Sen. John Boozman Purchases PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) Stock

Posted by Amy Steele on Aug 20th, 2026

Senator John Boozman (Republican-Arkansas) recently bought shares of PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL). In a filing disclosed on August 17th, the Senator disclosed that they had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in PayPal stock on July 30th.

Senator John Boozman also recently made the following trade(s):

Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Cboe Global Markets (BATS:CBOE) on 7/31/2026.
Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) on 7/23/2026.
Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPYM) on 7/23/2026.
Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Home Depot (NYSE:HD) on 7/9/2026.
Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) on 7/9/2026.
Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) on 7/2/2026.
Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Chevron (NYSE:CVX) on 7/2/2026.
Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Estee Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) on 7/2/2026.
Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of abrdn Physical Palladium Shares ETF (NYSEARCA:PALL) on 6/25/2026.
Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (BATS:IGV) on 6/25/2026.

PayPal Stock Up 1.4%

Shares of PYPL stock opened at $61.25 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $52.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.58, a PEG ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 1.30. PayPal Holdings, Inc. has a 52 week low of $38.46 and a 52 week high of $79.21. The company has a quick ratio of 1.29, a current ratio of 1.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $51.31 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $47.35.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 28th. The credit services provider reported $1.38 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $8.68 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.47 billion. PayPal had a net margin of 14.36% and a return on equity of 24.39%. The business’s revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.40 EPS. Analysts predict that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 5.38 EPS for the current fiscal year.

PayPal Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 4th will be issued a $0.14 dividend. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 4th. PayPal’s payout ratio is currently 10.59%.

PayPal News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting PayPal this week:

Positive Sentiment: PayPal and Venmo are expanding into higher-education tuition payments through integrations with Illumia, Nelnet Campus Commerce and TouchNet. The services are already available at schools including Michigan State, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Butler and Bellarmine, potentially increasing transaction volume and everyday use of PayPal’s wallets. PayPal and Venmo Expand to Tuition Payments
Positive Sentiment: Reports that Stripe and Advent International have renewed interest in a potential PayPal transaction are supporting the shares by reinforcing takeover speculation. However, no deal has been announced, so this remains a potential catalyst rather than a confirmed development. PayPal Buyout Talks Resurface
Positive Sentiment: Piper Sandler raised its price target to $59 while maintaining a Neutral rating, indicating greater recognition of potential value beyond PayPal’s checkout business. Piper Sandler Raises PayPal Price Target

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on PYPL. Argus set a $70.00 price target on PayPal in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Clear Str raised PayPal to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $55.00 price objective on shares of PayPal in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on PayPal from $48.00 to $56.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Barclays boosted their price target on shares of PayPal from $55.00 to $57.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirty-four have given a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $56.28.

Read Our Latest Stock Report on PayPal

Institutional Trading of PayPal

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PYPL. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in PayPal during the 2nd quarter valued at $3,236,989,000. Bank of America Corp DE purchased a new stake in PayPal in the second quarter worth $975,563,000. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in PayPal in the fourth quarter worth $949,758,000. Primecap Management Co. CA bought a new stake in shares of PayPal during the second quarter worth $422,092,000. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LP bought a new stake in shares of PayPal during the second quarter worth $20,758,000. Institutional investors own 68.32% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other PayPal news, insider Frank Keller sold 732 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.10, for a total value of $42,529.20. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 41,567 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,415,042.70. The trade was a 1.73% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Suzan Kereere sold 4,162 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $60.96, for a total transaction of $253,715.52. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 30,983 shares in the company, valued at $1,888,723.68. This represents a 11.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 14,774 shares of company stock valued at $738,249. 0.63% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Senator Boozman

John Boozman (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Arkansas. He assumed office on January 3, 2011. His current term ends on January 3, 2029. Boozman (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Arkansas. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022. Boozman won re-election in 2016. He faced Democrat Conner Eldridge, Libertarian Frank Gilbert, and write-in candidate Jason Tate in the general election. Arkansas’ U.S. Senate race was rated as safely Republican in 2016. Boozman began his political career in the U.S. House. He won a special election in 2001 and served in that position until his election to the Senate in 2010. Prior to his political career, Boozman worked as an optometrist. As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Boozman is an average Republican member of Congress, meaning he will vote with the Republican Party on the majority of bills. Below is an abbreviated outline of Boozman’s academic, professional, and political career: 2011-Present: U.S. Senator from Arkansas 2001-2011: U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1977: Graduated from Southern College of Optometry

PayPal Company Profile

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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.