William Blair Has Bullish Outlook for PayPal FY2025 Earnings

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) – William Blair increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of PayPal in a research report issued on Wednesday, April 30th. William Blair analyst A. Jeffrey now expects that the credit services provider will earn $5.23 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $5.12. The consensus estimate for PayPal’s current full-year earnings is $5.03 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for PayPal’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.37 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also issued reports on PYPL. Susquehanna raised their target price on PayPal from $94.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Evercore ISI started coverage on PayPal in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. They issued an “in-line” rating and a $65.00 target price on the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $96.00 price target on shares of PayPal in a report on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price objective on shares of PayPal from $104.00 to $88.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price target on PayPal from $88.00 to $75.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have assigned a hold rating, twenty have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, PayPal has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $83.77.

PayPal Trading Up 2.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ PYPL opened at $67.24 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $65.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 1.60. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $65.75 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $78.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.26. PayPal has a 52-week low of $55.85 and a 52-week high of $93.66.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.33 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.16 by $0.17. PayPal had a return on equity of 23.67% and a net margin of 13.04%. The business had revenue of $7.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.84 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.08 EPS. PayPal’s quarterly revenue was up 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Trading of PayPal

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC bought a new position in shares of PayPal during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton lifted its position in shares of PayPal by 67.6% in the 4th quarter. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton now owns 310 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 125 shares during the period. Hurley Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of PayPal during the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Garde Capital Inc. purchased a new position in shares of PayPal during the first quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Tsfg LLC raised its stake in PayPal by 81.6% in the first quarter. Tsfg LLC now owns 445 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. 68.32% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Gail J. Mcgovern sold 2,446 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $72.15, for a total transaction of $176,478.90. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 29,734 shares in the company, valued at $2,145,308.10. This represents a 7.60 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Insiders own 0.14% 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.