PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL) is a publicly traded credit services business based in the US which employs around 29,900 staff. PayPal is listed on the NASDAQ and traded in US dollars. Its current price of $59.85 is 6.7% up on its price a month ago ($56.1).
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Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including PayPal), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.
PayPal is a major part of the NASDAQ, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).
| Icon | Fund | 5-year performance | 1-year performance (to October 2023) | Link to invest |
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 | Invesco S&P 500 (SPXP) | 70.17% | 10.90% | Invest with IGCapital at risk |
 | Xtrackers S&P 500 Swap (XSPX) | 69.98% | 10.83% | Invest with IGCapital at risk |
 | HSBC S&P 500 (HSPX) | 68.59% | 10.87% | Invest with IGCapital at risk |
 | Vanguard S&P 500 (VUSA) | 68.24% | 10.73% | Capital at risk |
 | iShares Core S&P 500 (CSP1) | 68.20% | 10.73% | Invest with eToroCapital at risk |
 | SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPX5) | 67.96% | 10.70% | Invest with IGCapital at risk |
Only you can make the decision on the time to leap... but here's some supporting information and analysis.
Over the last 12 months, PayPal's shares have ranged in value from as little as $50.25 up to $88.625. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while PayPal's is 1.376. This would suggest that PayPal's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Historical closes compared with the last close of $59.85
| 1 week (2023-11-28) | 2.36% |
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| 1 month (2023-11-05) | 6.68% |
| 3 months (2023-09-05) | -4.70% |
| 6 months (2023-06-05) | -6.83% |
| 1 year (2022-12-05) | -18.70% |
| 2 years (2021-12-05) | -67.46% |
| 3 years (2020-12-05) | -72.52% |
| 5 years (2018-12-05) | -30.26% |
The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.
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All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the PayPal P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
PayPal's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 18x. In other words, PayPal shares trade at around 18x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 10, 2023 (20.44). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
PayPal's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.4988. A PEG ratio below 1 can be interpreted as meaning the shares are not overvalued given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into PayPal's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
PayPal's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $5.4 billion (£4.3 billion).
The EBITDA is a measure of a PayPal's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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