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Key Factors to Consider Before Investing in PayPal (PYPL)

Shares of Industrials sector company PayPal moved -1.6% today, and are now trading at a price of $68.53. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 11,025,322 compared to its average volume of 10,589,972. The S&P 500 index returned a 1.0% performance.

PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates a technology platform that enables digital payments for merchants and consumers worldwide. The company is based in San Jose and has 24,400 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $65,476,833,280.

32 analysts are following PayPal and have set target prices ranging from $62.0 to $120.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, PYPL is trading -17.11% away from its average analyst target price of $82.68 per share.

Over the last year, PYPL shares have gone down by -3.3%, which represents a difference of -20.5% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $93.66 per share and its 52 week low is $55.85. With average free cash flows of $4.95 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 9.2% over the last 5 years, PayPal declining stock performance may not be reflective of the quality of its underlying business.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2024 7,450,000 683,000 6,767,000 60.36
2023 4,843,000 623,000 4,220,000 -17.37
2022 5,813,000 706,000 5,107,000 4.46
2021 5,797,000 908,000 4,889,000 -8.67
2020 6,219,000 866,000 5,353,000 58.98
2019 4,071,000 704,000 3,367,000
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