29.

About PayPal

PayPal Holdings, Inc operates a technology platform that enables digital payments on behalf of merchants and consumers worldwide. It operates a two-sided network at scale that connects merchants and consumers that enables its customers to connect, transact, and send and receive payments through online and in person, as well as transfer and withdraw funds using various funding sources, such as bank accounts, PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products comprising its installment products, credit and debit cards, and cryptocurrencies, as well as other stored value products, including gift cards and eligible rewards.