Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates for PayPal (PYPL)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) recently:

• 11/11/2026 – PayPal had its price target raised by Sanford C. Bernstein from $55.00 to $60.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 11/3/2026 – PayPal was downgraded by Freedom Broker from “strong-buy” to “hold”.
• 10/28/2026 – PayPal was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c)” to “sell (d+)”.
• 10/28/2026 – PayPal had its price target raised by TD Cowen from $59.00 to $60.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 10/28/2026 – PayPal had its price target raised by BMO Capital Markets from $56.00 to $59.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 10/28/2026 – PayPal had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley from $45.00 to $46.00. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/28/2026 – PayPal had its price target raised by Bank of America from $53.00 to $54.00. They now have an “underperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/28/2026 – PayPal had its price target lowered by UBS Group from $61.00 to $60.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 10/28/2026 – PayPal had its price target lowered by Citigroup from $61.00 to $58.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 10/28/2026 – PayPal had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by Canaccord Genuity Group. They now have a $55.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/27/2026 – PayPal was given a new $45.00 price target by Evercore.
• 10/27/2026 – PayPal had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by Needham & Company LLC.
• 10/27/2026 – PayPal had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by BTIG Research.
• 10/23/2026 – PayPal had its price target raised by Truist Financial from $53.00 to $58.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 10/15/2026 – PayPal is now covered by Bank of America. They set an “underperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/9/2026 – PayPal had its price target lowered by Barclays from $57.00 to $56.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 9/28/2026 – PayPal had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group.
• 9/25/2026 – PayPal had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by Deutsche Bank. They now have a $55.00 price target on the stock.

PayPal Trading Up 1.2%

Shares of NASDAQ PYPL opened at $59.48 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $55.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $50.14. PayPal Holdings, Inc. has a 52-week low of $38.46 and a 52-week high of $67.99. The stock has a market capitalization of $49.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.35, a PEG ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 27th. The credit services provider reported $1.45 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $8.58 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.71 billion. PayPal had a return on equity of 24.39% and a net margin of 13.78%. PayPal’s quarterly revenue was up 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.34 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 5.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

PayPal Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 4th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 4th. PayPal’s dividend payout ratio is currently 10.69%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CAO Chris Natali sold 552 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $54.80, for a total transaction of $30,249.60. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 2,400 shares in the company, valued at $131,520. This trade represents a 18.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Frank Keller sold 4,612 shares of PayPal stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $55.43, for a total transaction of $255,643.16. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 41,567 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,304,058.81. This represents a 9.99% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 13,437 shares of company stock worth $768,417 over the last ninety days. 0.63% of the stock is owned by insiders.

PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates a global digital payments platform that helps consumers and businesses send and receive payments online and in person. Its services include PayPal checkout and digital wallets, Venmo peer-to-peer payments, Braintree payment processing for merchants, and Xoom international money transfers. The company traces its roots to Confinity, founded in 1998, and the online payments business that developed through its merger with X.com. PayPal became part of eBay in 2002 and was spun off as an independent public company in 2015.