Don't Buy PayPal Before Checking Its Fundamentals!

By Chris Stiles • Wednesday, January 17 09:55 • Permanent Link

PayPal sank -2.9% this morning, compared to the S&P 500's day change of -1.0%. Today's losers may turn out to be tomorrow's winners, so be sure to check the stock's fundamentals before making an investment decision:

PayPal has logged a -24.4% 52 week change, compared to 21.3% for the S&P 500
PYPL has an average analyst rating of buy and is -22.78% away from its mean target price of $73.53 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $3.35, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 16.9. The Consumer Discretionary sector's average P/E ratio is 22.96
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $5.51 and its forward P/E ratio is 10.3
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 3.11 in contrast to the Consumer Discretionary sector's average P/B ratio is 4.24
The current ratio is currently 1.3, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
PYPL has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -19.1% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $3.18 Billion and the average free cash flow growth rate is 0.7%
PayPal's revenues have an average growth rate of 11.3% with operating expenses growing at 11.3%. The company's current operating margins stand at 15.6%

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