Short interest on PYPL sees a significant increase on 2025-10-15

Jaxson Clark

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. PayPal Holdings Inc shares valued at $347,622 were purchased by SUZAN KEREERE on Oct 30 ’25. At $69.52 per share, SUZAN KEREERE acquired 5,000 shares.

Also, DIEGO SCOTTI purchased 3,838 shares, netting a total of over 267,432 in proceeds.

Before that, CHRIS NATALI had added 1,374 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $94,987, the Officer bought PayPal Holdings Inc shares for $69.13 each.

As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on October 23, 2025, PayPal Holdings Inc [PYPL] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $78. Analysts at Wells Fargo started covering the stock with ‘”an Equal weight”‘ outlook in a report released in late October. As of October 13, 2025, Goldman has decreased its “Neutral” rating to a “Sell” for PYPL. Earlier on October 03, 2025, Wolfe Research downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Peer perform” for PYPL stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.

Analyzing PYPL Stock Performance

On last trading session, PayPal Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: PYPL] plunged -2.51% to $67.93. The stock’s lowest price that day was $67.91, but it reached a high of $70.7638 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.48%. Over the course of the year, PayPal Holdings Inc shares have dropped approximately -18.73%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $93.25 on 01/17/25 and a 52-week low of $55.85 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 66.96, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 66.00. In the upper region, resistance lies at 69.83. The next price resistance is at 71.74. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 46.12 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is PayPal Holdings Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of PayPal Holdings Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-10-15 jumping by 8.76 million shares to 38.62 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 29.86 million shares. A jump of 22.69% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.43 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.43.

Which companies own the most shares of PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL)?

In terms of PayPal Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 75 in the next 12 months, up nearly 7.63% from the previous closing price of $69.68. Analysts anticipate PayPal Holdings Inc stock to reach 100 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 65. In spite of this, 30 analysts ranked PayPal Holdings Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On July 17, 2025, Deutsche Bank assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $75.

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