President Capital Has Lowered Expectations for PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Stock Price

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) had its target price dropped by research analysts at President Capital from $91.00 to $80.00 in a research report issued on Tuesday,MarketScreener reports. The firm presently has a “buy” rating on the credit services provider’s stock. President Capital’s target price points to a potential upside of 29.39% from the stock’s previous close.

PYPL has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Argus lifted their price target on PayPal from $81.00 to $87.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Mizuho set a $84.00 target price on PayPal in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. TD Cowen upped their price target on PayPal from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price target on PayPal from $75.00 to $60.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $75.00 price objective on shares of PayPal in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Sixteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $82.06.

PayPal Stock Performance

NASDAQ PYPL opened at $61.83 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $57.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.39, a PEG ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $67.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $69.98. The company has a current ratio of 1.34, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. PayPal has a 12-month low of $55.85 and a 12-month high of $93.66.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 28th. The credit services provider reported $1.34 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $8.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.21 billion. PayPal had a net margin of 14.96% and a return on equity of 25.64%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $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. Sell-side analysts predict that PayPal will post 5.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at PayPal

In other PayPal news, insider Suzan Kereere sold 12,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.87, for a total transaction of $860,875.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 30,983 shares in the company, valued at $2,133,799.21. This trade represents a 28.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Aaron Webster sold 9,282 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.29, for a total transaction of $615,303.78. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 35,699 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,366,486.71. This trade represents a 20.64% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 36,156 shares of company stock worth $2,432,524 over the last 90 days. 0.08% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of PayPal by 0.3% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 86,221,849 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $5,625,976,000 after acquiring an additional 276,339 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its holdings in PayPal by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 27,953,803 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,874,637,000 after purchasing an additional 636,441 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in PayPal in the 2nd quarter worth about $921,570,000. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership grew its holdings in PayPal by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 11,992,031 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $891,248,000 after buying an additional 184,014 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG grew its holdings in PayPal by 19.1% during the 1st quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 11,238,218 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $733,294,000 after buying an additional 1,798,330 shares in the last quarter. 68.32% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

PayPal Company Profile

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.