PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL) Stock Up 3.70%: Is It a Good Investment?

PayPal Holdings Inc [PYPL] stock is trading at $64.77, up 3.70%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The PYPL shares have gain 7.52% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -8.59%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

PayPal Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: PYPL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 23, 2025, when Compass Point initiated its Sell rating and assigned the stock a price target of $56. Previously, Seaport Research Partners downgraded its rating to Sell on April 17, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $49. On April 14, 2025, BofA Securities reiterated its Buy rating and revised its price target to $93 on the stock. DZ Bank upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $92 on February 28, 2025. Susquehanna reiterated its recommendation of a Positive and raised its price target to $101 on January 06, 2025. Macquarie reiterated a Outperform rating for this stock on December 17, 2024, and upped its price target to $115. In a note dated December 13, 2024, Wolfe Research upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $107.

PayPal Holdings Inc [PYPL] stock has fluctuated between $55.85 and $93.66 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $85.86 within the next 12 months. PayPal Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: PYPL] shares were valued at $64.77 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 32.56% based on the average PYPL price forecast.

Analyzing the PYPL fundamentals

PayPal Holdings Inc [NASDAQ:PYPL] reported sales of 31.79B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 3.70%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.43% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.18%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.17%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.2 and Total Capital is 0.17. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.48.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 63.41 points at the first support level, and at 62.05 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 65.48, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 66.19.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, PayPal Holdings Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.26. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.26, while the Cash Ratio is 0.14. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.99, the price to book ratio is 3.15 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.20.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved MCGOVERN GAIL J, Director, that happened on Feb 27 ’25 when 2446.0 shares were sold. Director, MCGOVERN GAIL J completed a deal on Feb 27 ’25 to buy 2446.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director MESSEMER DEBORAH M. sold 4422.0 shares on May 24 ’24.

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