Yahoo Finance Paypal (PYPL) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know
Paypal (PYPL) closed at $271.45 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.73% move from the prior day. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.2%.
Coming into today, shares of the technology platform and digital payments company had gained 11.91% in the past month. In that same time, the Computer and Technology sector gained 5.84%, while the S&P 500 gained 1.06%.
PYPL will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release. On that day, PYPL is projected to report earnings of $1.13 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 5.61%. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $6.3 billion, up 19.72% from the prior-year quarter.
Looking at the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $4.74 per share and revenue of $25.78 billion. These totals would mark changes of +22.16% and +20.14%, respectively, from last year.
It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for PYPL. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.
Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
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. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection remained stagnant. PYPL is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.
Investors should also note PYPL's current valuation metrics, including its Forward P/E ratio of 56.91. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 59.78, so we one might conclude that PYPL is trading at a discount comparatively.
We can also see that PYPL currently has a PEG ratio of 2.58. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. The Internet - Software was holding an average PEG ratio of 3.28 at yesterday's closing price.
The Internet - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 199, which puts it in the bottom 22% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual 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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