PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.95-5.10 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.04.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have issued reports on PYPL shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of PayPal in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on PayPal from $73.00 to $82.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Barclays boosted their price target on PayPal from $92.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of PayPal in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of PayPal from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 24th. Fourteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $89.97.

PayPal Price Performance

Shares of PayPal stock traded up $0.01 during trading on Thursday, reaching $72.06. 4,952,965 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 11,685,760. PayPal has a 52-week low of $56.97 and a 52-week high of $93.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.26 and a quick ratio of 1.26. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $84.25 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $80.96. The company has a market capitalization of $71.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.96, a P/E/G ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 1.44.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last released its quarterly earnings results 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 business had revenue of $8.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.27 billion. PayPal had a return on equity of 23.67% and a net margin of 13.04%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.48 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that PayPal 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.