- Prev close
- $59.24
- Day range
- $57.57 – $59.82
- From 52-wk high
- -13.0%
- Next earnings
- in 86 days
PayPal’s 3.1% gain lines up with a strong same-day move across payments peers and a weak broader tape, so the session reads more as sector-supported than stock-specific. The longer-term picture is mixed: earnings growth and margins are intact, but the stock is still 16.4% below its 52-week high and analysts remain mostly neutral.
PYPL
PAYPAL HOLDINGS INC
As of Nov 2, 2026
66/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreMove driver
The primary driver looks sector-wide, not stock-specific: PYPL rose 3.1% while the S&P 500 fell -1.8% and the Nasdaq 100 fell -3.5%, and payments peers were broadly firm with V +2.9%, MA +3.1%, XYZ +1.1%, and FISV +3.8%. That pattern says the move was mainly a relative-strength day for payments in a weak market, rather than a company-only catalyst.
Volatility check
This looks like normal-to-moderate volatility for a financial-technology name with beta 1.32, but the valuation keeps the stock sensitive to swings. The business is still growing, with revenue +4.4% YoY (TTM), latest quarter +2.0% YoY, and EPS +5.4% YoY (TTM), while margins remain solid at gross +40.5%, operating +17.0%, and net +13.8%. The stock is cheap on headline multiples at PE 10.3 and forward PE 9.8, but PEG 1.91 means growth is not deeply discounted; strong growth is already partly priced in, so a 3.1% move is not unusual even without a company-specific reset.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is 2027-02-01. No consensus revenue or EPS estimate is provided in the facts for this cycle, so I cannot cite a street forecast here; the useful anchors are the current operating trend — revenue +4.4% YoY (TTM), latest quarter +2.0% YoY, EPS +5.4% YoY (TTM), and margins of gross +40.5%, operating +17.0%, and net +13.8%. The market will be watching whether growth re-accelerates from the +2.0% latest-quarter pace, whether operating margin holds near +17.0%, and whether management changes the growth and margin path enough to shift a consensus that is still mostly neutral: 4 strong-positive, 10 positive, 33 neutral, 5 negative, 0 strong-negative.
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