PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.950-5.100 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.900. The company issued revenue guidance of -. PayPal also updated its FY25 guidance to $4.95-5.10 EPS.

PayPal Price Performance

PYPL stock traded down $0.47 during trading on Thursday, hitting $78.73. The company had a trading volume of 8,230,940 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,068,030. 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 company has a fifty day moving average price of $87.87 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $79.39. PayPal has a fifty-two week low of $55.77 and a fifty-two week high of $93.66. The company has a market cap of $78.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.77, a P/E/G ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.44.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The credit services provider reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.08. PayPal had a net margin of 14.08% and a return on equity of 23.44%. The company had revenue of $8.37 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.27 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.48 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts expect that PayPal will post 4.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently commented on PYPL shares. Citigroup increased their target price on PayPal from $97.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of PayPal from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $100.00 target price on shares of PayPal in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Bank of America raised shares of PayPal from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the company from $86.00 to $103.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on shares of PayPal from $88.00 to $93.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Fourteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, PayPal has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $89.29.

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.