PayPal Holdings, Inc. $PYPL Holdings Increased by Groupe la Francaise

Groupe la Francaise increased its stake in PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) by 22.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 68,278 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 12,698 shares during the period. Groupe la Francaise’s holdings in PayPal were worth $5,052,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of PayPal by 15.8% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,501,936 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $224,001,000 after acquiring an additional 476,763 shares in the last quarter. Thompson Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in PayPal by 2.8% in the second quarter. Thompson Investment Management Inc. now owns 154,991 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $11,519,000 after purchasing an additional 4,165 shares in the last quarter. Kathmere Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in PayPal in the 2nd quarter worth about $325,000. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in shares of PayPal during the 1st quarter worth about $529,264,000. Finally, Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC purchased a new stake in shares of PayPal during the 2nd quarter worth about $3,513,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.32% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the company. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their price objective on PayPal from $85.00 to $76.00 in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of PayPal from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on shares of PayPal from $70.00 to $72.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on shares of PayPal from $88.00 to $91.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their target price on PayPal from $75.00 to $60.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, November 24th. Sixteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, PayPal has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $82.00.

PayPal Stock Down 2.6%

PayPal stock opened at $61.24 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 1.34 and a quick ratio of 1.34. PayPal Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $55.85 and a fifty-two week high of $93.66. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $66.80 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $69.63. The firm has a market cap of $57.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.27, a P/E/G ratio of 0.85 and a beta of 1.43.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The credit services provider reported $1.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.14. PayPal had a return on equity of 25.64% and a net margin of 14.96%.The company had revenue of $8.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.21 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.20 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. PayPal has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 5.350-5.390 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 5.03 earnings per share for the current 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 given a $0.14 dividend. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 19th. PayPal’s payout ratio is currently 11.22%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CAO Chris Natali sold 1,374 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.13, for a total value of $94,984.62. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Suzan Kereere sold 12,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.87, for a total transaction of $860,875.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 30,983 shares in the company, valued at $2,133,799.21. This trade represents a 28.75% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 36,156 shares of company stock valued at $2,432,524 in the last three months. 0.08% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.