Speaker 1: Day Pal shares or trading in a mixed environment as
Speaker 1: investors weigh recent developments in the payment sector. According to
Speaker 1: market Beat, the stock closed at fifty five dollars and
Speaker 1: eighty nine cents on January twenty first, up one point
Speaker 1: four seven per cent from the previous day, with shares
Speaker 1: reaching an intra day high of fifty six dollars and
Speaker 1: thirty three cents. Trading volume came in at approximately fifteen
Speaker 1: point one million shares, slightly below the average session volume
Speaker 1: of fifteen point nine million shares, suggesting moderate investor interest.
Speaker 1: Recent market catalysts have been decidedly mixed. Market Beat reports
Speaker 1: that PayPal shares rose partly due to political relief after
Speaker 1: President Trump appeared to shelve new tariff threats. The company
Speaker 1: has also launched consumer facing initiatives, including free do it
Speaker 1: yourself tax filing for PayPal Debit MasterCard customers and a
Speaker 1: five per cent cash back gift card partnership. However, these
Speaker 1: gains are tempered by insider selling activity and estate reduction
Speaker 1: by investment firm Wedgewood Partners, which could weigh on investor
Speaker 1: sentiment going forward. The analyst community remains cautious on the
Speaker 1: stock According to market Beat, PayPal carries a hold rating
Speaker 1: with an average price target of seventy five dollars and
Speaker 1: eighty four cents, suggesting limited upside from current levels. However,
Speaker 1: there is meaningful divergence among analysts. Argus increased their price
Speaker 1: target from eighty one dollars to eighty seven dollars and
Speaker 1: maintained a buy rating as of late October, while Stevens
Speaker 1: adjusted their target downward to sixty five dollars from seventy
Speaker 1: five dollars, maintaining an equal weight rating. On balance, twelve
Speaker 1: analysts recommend buying, while twenty four suggest holding and four
Speaker 1: recommend selling. Looking at technical performance, the stock is trading
Speaker 1: four point one percent below its twenty day moving average
Speaker 1: and thirteen point six percent below its one hundred day
Speaker 1: moving average, indicating a bearish short term trend. The company
Speaker 1: has set fourth quarter twenty two twenty five guidance at
Speaker 1: one dollar twenty seven to one dollar thirty one in
Speaker 1: earnings per share, with full year twenty twenty five guidance
Speaker 1: at five dollars thirty five to five dollars thirty nine
Speaker 1: in earnings per share. PayPal's next earnings report is scheduled
Speaker 1: for February third, which will likely provide important direction for
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