UBS Group Cuts PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Price Target to $65.00

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) had its target price cut by UBS Group from $80.00 to $65.00 in a research report report published on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports.

PYPL has been the subject of several other reports. Baird R W lowered PayPal from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. KGI Securities decreased their price target on PayPal from $85.00 to $80.00 in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “market perform” rating on shares of PayPal in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of PayPal in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of PayPal from $65.00 to $66.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. Fourteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-two have issued a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $78.29.

PayPal Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ PYPL opened at $59.97 on Wednesday. PayPal has a 12-month low of $55.85 and a 12-month high of $93.25. The company has a market cap of $56.11 billion, a PE ratio of 12.02, a P/E/G ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 1.43. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $63.76 and a 200-day simple moving average of $68.35. The company has a current ratio of 1.34, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The credit services provider reported $1.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $8.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.21 billion. PayPal had a return on equity of 25.64% and a net margin of 14.96%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.20 earnings per share. PayPal has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 5.350-5.390 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that PayPal will post 5.03 EPS for the current year.

PayPal Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 19th were paid a $0.14 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, November 19th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. PayPal’s payout ratio is 11.22%.

Insider Buying and Selling at PayPal

In other PayPal news, CAO Chris Natali sold 1,374 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.13, for a total value of $94,984.62. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Diego Scotti sold 3,838 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.97, for a total value of $264,706.86. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 16,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,171,731.33. This represents a 18.43% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 36,156 shares of company stock worth $2,432,524. Company insiders own 0.08% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On PayPal

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in PayPal by 15.8% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,501,936 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $224,001,000 after acquiring an additional 476,763 shares in the last quarter. Thompson Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of PayPal by 2.8% during the second quarter. Thompson Investment Management Inc. now owns 154,991 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $11,519,000 after purchasing an additional 4,165 shares during the last quarter. Kathmere Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of PayPal in the second quarter valued at approximately $325,000. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC bought a new position in PayPal in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $3,513,000. Finally, Clearline Capital LP lifted its holdings in PayPal by 179.8% during the 1st quarter. Clearline Capital LP now owns 300,340 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $19,597,000 after buying an additional 193,000 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.32% of the company’s stock.

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.