PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.150-1.170 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.130. The company issued revenue guidance of -. PayPal also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.950-5.100 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have weighed in on PYPL. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered PayPal from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $75.00 to $80.00 in a report on Thursday, October 10th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their target price on shares of PayPal from $92.00 to $104.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $100.00 price target on shares of PayPal in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Phillip Securities restated an “accumulate” rating and issued a $90.00 target price (up from $80.00) on shares of PayPal in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Barclays lifted their price target on PayPal from $92.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Fourteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, PayPal currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $89.48.

PayPal Stock Performance

NASDAQ:PYPL traded down $9.89 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $79.62. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 29,609,155 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,248,397. PayPal has a 12-month low of $55.77 and a 12-month high of $93.66. The company has a current ratio of 1.25, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $88.20 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $79.26. The stock has a market cap of $79.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.02, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.44.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The credit services provider reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.08. PayPal had a return on equity of 23.44% and a net margin of 14.08%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.48 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts forecast that PayPal will post 4.58 EPS 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.