GWN Securities Inc. Has $745,000 Stock Position in PayPal Holdings, Inc. $PYPL

GWN Securities Inc. lowered its position in shares of PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) by 94.0% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 10,010 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 157,203 shares during the period. GWN Securities Inc.’s holdings in PayPal were worth $745,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund lifted its holdings in shares of PayPal by 15.0% during the second quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund now owns 236,640 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $17,587,000 after buying an additional 30,800 shares in the last quarter. Rossby Financial LCC lifted its holdings in shares of PayPal by 13.8% during the second quarter. Rossby Financial LCC now owns 2,938 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $218,000 after buying an additional 357 shares in the last quarter. AustralianSuper Pty Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of PayPal by 135.0% during the second quarter. AustralianSuper Pty Ltd now owns 376,937 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $28,014,000 after buying an additional 216,506 shares in the last quarter. Transcend Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of PayPal by 19.8% during the second quarter. Transcend Capital Advisors LLC now owns 4,218 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $313,000 after buying an additional 696 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Winmill & CO. Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of PayPal during the second quarter worth $5,500,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.32% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at PayPal

In other PayPal news, insider Suzan Kereere sold 4,162 shares of PayPal stock in a transaction dated 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 owned 48,483 shares in the company, valued at $3,364,235.37. The trade was a 7.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CAO Chris Natali sold 7,102 shares of PayPal stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $69.35, for a total value of $492,523.70. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 15,102 shares of company stock worth $1,046,607 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.08% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

PYPL has been the subject of a number of research reports. Morgan Stanley reissued a “positive” rating on shares of PayPal in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded PayPal to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of PayPal in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Truist Financial set a $65.00 price target on PayPal in a research report on Friday. Finally, JMP Securities decreased their price target on PayPal from $110.00 to $100.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Fifteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, PayPal presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $82.57.

PayPal Stock Performance

PayPal stock opened at $73.02 on Wednesday. PayPal Holdings, Inc. has a 12-month low of $55.85 and a 12-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’s 50-day moving average price is $69.03 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $70.01. The stock has a market cap of $69.76 billion, a PE ratio of 15.60, a P/E/G ratio of 1.09 and a beta of 1.44.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The credit services provider reported $1.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.14. PayPal had a return on equity of 25.35% and a net margin of 14.49%.The firm had revenue of $8.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.21 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.20 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. PayPal has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 5.350-5.390 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 5.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

PayPal Profile

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.