Seaport Res Ptn Predicts PayPal’s Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:PYPL)

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for PayPal in a report released on Tuesday, February 4th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Cantwell now expects that the credit services provider will post earnings of $1.16 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.01. The consensus estimate for PayPal’s current full-year earnings is $4.58 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for PayPal’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.29 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.37 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.00 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.29 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.76 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.60 EPS.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The credit services provider reported $1.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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%. The company’s revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.48 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Barclays upped their target price on shares of PayPal from $92.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on PayPal from $73.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of PayPal from $88.00 to $93.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, January 24th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $100.00 price target on shares of PayPal in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded PayPal from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $75.00 to $80.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Fourteen 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 stock. According to MarketBeat.com, PayPal presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $89.29.

PayPal Stock Performance

Shares of PYPL stock opened at $78.57 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.25. The stock has a market capitalization of $78.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.75, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.44. PayPal has a one year low of $55.77 and a one year high of $93.66. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $87.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is $79.39.

Institutional Trading of PayPal

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC boosted its position in shares of PayPal by 113.8% in the 4th quarter. Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC now owns 7,470 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $638,000 after purchasing an additional 3,976 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in PayPal in the third quarter worth $387,435,000. United Advisor Group LLC bought a new stake in PayPal during the third quarter worth approximately $810,000. FCG Investment Co acquired a new position in PayPal in the 3rd quarter valued at $1,079,000. Finally, Equity Investment Corp lifted its position in shares of PayPal by 3.5% during the 3rd quarter. Equity Investment Corp now owns 1,998,298 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $155,927,000 after purchasing an additional 67,497 shares during the last quarter. 68.32% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.