PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. 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

A number of brokerages recently commented on PYPL. Citigroup reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of PayPal in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Susquehanna lifted their price target on shares of PayPal from $94.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “equal weight” rating on shares of PayPal in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on shares of PayPal from $79.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Wolfe Research upgraded shares of PayPal from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $107.00 target price for the company in a research report on Friday, December 13th. Fourteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, PayPal presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $90.52.

PayPal Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ:PYPL opened at $75.25 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $84.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $80.96. The company has a market capitalization of $74.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 1.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.26. PayPal has a 52-week low of $56.97 and a 52-week high of $93.66.

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. PayPal had a return on equity of 23.67% and a net margin of 13.04%. The business had revenue of $8.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.27 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.48 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts forecast that PayPal will post 5.03 earnings per share for the current year.

PayPal Company Profile

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.