Why Are People Selling Their PYPL Shares?

PayPal stock is trading -28.58% below its average target price of $89.86 after dropping -12.3% during today's evening session. Analysts are giving the large-cap Business Services company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $58.0 to $160.0 per share.

PayPal's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 1.8%. The stock's short ratio is 1.11. The company's insiders own 0.21% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 75.8%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding PayPal.

Institutions Invested in PayPal

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-03-31 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 96,135,412 $6,169,970,771
2023-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 7% 77,214,661 $4,955,636,966
2023-03-31 State Street Corporation 4% 45,423,344 $2,915,270,231
2023-03-31 Comprehensive Financial Management, LLC 3% 29,661,618 $1,903,682,652
2023-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 20,947,345 $1,344,400,608
2023-03-31 Morgan Stanley 2% 19,421,941 $1,246,500,179
2022-12-31 Norges Bank Investment Management 1% 14,354,573 $921,276,499
2023-03-31 Fisher Asset Management, LLC 1% 14,016,762 $899,595,789
2023-03-31 FMR, LLC 1% 13,461,618 $863,966,647
2023-03-31 Alliancebernstein L.P. 1% 12,889,396 $827,241,439
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