PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Price Target Lowered to $65.00 at UBS Group

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) had its target price dropped by equities researchers at UBS Group from $80.00 to $65.00 in a report issued on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. UBS Group’s price target suggests a potential upside of 8.86% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on PYPL. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of PayPal in a report on Friday. TD Cowen increased their price objective on PayPal from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. President Capital decreased their price target on shares of PayPal from $91.00 to $80.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Compass Point lowered their price objective on PayPal from $66.00 to $56.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $70.00 target price (down from $85.00) on shares of PayPal in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Fourteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-two have assigned a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $78.29.

PayPal Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ PYPL opened at $59.71 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $55.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.81 and a beta of 1.43. PayPal has a 52 week low of $55.85 and a 52 week high of $93.25. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $64.19 and a 200-day simple moving average of $68.57. The company has a quick ratio of 1.34, a current ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The credit services provider reported $1.34 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.14. PayPal had a net margin of 14.96% and a return on equity of 25.64%. The business had revenue of $8.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.21 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.20 EPS. The business’s 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. On average, equities analysts predict that PayPal will post 5.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at PayPal

In other PayPal news, EVP Diego Scotti sold 3,838 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.97, for a total transaction of $264,706.86. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 16,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,171,731.33. This represents a 18.43% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CAO Chris Natali sold 1,374 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.13, for a total value of $94,984.62. 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. Company insiders own 0.08% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of PayPal

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its holdings in PayPal by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 27,953,803 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,874,637,000 after purchasing an additional 636,441 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of PayPal during the second quarter worth about $921,570,000. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership raised its position in shares of PayPal by 1.6% in the second 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 during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of PayPal by 10.9% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 11,131,949 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $746,508,000 after buying an additional 1,093,365 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi grew its stake in PayPal by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Amundi now owns 8,493,311 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $605,488,000 after acquiring an additional 132,837 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.32% of the company’s stock.

PayPal Company Profile

PayPal Holdings, Inc operates a global digital payments platform that enables consumers and merchants to send and receive payments online, on mobile devices and at the point of sale. The company provides a broad set of payment solutions, including a digital wallet, merchant payment processing, checkout services, invoicing and fraud-management tools. PayPal’s platform is designed to support e-commerce, in-person retail and person-to-person transfers, targeting both individual consumers and businesses of varying sizes.

Key products and services in PayPal’s portfolio include the PayPal wallet and checkout ecosystem, the Venmo peer-to-peer mobile app, Braintree’s developer-focused payment gateway, Xoom for international money transfers, and PayPal Credit and buy-now-pay-later options.