PayPalPYPL
PYPL
About: PayPal was spun off from eBay in 2015 and provides electronic payment solutions to merchants and consumers, with a focus on online transactions. The company had 434 million active accounts at the end of 2024. The company also owns Venmo, a person-to-person payment platform.
Employees: 24,400
0
Funds holding %
of 7,407 funds
–
Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
121% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 267 | Existing positions closed: 121
24% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $5.26B | Put options by funds: $4.23B
15% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $54.4B [Q3] → $62.7B (+$8.36B) [Q4]
6% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,848 [Q3] → 1,960 (+112) [Q4]
4.5% more ownership
Funds ownership: 68.27% [Q3] → 72.76% (+4.5%) [Q4]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 51 [Q3] → 51 (+0) [Q4]
13% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 671 | Existing positions reduced: 770
Research analyst outlook
13 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$49
19%
downside
Avg. target
$87
43%
upside
High target
$125
106%
upside
13 analyst ratings
8 positive
62%
4 neutral
31%
1 negative
8%
Seaport Global Jeff Cantwell 67% 1-year accuracy 6 / 9 met price target | 19%downside $49 | Sell Downgraded | 17 Apr 2025 |
Wells Fargo Andrew Bauch 32% 1-year accuracy 12 / 37 met price target | 22%upside $74 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 16 Apr 2025 |
Barclays Ramsey El-Assal 41% 1-year accuracy 26 / 64 met price target | 32%upside $80 | Overweight Maintained | 15 Apr 2025 |
B of A Securities Jason Kupferberg 47% 1-year accuracy 7 / 15 met price target | 53%upside $93 | Buy Maintained | 14 Apr 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group | 7%upside $65 | In-Line Initiated | 9 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 57 articles about PYPL published over the past 30 days
Positive
Seeking Alpha
22 hours ago
PayPal: Recent Weakness Looks Like A Golden Buying Opportunity
PayPal is investing heavily in AI to streamline its internal processes, which is also highly likely to help in creating value for shareholders and enhance customers' experiences. Venmo, the company's fastest-growing business of the last couple of years, is set to unlock its full monetization potential. The stock is extremely undervalued, with a low 7.8 forward Price/Cash flow ratio and a DCF analysis indicating a 66% upside potential.
Positive
PYMNTS
1 day ago
PayPal Launches X-Border Payment Collaboration With TerraPay
PayPal and TerraPay are teaming to promote cross-border payments in the Middle East and Africa (MENA). The partnership, announced Tuesday (April 15), is designed to speed cross-border money movement, while making payments more accessible by connecting banks, mobile wallets and financial institutions.
Neutral
MarketBeat
2 days ago
Traders Started Betting on PayPal's Rally Again
When retail investors watch recent buying and selling activity in the market, they typically can get a pretty strong view of what is happening behind the scenes at some of the industry's largest funds and investment houses. However, reported institutional activity reflects the past, and not the recent one at that, so this information assumes the initial buy thesis has to still be valid for action to be taken on it.
Neutral
The Motley Fool
2 days ago
3 Incredible Growth Stocks That Are Now Too Cheap to Ignore
The stock market has been on a wild ride in April. Following President Donald Trump's tariff announcement on April 2, the S&P 500 had one of its worst two-day performances in 80 years.
Negative
Barrons
2 days ago
The Mag 7 Still Aren't Cheap. These Stocks Are Better Plays.
Big Tech valuations have dropped, but companies like Shopify, Datadog, and Reddit have more attractive free cash flow yields.
Neutral
The Motley Fool
3 days ago
Could Buying PayPal Stock Today Set You Up for Life?
Financial technology, or fintech, is about innovating and finding new ways to move money between people and businesses. PayPal (PYPL 3.22%) is the original fintech stock.
Positive
The Motley Fool
4 days ago
4 Monster Stocks to Hold for the Next 10 Years
With the stock market whipsawing amid to on-again, off-again tariffs, now is a great time scoop up some great stocks at discounted prices. Let's look at four monster stocks across industries that investors can buy and hold for the long haul.
Positive
The Motley Fool
5 days ago
Better Fintech Stock: Block vs. PayPal
One of the most important trends that has shaped the economy during the past decade has happened at the intersection of financial services and technology. Two companies, Block (XYZ 1.89%) and PayPal (PYPL 3.22%), are among those enterprises leading the charge.
Negative
Schaeffers Research
6 days ago
2 Fintech Stocks Pulling Back After Brief Rally
Fintech's relief rally is already losing steam.
Negative
Investors Business Daily
6 days ago
PayPal Launches Checkout Sweepstakes Promotion, Ad Campaign. Q1 Earnings Due April 29.
PayPal launched a new ad campaign aiming to drive consumers to its online checkout option and payment plans. PayPal stock fell amid the news.
Charts implemented using Lightweight Charts™