PayPal Holdings, Inc. $PYPL Shares Acquired by Uhlmann Price Securities LLC

Uhlmann Price Securities LLC increased its stake in shares of PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) by 681.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 24,575 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after buying an additional 21,430 shares during the quarter. PayPal comprises approximately 0.9% of Uhlmann Price Securities LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 28th largest position. Uhlmann Price Securities LLC’s holdings in PayPal were worth $1,435,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Capital Research Global Investors increased its holdings in shares of PayPal by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 27,953,803 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,874,637,000 after acquiring an additional 636,441 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in PayPal during the 2nd quarter valued at about $921,570,000. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in PayPal by 10.9% during the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 11,131,949 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $746,508,000 after purchasing an additional 1,093,365 shares during the period. Amundi grew its position in PayPal by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Amundi now owns 8,493,311 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $605,488,000 after purchasing an additional 132,837 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in shares of PayPal by 35.9% in the third quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 8,177,536 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $548,520,000 after purchasing an additional 2,160,227 shares during the period. 68.32% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

More PayPal News

Here are the key news stories impacting PayPal this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Venmo goes global — PayPal is connecting Venmo to PayPal accounts across ~90 markets so Venmo users can send/receive with hundreds of millions of PayPal users; this materially expands Venmo’s addressable market and is a strategic growth catalyst. PayPal takes Venmo global
• Positive Sentiment: Official PR on Venmo expansion highlights scale — company messaging emphasizes the largest addressable‑market expansion since Venmo’s launch, which supports long‑term monetization optionality. 200 Million More Friends on Venmo
• Neutral Sentiment: Market debate on valuation — several pieces argue the pullback makes PYPL look cheap on P/E while others warn it could be a value trap; this keeps opinionated trading but doesn’t remove fundamental uncertainty. Is It Time To Reassess PayPal (PYPL) After Its Recent Share Price Slide?
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest/market data noise — multiple short‑interest entries in feeds show inconsistent or zero values (NaN/0), adding confusion about how much speculative shorting is actually pressuring the stock. (No single reliable source available.)
• Negative Sentiment: Legal overhang: wave of securities class‑action notices and lead‑plaintiff deadline alerts following the CEO ouster and withdrawal of long‑term targets — several firms are soliciting clients and litigation could prolong uncertainty and increase potential costs. PYPL ALERT: Hagens Berman Alerts PayPal (PYPL) Investors to Securities Class Action
• Negative Sentiment: Near‑term price weakness reported — coverage notes PYPL has recently fallen more steeply than the broader market, reflecting investor risk‑off toward the company while legal and leadership questions remain. Paypal (PYPL) Falls More Steeply Than Broader Market: What Investors Need to Know
• Negative Sentiment: Security/scam anecdote surfaced — consumer report of unexpected inbound funds and suspicious phone numbers highlights ongoing fraud/security risks that can erode trust and raise customer‑support costs if issues proliferate. My Paypal account received money from the Philippines with two phone numbers listed. I called them.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on PYPL. Dbs Bank raised PayPal to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. BNP Paribas Exane cut their target price on PayPal from $71.00 to $69.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, December 2nd. Monness Crespi & Hardt lowered PayPal from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of PayPal in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Mizuho set a $60.00 price objective on shares of PayPal in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirty-one have issued a Hold rating and six have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $59.03.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other PayPal news, CAO Chris Natali sold 2,208 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.73, for a total value of $98,763.84. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 1,140 shares in the company, valued at approximately $50,992.20. The trade was a 65.95% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Suzan Kereere sold 37,613 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $41.49, for a total transaction of $1,560,563.37. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 30,983 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,285,484.67. The trade was a 54.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 87,608 shares of company stock valued at $3,831,535 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.08% of the company’s stock.

PayPal Stock Performance

PYPL opened at $44.21 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $40.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 1.29 and a quick ratio of 1.29. PayPal Holdings, Inc. has a 1-year low of $38.46 and a 1-year high of $79.50. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $47.05 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $58.47.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The credit services provider reported $1.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.29 by ($0.06). PayPal had a net margin of 15.77% and a return on equity of 25.42%. The firm had revenue of $8.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.82 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.19 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts predict that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 5.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

PayPal Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 25th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 4th will be issued a dividend of $0.14 per share. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 4th. PayPal’s payout ratio is presently 10.35%.

About PayPal

PayPal Holdings, Inc operates a global digital payments platform that enables consumers and merchants to send and receive payments online, on mobile devices and at the point of sale. The company provides a broad set of payment solutions, including a digital wallet, merchant payment processing, checkout services, invoicing and fraud-management tools. PayPal’s platform is designed to support e-commerce, in-person retail and person-to-person transfers, targeting both individual consumers and businesses of varying sizes.

Key products and services in PayPal’s portfolio include the PayPal wallet and checkout ecosystem, the Venmo peer-to-peer mobile app, Braintree’s developer-focused payment gateway, Xoom for international money transfers, and PayPal Credit and buy-now-pay-later options.