PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Downgraded by Monness Crespi & Hardt to Neutral

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) was downgraded by stock analysts at Monness Crespi & Hardt from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report issued on Monday.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on PYPL. President Capital dropped their price objective on shares of PayPal from $91.00 to $80.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of PayPal in a report on Friday, December 19th. Dbs Bank lowered their target price on shares of PayPal from $75.00 to $70.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Compass Point dropped their target price on PayPal from $66.00 to $56.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, Baird R W cut PayPal from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Thirteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-three have given a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $78.29.

PayPal Stock Down 0.4%

PYPL stock opened at $58.14 on Monday. PayPal has a 12 month low of $55.85 and a 12 month high of $93.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 1.34 and a quick ratio of 1.34. The company has a market capitalization of $54.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.72 and a beta of 1.42. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $62.70 and its 200-day simple moving average is $67.81.

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. 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 quarter last year, the business posted $1.20 EPS. The company’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. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that PayPal will post 5.03 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at PayPal

In other PayPal news, insider Suzan Kereere sold 4,162 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $59.84, for a total value of $249,054.08. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 30,983 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,854,022.72. This represents a 11.84% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Aaron Webster sold 9,282 shares of the company’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 value of $615,303.78. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 35,699 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,366,486.71. This trade represents a 20.64% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 36,156 shares of company stock worth $2,432,524 in the last 90 days. 0.08% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On PayPal

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hilltop National Bank purchased a new position in PayPal in the second quarter valued at $27,000. MUFG Securities EMEA plc raised its position in PayPal by 100.4% in the 2nd quarter. MUFG Securities EMEA plc now owns 385 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 87,524 shares in the last quarter. Kelleher Financial Advisors purchased a new position in shares of PayPal in the 3rd quarter valued at about $30,000. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of PayPal during the third quarter worth about $30,000. Finally, VSM Wealth Advisory LLC purchased a new stake in shares of PayPal during the second quarter worth approximately $36,000. 68.32% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.