PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Updates Q1 Earnings Guidance

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.15-1.17 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.13. PayPal also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.950-5.100 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently commented on PYPL. UBS Group increased their target price on PayPal from $72.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Phillip Securities restated an “accumulate” rating and set a $90.00 price target (up previously from $80.00) on shares of PayPal in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $100.00 price target on shares of PayPal in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on PayPal from $79.00 to $87.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on PayPal from $80.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Fourteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $89.29.

PayPal Price Performance

NASDAQ PYPL traded down $0.32 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $78.88. The stock had a trading volume of 1,181,260 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,783,009. PayPal has a 52-week low of $55.77 and a 52-week high of $93.66. The company has a market cap of $79.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.44. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $87.87 and a 200 day simple moving average of $79.39. The company has a quick ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The credit services provider reported $1.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $8.37 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.27 billion. PayPal had a return on equity of 23.44% and a net margin of 14.08%. PayPal’s quarterly revenue was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.48 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that PayPal will post 4.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

PayPal Company Profile

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.