PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

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

PayPal Stock Down 0.6 %

PYPL stock traded down $0.47 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $78.73. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 8,230,940 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,068,030. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $87.87 and its 200 day moving average price is $79.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 1.25 and a quick ratio of 1.25. PayPal has a twelve month low of $55.77 and a twelve month high of $93.66. The stock has a market capitalization of $78.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.77, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.44.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The credit services provider reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 return on equity of 23.44% and a net margin of 14.08%. PayPal’s revenue was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.48 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts predict that PayPal will post 4.58 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have issued reports on PYPL shares. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of PayPal in a research report on Wednesday. Stephens upped their target price on shares of PayPal from $75.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, October 18th. Phillip Securities reiterated an “accumulate” rating and set a $90.00 price target (up previously from $80.00) on shares of PayPal in a report on Friday, November 1st. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered PayPal from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $75.00 to $80.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 10th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price objective on PayPal from $92.00 to $104.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Fourteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, PayPal presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target 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.