CW Advisors LLC Boosts Stake in PayPal Holdings, Inc. $PYPL

CW Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) by 66.9% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 59,767 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 23,949 shares during the quarter. CW Advisors LLC’s holdings in PayPal were worth $4,442,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of PayPal in the second quarter valued at approximately $921,570,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in PayPal during the first quarter worth $529,264,000. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in PayPal by 14.9% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 9,516,070 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $620,924,000 after buying an additional 1,232,155 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its holdings in PayPal by 45.0% in the 2nd quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 3,569,023 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $265,250,000 after buying an additional 1,107,202 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. increased its stake in shares of PayPal by 15.2% in the 2nd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 5,726,695 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $425,608,000 after acquiring an additional 756,058 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.32% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Dbs Bank dropped their price objective on shares of PayPal from $75.00 to $70.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Robert W. Baird set a $83.00 price target on shares of PayPal in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price target on shares of PayPal from $75.00 to $65.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of PayPal from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday. Finally, HSBC increased their price objective on PayPal from $86.00 to $93.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Fifteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $81.39.

PayPal Stock Up 0.9%

PayPal stock opened at $62.28 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $58.27 billion, a PE ratio of 12.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current 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 50 day moving average price of $66.60 and a 200 day moving average price of $69.51.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The credit services provider reported $1.34 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 business had revenue of $8.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.21 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.20 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. PayPal has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 5.350-5.390 EPS. Research analysts expect that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 5.03 earnings per share for the current year.

PayPal Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced 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%.

Insider Buying and Selling at PayPal

In related news, CAO Chris Natali sold 1,374 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $69.13, for a total transaction of $94,984.62. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Aaron Webster sold 9,282 shares of the firm’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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 35,699 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,366,486.71. This represents a 20.64% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 36,156 shares of company stock valued at $2,432,524 over the last three months. 0.08% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

PayPal 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.