PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Releases 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.

PayPal Price Performance

PYPL traded down $0.26 on Wednesday, hitting $73.81. 947,168 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 11,477,873. PayPal has a fifty-two week low of $56.97 and a fifty-two week high of $93.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $73.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 1.44. The business’s fifty day moving average is $84.52 and its 200 day moving average is $81.02.

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, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $8.37 billion for 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 company’s revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.48 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that PayPal will post 5.03 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently commented on PYPL. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on shares of PayPal from $80.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on PayPal from $79.00 to $87.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. BTIG Research reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of PayPal in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Morgan Stanley restated an “equal weight” rating on shares of PayPal in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, Macquarie lifted their price objective on PayPal from $115.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 10th. Fourteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $90.52.

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.