What Do You Need to Know About PayPal (PYPL) Before Investing?

By Blake Campbell • Monday, December 15 15:25 • Permanent Link

PayPal logged a -1.3% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $60.85 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. PYPL's trading volume is 8,623,890 compared to the stock's average volume of 16,727,103.

PayPal trades -23.42% away from its average analyst target price of $79.45 per share. The 33 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $56.0 to $120.0, and on average have given PayPal a rating of hold.

Anyone interested in buying PYPL should be aware of the facts below:

PayPal's current price is 44.9% above its Graham number of $42.0, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
PayPal has moved -32.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 13.6%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 4.98, PayPal has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.2 while the S&P 500 average is None
PYPL has a forward P/E ratio of 10.5 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $5.81 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.83 compared to its sector average of None
PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates a technology platform that enables digital payments for merchants and consumers worldwide.
Based in San Jose, the company has 24,400 full time employees and a market cap of $58.13 Billion. PayPal currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.2%.

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