PayPal Holdings, Inc.

NasdaqGS:PYPL Stock Report

Market Cap: US$84.3b

PayPal Holdings Valuation

Is PYPL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of PYPL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: PYPL ($84.74) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($105.54)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PYPL is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PYPL?

Key metric: As PYPL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PYPL. This is calculated by dividing PYPL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PYPL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio19.2x
EarningsUS$4.43b
Market CapUS$84.30b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does PYPL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for PYPL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average49.9x
FI Fiserv
40.5x18.7%US$122.4b
SQ Block
52.8x27.7%US$57.3b
FIS Fidelity National Information Services
85x24.9%US$46.3b
GPN Global Payments
21.4x10.9%US$29.2b
PYPL PayPal Holdings
19.2x6.1%US$84.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PYPL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.2x) compared to the peer average (49.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PYPL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Diversified Financial Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FOA Finance of America Companies
1.1x-143.9%US$544.53m
SHFS SHF Holdings
2.9xn/aUS$17.18m
PMIR PMI Group
1.2xn/aUS$6.80m
ACGX Alliance Creative Group
2.4xn/aUS$376.68k
No more companies available in this PE range
PYPL 19.2xIndustry Avg. 17.7xNo. of Companies14PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PYPL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.2x) compared to the US Diversified Financial industry average (17.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PYPL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PYPL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.2x
Fair PE Ratio21.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PYPL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.6x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst PYPL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$84.74
US$89.61
+5.8%
12.7%US$125.00US$70.00n/a36
Nov ’25US$77.25
US$88.65
+14.8%
12.8%US$125.00US$70.00n/a36
Oct ’25US$77.47
US$82.42
+6.4%
14.7%US$125.00US$68.00n/a34
Sep ’25US$72.43
US$80.60
+11.3%
17.2%US$145.00US$62.40n/a34
Aug ’25US$65.31
US$78.56
+20.3%
17.4%US$145.00US$60.00n/a38
Jul ’25US$57.81
US$77.76
+34.5%
17.8%US$145.00US$60.00n/a38
Jun ’25US$62.99
US$77.76
+23.4%
17.8%US$145.00US$60.00n/a38
May ’25US$66.14
US$76.33
+15.4%
18.8%US$145.00US$56.10n/a38
Apr ’25US$65.03
US$72.41
+11.3%
21.3%US$145.00US$56.10n/a38
Mar ’25US$60.54
US$71.91
+18.8%
21.3%US$145.00US$56.00n/a40
Feb ’25US$62.02
US$75.91
+22.4%
24.7%US$145.00US$56.00n/a37
Jan ’25US$61.41
US$76.58
+24.7%
25.8%US$145.00US$55.00n/a41
Dec ’24US$59.65
US$77.42
+29.8%
25.3%US$145.00US$55.00n/a42
Nov ’24US$51.66
US$81.89
+58.5%
24.4%US$145.00US$55.00US$77.2544
Oct ’24US$58.46
US$90.57
+54.9%
28.3%US$200.00US$58.00US$77.4739
Sep ’24US$63.57
US$91.38
+43.7%
26.9%US$200.00US$58.00US$72.4340
Aug ’24US$75.53
US$93.95
+24.4%
28.0%US$200.00US$58.00US$65.3143
Jul ’24US$66.73
US$93.74
+40.5%
28.1%US$200.00US$58.00US$57.8143
Jun ’24US$63.05
US$97.23
+54.2%
26.7%US$200.00US$58.00US$62.9941
May ’24US$75.11
US$103.65
+38.0%
22.6%US$200.00US$80.00US$66.1440
Apr ’24US$75.94
US$103.50
+36.3%
22.9%US$200.00US$70.00US$65.0340
Mar ’24US$73.82
US$103.53
+40.2%
22.2%US$200.00US$70.00US$60.5442
Feb ’24US$82.91
US$105.19
+26.9%
21.7%US$200.50US$75.00US$62.0244
Jan ’24US$71.22
US$105.44
+48.0%
18.3%US$160.00US$75.00US$61.4142
Dec ’23US$78.53
US$106.40
+35.5%
17.9%US$160.00US$75.00US$59.6541
Nov ’23US$83.11
US$119.73
+44.1%
13.7%US$160.00US$85.00US$51.6641

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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