PayPal Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: PYPL] closed the trading session at $88.19.
The stocks have a year to date performance of 3.33 percent and weekly performance of -1.76 percent. The stock has been moved at 51.30 percent over the last six months. The stock has performed -0.07 percent around the most recent 30 days and changed 8.35 percent over the most recent 3-months.
If compared to the average trading volume of 9.35M shares, PYPL reached to a volume of 8609985 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about PayPal Holdings Inc [PYPL]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for PYPL shares is $96.22 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on PYPL stock is a recommendation set at 2.12. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Susquehanna have made an estimate for PayPal Holdings Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Positive, with their previous recommendation back on January 06, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Macquarie dropped their target price from $95 to $115. The new note on the price target was released on December 17, 2024, representing the official price target for PayPal Holdings Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $107, while Wolfe Research analysts kept a Outperform rating on PYPL stock. On December 09, 2024, analysts increased their price target for PYPL shares from 86 to 103.
The Average True Range (ATR) for PayPal Holdings Inc is set at 2.44, with the Price to Sales ratio for PYPL stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.81. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 4.40, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 11.89. Price to Free Cash Flow for PYPL in the course of the last twelve months was 12.55 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.25.
PYPL stock trade performance evaluation
PayPal Holdings Inc [PYPL] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -1.76. With this latest performance, PYPL shares dropped by -0.07% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 51.30% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 45.26% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for PYPL stock in for the last two-week period is set at 50.04, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 48.01, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 51.36 for PayPal Holdings Inc [PYPL]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 87.71, while it was recorded at 89.42 for the last single week of trading, and 73.23 for the last 200 days.
PayPal Holdings Inc [PYPL]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
PayPal Holdings Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.25 and a Current Ratio set at 1.25.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for PayPal Holdings Inc [PYPL] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for PYPL. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for PayPal Holdings Inc go to 2.47%.
PayPal Holdings Inc [PYPL]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $75.06%, or 75.23%% of PYPL stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of PYPL stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 87.76 million shares, which is approximately 8.248%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 72.84 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$4.23 billion in PYPL stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$2.55 billion in PYPL stock with ownership which is approximately 4.1352%.
