PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL ) has garnered much attention from growth and value investors alike. The e-payments pioneer has faced several material headwinds in the past few years, leading to extremely bad returns. Investors have been keenly focused on the company's changing revenueRetail investor researching mostly semiconductors and fintech. Some general macro musings. My goal is to bring you timely and digestible research on the stocks that I cover.Analyst’s Disclosure: I/we have a beneficial long position in th ...

I last covered PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL ) in November 2024 with a strong buy rating and technical price target of $87. The stock hit the average price target as expected but missed the optimistic level ($96) by ~$3. The coverage was focused on transactionYiannis Zourmpanos, founder of Yiazou IQ, an AI-driven stock research platform providing all-in-one stock reports. Experience: Previously worked at Deloitte and KPMG in external/internal auditing and consulting. Education: Chartered Certified Accountant, Fellow ...

The fintech powerhouse is making a lot of changes.A lot has changed at PayPal Holdings (PYPL 1.80%) recently. Chief Executive Officer Alex Chriss took over a year and a half ago and set new strategies into motion, and the stock price is up more than 30% during the past year. It was up even more, but the shares fell after the company released its fourth-quarter earnings report last week.Investors had been excited about a turnaround, and there's been healthy progress, but the market was disappointed in the la ...

Bank of America is one of the largest banks in the United States and has a market capitalization of about $350 billion, as of early 2025. There are few other financial stocks that have achieved this level of valuation. In fact, JPMorgan Chase is the only bank with a higher valuation, and if I expand the scope to the entire financial services industry, payment processing giants Visa and Mastercard are both more valuable than BofA. But that's about it.However, there are some financial technology (or fintech) ...

PayPal (PYPL 0.08%) stock has had a bit of a resurgence during the past year, increasing 29% since the beginning of 2024. CEO Alex Chriss, who took over the top role in late 2023, is looking to improve its offerings and revamp its service after investor concerns about slowing growth.Its recent results, however, didn't exactly deliver what investors hoped for, and the stock plunged 13% in the days after its latest earnings announcement. However, here are three reasons the stock presents a compelling buying o ...

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My goal is to help you find the companies of tomorrow.I am a long-term growth investor in search of innovative companies that make the world a better place. My investment strategy revolves around finding what I call "divergent stocks" — disruptive companies that have strong fundamentals and long growth runways, but depressing prices.You can find me on YouTube as well:https://www.youtube.com/@riyadosofianAnalyst’s Disclosure: I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of PYPL either through stock own ...

Zelle icon displayed on a phone screen and Zelle logo displayed on a screen in the background are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland.Zelle, the payments network run by bank-owned Early Warning Services, crossed $1 trillion in total volumes last year, which it said was the most ever for a peer-to-peer platform.The firm said Wednesday that its user base jumped 12% to 151 million accounts in 2024, and that the total dollars sent on the platform jumped 27% from the year earlier.Last year's ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced the addition of PayPal as a checkout option for all U.S.-based cruise reservations operated by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE: NCLH). Now, travelers looking to cruise with Norwegian Cruise Line®, Oceania Cruises® and Regent Seven Seas Cruises®, can benefit from the ease, simplicity and security of paying with PayPal when booking their next travel experience. In addition to offering travelers the abi ...