This afternoon we watched PayPal drop -7.9% to a price of $72.04 per share. The Large-Cap Business Services company is now trading -12.63% below its average target price of $82.45. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $49.0 to $120.0 per share for PayPal, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.
The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 3.3%, and a short ratio of 3.18. The company's insiders own 0.13% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 79.5% of PayPal's shares being owned by this investor type.
Institutions Invested in PayPal
| Date Reported | Holder | Percentage | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | Vanguard Group Inc | 9% | 86,221,849 | $6,211,033,966 |
| 2025-03-31 | Blackrock Inc. | 8% | 73,831,980 | $5,318,523,563 |
| 2025-03-31 | State Street Corporation | 5% | 44,536,103 | $3,208,180,428 |
| 2025-03-31 | Comprehensive Financial Management, LLC | 3% | 27,119,118 | $1,953,539,213 |
| 2025-03-31 | Capital Research Global Investors | 3% | 25,569,494 | $1,841,911,274 |
| 2025-03-31 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2% | 22,130,433 | $1,594,176,796 |
| 2025-03-31 | Morgan Stanley | 2% | 16,302,583 | $1,174,364,710 |
| 2024-12-31 | NORGES BANK | 1% | 12,730,025 | $917,013,710 |
| 2025-03-31 | Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 1% | 11,808,017 | $850,596,403 |
| 2025-03-31 | Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | 1% | 11,238,218 | $809,550,647 |
Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on PayPal.
