With 16.98 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 18.98 million shares. The 52-week range on PYPL shows that it touched its highest point at $79.27 and its lowest point at $50.25 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $69.49. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.45.
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Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of PYPL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.41%, but this was down by -5.24% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 3.20% while six-month performance fell -3.46%. The stock lost -18.02% in the past year, while it has lost -1.74% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PYPL yields 3.85 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.67. For the next quarter, that number is 1.22. This implies an EPS growth rate of 0.78% for this year and 10.32% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 19.80% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 17.54%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.07 billion PYPL shares are outstanding with a float of 1.06 billion shares on hand for trading. On Feb 15, 2024, short shares totaled 21.28 million, which was 1.99% higher than short shares on Jan 12, 2024. In addition to Mr. Jonathan Saul Auerbach as the firm’s Adviser, Mr. Aaron Karczmer serves as its Executive VP & Chief Enterprise Services Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 72.72% of PYPL’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for PYPL since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With PYPL analysts setting a high price target of $120.00 and a low target of $48.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $69.49. Based on these targets, PYPL could surge 98.87% to reach the target high and fall by -20.45% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 15.16% from current levels.
Dividends & Yield:
In terms of dividends, PYPL has a current ratio of $––, which is $–– over the trailing 12-months, while a dividend of $–– is likely to be paid on average over the next five years. Dividend yield is another indicator that appeals to many investors, and PYPL currently yields $0.00. In the past year, PYPL’s dividend yield has been $0.00, but when looking at the stock over the past five years, its yield has been $–. Accordingly, PYPL has a current buyback yield of $7.55. This was $7.55 for the TTM, and it was $1.23 for the past five years.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded PYPL stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 60 while that of sell transactions has risen to 31 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 783,863 while 372,847 shares were sold.
