PayPal Holdings shares are closing back in on major support levels around 71.73 USD based on daily price data, which could offer attractive entry points.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
● The company has poor fundamentals for a short-term investment strategy.
Strengths
● The current area is a good opportunity for investors interested in buying the stock in a mid or long-term perspective. Indeed, the share is moving closer to its lower bound at USD 72.91 USD in weekly data.
● The close medium term support offers good timing for purchasing the stock.
● Its core activity has a significant growth potential and sales are expected to surge, according to Thomson Reuters' forecast. Indeed, those may increase by 61% by 2020.
● The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins.
● Thanks to a sound financial situation, the firm has significant leeway for investment.
● Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
● The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
Weaknesses
● Based on current prices, the company has particularly high valuation levels.
● With an expected P/E ratio at 49.23 and 38.61 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
● For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
● For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
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PayPal Holdings, Inc. is one of the main global providers of online payment services. The company enables individuals and professionals to purchase and to sell goods and services, as well as make transfers and withdrawals. Paypal Holdings operates a technology platform equipped with solutions (Paypal, PayPal Credit, Venmo and Braintree brands) designed to facilitate safeguarded payments via merchant websites, mobile payment devices, and through shops. Net sales break down by source of revenue as follows:
- revenues from transactions (90.2%);
- revenues from value-added services (9.8%).
At the end of 2023, PayPal Holdings, Inc. has 426 million active accounts.
The United States accounts for 58% of net sales.