PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Stock Price Up 4.3% – What’s Next?

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL)’s stock price was up 4.3% during trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $60.96 and last traded at $60.57. Approximately 20,715,622 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 67% from the average daily volume of 12,418,874 shares. The stock had previously closed at $58.10.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently weighed in on PYPL. Robert W. Baird set a $83.00 price target on PayPal in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on PayPal from $70.00 to $72.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. JMP Securities reduced their target price on PayPal from $110.00 to $100.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. TD Cowen lifted their price target on shares of PayPal from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Finally, Citigroup upgraded shares of PayPal to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. Fifteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $82.56.

PayPal Trading Up 4.3%

The company has a current ratio of 1.34, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $67.87 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $70.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $56.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.14, a PEG ratio of 0.81 and a beta of 1.45.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 28th. The credit services provider reported $1.34 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $8.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.21 billion. PayPal had a return on equity of 25.64% and a net margin of 14.96%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.20 earnings per share. PayPal has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 5.350-5.390 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 5.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

PayPal Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 19th will be issued a dividend of $0.14 per share. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 19th. PayPal’s payout ratio is 11.22%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Suzan Kereere sold 12,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.87, for a total value of $860,875.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 30,983 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,133,799.21. The trade was a 28.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CAO Chris Natali sold 1,374 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.13, for a total transaction of $94,984.62. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 36,156 shares of company stock worth $2,432,524. Insiders own 0.08% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of PYPL. Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd grew its holdings in PayPal by 41.2% in the 1st quarter. Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd now owns 473 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 138 shares in the last quarter. GSB Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of PayPal by 1.7% during the second quarter. GSB Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,160 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $606,000 after acquiring an additional 140 shares during the period. CreativeOne Wealth LLC raised its holdings in PayPal by 1.5% during the 1st quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC now owns 9,387 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $613,000 after buying an additional 142 shares during the period. Wedmont Private Capital grew its holdings in shares of PayPal by 1.6% during the third quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 9,157 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $614,000 after buying an additional 142 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pitti Group Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of PayPal by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Pitti Group Wealth Management LLC now owns 10,233 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $761,000 after acquiring an additional 147 shares in the last quarter. 68.32% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.