PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Updates Q1 Earnings Guidance

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.15-1.17 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.13. PayPal also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.950-5.100 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have commented on PYPL. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $100.00 target price on shares of PayPal in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on PayPal from $79.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. StockNews.com upgraded PayPal from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 24th. Macquarie lifted their target price on PayPal from $95.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on PayPal from $80.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Fourteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, PayPal presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $89.48.

PayPal Trading Down 13.2 %

PayPal stock traded down $11.78 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $77.73. 58,110,175 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 10,618,966. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 1.25 and a quick ratio of 1.25. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $88.20 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $79.26. The company has a market capitalization of $77.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.55, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.44. PayPal has a 52-week low of $55.77 and a 52-week high of $93.66.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The credit services provider reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.08. PayPal had a net margin of 14.08% and a return on equity of 23.44%. The business had revenue of $8.37 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.27 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.48 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts expect that PayPal will post 4.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About PayPal

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.