Invesco Ltd. Has $746.07 Million Stake in PayPal Holdings, Inc. $PYPL

Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) by 5.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 10,038,584 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after buying an additional 522,514 shares during the quarter. Invesco Ltd.’s holdings in PayPal were worth $746,068,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in PYPL. Norges Bank bought a new stake in PayPal in the second quarter valued at approximately $921,570,000. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of PayPal in the 1st quarter valued at $529,264,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in shares of PayPal by 44.6% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 8,559,376 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $558,499,000 after buying an additional 2,638,815 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG boosted its position in PayPal by 19.1% during the first quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 11,238,218 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $733,294,000 after acquiring an additional 1,798,330 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its stake in PayPal by 45.0% during the second quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 3,569,023 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $265,250,000 after purchasing an additional 1,107,202 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.32% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have issued reports on PYPL. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on PayPal from $88.00 to $91.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Mizuho set a $84.00 target price on shares of PayPal in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Citigroup raised shares of PayPal to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. KGI Securities dropped their price objective on shares of PayPal from $85.00 to $80.00 in a report on Monday, November 10th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn raised their target price on PayPal from $66.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 16th. Sixteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, PayPal presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $82.00.

PayPal Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:PYPL opened at $61.24 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $57.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.85 and a beta of 1.43. The company’s 50-day moving average is $66.80 and its 200 day moving average is $69.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current ratio of 1.34. PayPal Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $55.85 and a fifty-two week high of $93.66.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The credit services provider reported $1.34 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $8.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.21 billion. PayPal had a net margin of 14.96% and a return on equity of 25.64%. PayPal’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.20 EPS. PayPal has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 5.350-5.390 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 5.03 earnings per share for the current year.

PayPal Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 10th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 19th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 19th. PayPal’s payout ratio is 11.22%.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Diego Scotti sold 3,838 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.97, for a total value of $264,706.86. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 16,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,171,731.33. This represents a 18.43% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CAO Chris Natali sold 1,374 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $69.13, for a total value of $94,984.62. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 36,156 shares of company stock valued at $2,432,524 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.08% of the company’s stock.

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.