Speaker 1: K Pal's stock prices of September third, twenty twenty five,
Speaker 1: is hovering around sixty nine United States dollars and twenty
Speaker 1: five cents, reflecting a decline of about one in thirty
Speaker 1: four hundred per cent from the previous day. The current
Speaker 1: trading volume is moderately active, coming in at just above
Speaker 1: ten million shares, which is roughly in line with its
Speaker 1: recent average levels. This movement follows a broader trend where
Speaker 1: the stock has faced a slow year, dropping nearly nineteen
Speaker 1: per cent since January and lingering in the lower half
Speaker 1: of its fifty two week range that stretches from fifty
Speaker 1: five United States dollars in eighty five cents to ninety
Speaker 1: three United States dollars and sixty six cents. Recent earnings
Speaker 1: that offered some bright spots. PayPal's most recent quarterly report
Speaker 1: outperformed analyst expectations, recording one United States dollar and forty
Speaker 1: cents per share and earnings on revenue of eight billion,
Speaker 1: two hundred ninety million United States dollars. The strong operating
Speaker 1: margins and increased profit guidance for the remainder of the
Speaker 1: year are points of all optimism, with the company now
Speaker 1: expecting annual earnings per share to fall between five United
Speaker 1: States dollars and fifteen cents and five United States dollars
Speaker 1: and thirty cents. Nonetheless, ongoing insider stock sales and a
Speaker 1: beta near one point four highlight ongoing volatility and investor caution.
Speaker 1: Analyst sentiment on the stock remains mixed. Out of thirty
Speaker 1: three analysts tracked seventeen hold buy ratings, fourteen recommend holding,
Speaker 1: and two advice selling, resulting in an average price target
Speaker 1: consensus of eighty five United States dollars over the next
Speaker 1: twelve months. There are notable variations, with the highest analyst
Speaker 1: target at one hundred seven United States dollars, while the
Speaker 1: most pestimistic target stands at fifty six United States dollars.
Speaker 1: Major investment banks such as Kanek, Orgeneity, and McCrory have
Speaker 1: reiterated outperform or buy ratings, while Troist Financial recently issued
Speaker 1: a cell recommendation and a target of sixty eight United
Speaker 1: States dollars. On the institutional side, large investors like Ohmer's
Speaker 1: Administration Corporation and Allions have significantly increased their stakes, and
Speaker 1: total institutional ownership now exceeds sixty eight percent However, insider
Speaker 1: selling has amounted to nearly twenty seven thousand shares in
Speaker 1: the last quarter, valued at approximately one million, nine hundred
Speaker 1: thousand United States dollars. In some PayPal remains a heavily
Speaker 1: watched fintech stock, navigating a challenging market while posting solid
Speaker 1: earnings and remaining subject to divided analyst expectations. The result
Speaker 1: is in appealing yet volatile scenario for both long turn
Speaker 1: believers and cautious traitors.