Lionshead Wealth Management LLC Has $238,000 Stock Position in PayPal Holdings, Inc. $PYPL

Lionshead Wealth Management LLC lowered its stake in PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) by 11.5% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 3,640 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 471 shares during the period. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in PayPal were worth $238,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Security National Bank of SO Dak lifted its stake in shares of PayPal by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. Security National Bank of SO Dak now owns 12,191 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,041,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares during the period. Redwood Financial Network Corp lifted its stake in shares of PayPal by 4.8% in the 4th quarter. Redwood Financial Network Corp now owns 3,208 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $274,000 after purchasing an additional 147 shares during the period. MONECO Advisors LLC raised its stake in PayPal by 0.8% during the 1st quarter. MONECO Advisors LLC now owns 20,450 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,334,000 after buying an additional 154 shares during the period. DMC Group LLC raised its stake in PayPal by 2.0% during the 1st quarter. DMC Group LLC now owns 7,948 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $519,000 after buying an additional 155 shares during the period. Finally, Bryn Mawr Capital Management LLC raised its stake in PayPal by 4.5% during the 1st quarter. Bryn Mawr Capital Management LLC now owns 3,590 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $234,000 after buying an additional 155 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.32% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently commented on PYPL. Macquarie reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $95.00 price objective on shares of PayPal in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of PayPal in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of PayPal in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Piper Sandler set a $74.00 price objective on PayPal in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price objective on PayPal from $88.00 to $75.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. Seventeen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $85.00.

PayPal Price Performance

NASDAQ:PYPL opened at $69.90 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a current ratio of 1.33. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $72.07 and its 200 day simple moving average is $70.32. The company has a market cap of $66.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.94, a P/E/G ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.42. PayPal Holdings, Inc. has a 52-week low of $55.85 and a 52-week high of $93.66.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.30 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $8.29 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.08 billion. PayPal had a return on equity of 25.35% and a net margin of 14.49%.During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.19 earnings per share. PayPal has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.180-1.220 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 5.150-5.300 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 5.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Deborah M. Messemer sold 3,795 shares of PayPal stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $73.00, for a total value of $277,035.00. Following the sale, the director owned 13,976 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,020,248. The trade was a 21.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CAO Chris Natali sold 7,102 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.35, for a total value of $492,523.70. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 26,898 shares of company stock worth $1,909,636 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.08% of the company’s stock.

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.