PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Releases FY25 Earnings Guidance

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.95-5.10 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $4.90. PayPal also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.950-5.100 EPS.

PayPal Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ PYPL traded down $0.32 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $78.88. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,181,260 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,783,009. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $87.87 and a 200 day moving average price of $79.39. PayPal has a one year low of $55.77 and a one year 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 has a market capitalization 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.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Monness Crespi & Hardt increased their price target on shares of PayPal from $95.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 28th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of PayPal from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 24th. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price objective on shares of PayPal from $80.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $100.00 price objective on shares of PayPal in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of PayPal from $97.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Fourteen investment 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently 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.