B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Has $4.76 Million Stock Holdings in PayPal Holdings, Inc. $PYPL

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG decreased its position in shares of PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) by 6.5% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 72,926 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 5,045 shares during the period. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG’s holdings in PayPal were worth $4,758,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of PYPL. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in shares of PayPal by 15.2% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 6,989 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $596,000 after buying an additional 924 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of PayPal during the fourth quarter worth approximately $248,000. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of PayPal by 25.4% during the fourth quarter. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 245,648 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $20,966,000 after buying an additional 49,686 shares in the last quarter. Triumph Capital Management increased its holdings in shares of PayPal by 12.7% during the fourth quarter. Triumph Capital Management now owns 10,595 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $904,000 after buying an additional 1,195 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rehmann Capital Advisory Group increased its holdings in shares of PayPal by 12.4% during the fourth quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group now owns 23,458 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $2,003,000 after buying an additional 2,588 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.32% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Macquarie reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $95.00 price objective on shares of PayPal in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. BMO Capital Markets reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of PayPal in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $88.00 price target on shares of PayPal in a report on Thursday, June 26th. Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $96.00 price target on shares of PayPal in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued a “positive” rating on shares of PayPal in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Seventeen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $85.00.

Insider Buying and Selling at PayPal

In other PayPal news, Director Deborah M. Messemer sold 3,795 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.00, for a total value of $277,035.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 13,976 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,020,248. This trade represents a 21.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CAO Chris Natali sold 7,102 shares of PayPal stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.35, for a total transaction of $492,523.70. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 26,898 shares of company stock valued at $1,909,636 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.08% of the company’s stock.

PayPal Price Performance

Shares of PYPL stock opened at $69.65 on Thursday. PayPal Holdings, Inc. has a 52-week low of $55.85 and a 52-week high of $93.66. The stock has a market cap of $66.54 billion, a PE ratio of 14.88, a PEG ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a current ratio of 1.33. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $72.02 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $70.14.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.30 by $0.10. PayPal had a net margin of 14.49% and a return on equity of 25.35%. The firm had revenue of $8.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.08 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.19 earnings per share. PayPal has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.180-1.220 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 5.150-5.300 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 5.03 EPS for the current 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.