Yahoo Finance Paypal (PYPL) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know
Paypal (PYPL) closed the most recent trading day at $107.50, moving +0.92% from the previous trading session. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.26% gain on the day. At the same time, the Dow added 0.13%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.4%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the technology platform and digital payments company had lost 1.07% over the past month. This has lagged the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 3.81% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.92% in that time.
Investors will be hoping for strength from PYPL as it approaches its next earnings release. In that report, analysts expect PYPL to post earnings of $0.70 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 20.69%. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $4.34 billion, up 17.91% from the year-ago period.
For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $3.14 per share and revenue of $17.73 billion, which would represent changes of +29.75% and +14.72%, respectively, from the prior year.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for PYPL should also be noted by investors. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.
Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant within the past month. PYPL is holding a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) right now.
In terms of valuation, PYPL is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 33.92. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 57.05, so we one might conclude that PYPL is trading at a discount comparatively.
Meanwhile, PYPL's PEG ratio is currently 1.9. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. The Internet - Software industry currently had an average PEG ratio of 2.8 as of yesterday's close.
The Internet - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 96, putting it in the top 38% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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