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PayPal: Stripe and Advent Reportedly Make an Offer
Reuters reported that Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have made an offer to buy PayPal in a deal that would value the company at $53 billion.
PayPal Holdings Inc PYPL
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls
There is still plenty of runway for growth in electronic payments.
Bears
PayPal is increasingly coming into competition with larger companies and recent results suggest its market share is slipping.
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Trading Information
- Previous Close Price
- $55.52
- Day Range
- $55.28–57.67
- 52-Week Range
- $38.46–79.50
- Bid/Ask
- $56.03 / $56.18
- Shares Outstanding
- 882.11M
- Market Cap
- $50.04B
- Volume/Avg
- 34M / 17M
Key Statistics
- Price/Earnings (Normalized)
- 10.46
- Price/Sales
- 1.56
- Dividend Yield (Trailing)
- 0.76%
- Dividend Yield (Forward)
- 1.01%
- Total Yield
- 12.88%
Company Profile
PayPal was spun off from eBay in 2015 and provides electronic payment solutions to merchants and consumers, with a focus on online transactions. The company had 439 million active accounts at the end of 2025. The company also owns Venmo, a person-to-person payment platform.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Credit Services
- Stock Style Box
- Mid Value
- Total Number of Employees
- 23,800
- Website
- https://www.paypal.com
Competitors
Valuation
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Metric
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PYPL
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XYZ
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MA
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|---|---|---|---|
Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 10.46 | 30.77 | 29.92 |
Price/Book Value | 2.47 | 2.24 | 70.65 |
Price/Sales | 1.56 | 2.05 | 14.20 |
Price/Cash Flow | 7.18 | 13.82 | 24.06 |
Price/Earnings
PYPL
XYZ
MA
Financial Strength
|
Metric
|
PYPL
|
XYZ
|
MA
|
|---|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 1.22 | 1.76 | 0.56 |
Current Ratio | 1.26 | 1.99 | 0.98 |
Interest Coverage | 13.48 | 7.47 | 27.70 |
Quick Ratio
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XYZ
MA
Profitability
|
Metric
|
PYPL
|
XYZ
|
MA
|
|---|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | 6.28% | 4.26% | 31.01% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 25.00% | 7.43% | 218.40% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 16.27% | 5.98% | 63.39% |
Return on Assets
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XYZ
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