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PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) stock analysis

$57.20+0.11%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • PYPL gained 8.1% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 90th of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned −16.9%, 32.7 points behind the S&P 500, and trades 21.2% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 1 analyst raised earnings estimates and 4 cut; forward EPS moved −0.1% (+0.6% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Digital wallets & merchant payments segment of the Financial Services, where the 1-month median return is +8.1%.
  • The daily chart reads Intermediate uptrend · Trend advance (since Oct 21, 2026).
Market cap$48.9B
12-month return−16.9%
Forward P/E9.9×
Mean target vs price−0.5%

One-year price with 50- and 200-day averages

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

PYPL+8.1%
Sector median−1.1%
S&P 5000.0%
PYPL+2.1%
Sector median−1.6%
S&P 500+4.7%
PYPL+11.7%
Sector median+4.3%
S&P 500+8.7%
PYPL−16.9%
Sector median+15.0%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 50090 / 497
1-month rank in the Nasdaq 10021 / 100
3-month rank in its sector · Financial Services231 / 688

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Intermediate uptrend · Trend advanceConfirmed

Holding since Oct 21, 2026

  • Close above EMA20 above EMA50
  • EMA50 rose over the last ten sessions
  • Confirmed swing highs and lows are rising
This pattern on this stock

64 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was +1.1%, positive 55% of the time, against +1.6% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$5.78
30-day change−0.1%
90-day change+0.6%
Mean target$56.89 −0.5%
Raised (30d) 1Cut (30d) 4

32 analysts cover the stock

Where it sits in the supply chain

Financial Services · Products & channels

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Supplied by
Card networks+12.3%
V+12.7%1 monthMA+12.0%1 month
Its segment
Digital wallets & merchant payments+8.1%
PYPL+8.1%1 month

Online checkout, wallets and merchant acquiring in a crowded market; margins depend on transaction mix.

Sells into
Consumers, companies & investors

Also on: Banking, Credit & Payments

Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps

Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−46.4%
Volatility, 60D37.3%
From 52-week high−21.2%
From 52-week low+46.8%
Trailing P/E10.8×
Forward P/E9.9×

Themes

  • Digital Banking3M rank 24 / 67

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