Are PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL) stocks a prudent buy?

A share price of PayPal Holdings Inc [PYPL] is currently trading at $74.81, up 0.27%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The PYPL shares have gain 3.23% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 3.49%, and 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 June 02, 2025, when Truist initiated its Sell rating and assigned the stock a price target of $68. Previously, Compass Point started tracking the stock with Sell rating on April 23, 2025, and set its price target to $56. On April 17, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Sell but maintained its price target of $49 on the stock. BofA Securities reiterated its Buy rating and decreased its price target to $93 on April 14, 2025. DZ Bank upgraded its rating to a Buy but $92 remained the price target by the analyst firm on February 28, 2025. Susquehanna reiterated a Positive rating for this stock on January 06, 2025, and upped its price target to $101. In a note dated December 17, 2024, Macquarie reiterated an Outperform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $95 to $115.

PayPal Holdings Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $55.85 and $93.66. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $81.5 within the next 12 months. PayPal Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: PYPL] shares were valued at $74.81 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 8.94% based on the average PYPL price forecast.

Analyzing the PYPL fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for PayPal Holdings Inc [NASDAQ:PYPL] were 31.80B which represents 0.19% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.45% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.18%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.18%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.22 and Total Capital is 0.17. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.56.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for PayPal Holdings Inc [NASDAQ:PYPL] is 1.30. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.30 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.16. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.29, the price to book ratio is 3.62 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.78.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Kereere Suzan, President, Global Markets, that happened on Jun 06 ’25 when 4162.0 shares were sold. EVP, GM, Consumer Group, Scotti Diego completed a deal on Jun 06 ’25 to sell 3839.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director MESSEMER DEBORAH M. sold 3795.0 shares on Jun 06 ’25.

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