Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Buys 13,874 Shares of PayPal Holdings, Inc. $PYPL

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its stake in PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) by 15.3% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 104,408 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,874 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in PayPal were worth $7,763,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Hilltop National Bank bought a new stake in shares of PayPal in the 2nd quarter valued at about $27,000. Evermay Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of PayPal by 726.0% in the 1st quarter. Evermay Wealth Management LLC now owns 413 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 363 shares during the last quarter. Garde Capital Inc. bought a new stake in shares of PayPal in the 1st quarter valued at about $28,000. Tsfg LLC increased its stake in shares of PayPal by 81.6% in the 1st quarter. Tsfg LLC now owns 445 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd increased its stake in shares of PayPal by 41.2% in the 1st quarter. Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd now owns 473 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 138 shares during the last quarter. 68.32% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other PayPal news, CAO Chris Natali sold 7,102 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.35, for a total transaction of $492,523.70. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Suzan Kereere sold 4,162 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.39, for a total value of $288,801.18. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 48,483 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,364,235.37. This trade represents a 7.91% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 15,102 shares of company stock valued at $1,046,607 in the last quarter. 0.08% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

PYPL has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $88.00 price target on shares of PayPal in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. JMP Securities decreased their price objective on PayPal from $110.00 to $100.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Macquarie reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $95.00 price objective on shares of PayPal in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $75.00 price objective on PayPal in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered PayPal from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 4th. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $84.66.

PayPal Trading Down 7.7%

NASDAQ:PYPL opened at $69.90 on Monday. PayPal Holdings, Inc. has a twelve month low of $55.85 and a twelve month high of $93.66. The company has a quick ratio of 1.33, a current ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $68.92 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $69.42. The company has a market cap of $66.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.44.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.40 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.30 by $0.10. PayPal had a return on equity of 25.35% and a net margin of 14.49%.The firm had revenue of $8.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.08 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.19 EPS. PayPal has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.180-1.220 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 5.150-5.300 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 5.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About PayPal

PayPal Holdings, Inc operates a technology platform that enables digital payments on behalf of merchants and consumers worldwide. It operates a two-sided network at scale that connects merchants and consumers that enables its customers to connect, transact, and send and receive payments through online and in person, as well as transfer and withdraw funds using various funding sources, such as bank accounts, PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products comprising its installment products, credit and debit cards, and cryptocurrencies, as well as other stored value products, including gift cards and eligible rewards.