Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. PayPal Holdings Inc shares valued at $249,057 were sold by Kereere Suzan on Nov 19 ’25. At $59.84 per share, Kereere Suzan sold 4,162 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 30,983 shares worth approximately $1.73 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, SUZAN KEREERE purchased 4,162 shares, netting a total of over 252,633 in proceeds.
Before that, Webster Aaron had sold 9,282 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $615,310, the EVP, Global Chief Risk Officer traded PayPal Holdings Inc shares for $66.29 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 9,282 shares, worth approximately $2.0 million.
As published in a research note from Daiwa Securities on January 13, 2026, PayPal Holdings Inc [PYPL] has been rated down from an Outperform to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $61. Analysts at Monness Crespi & Hardt downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early January. As of December 18, 2025, Morgan Stanley has decreased its “an Equal-weight” rating to a “an Underweight” for PYPL. Earlier on December 12, 2025, Robert W. Baird downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for PYPL stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing PYPL Stock Performance
On last trading session, PayPal Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: PYPL] rose 1.47% to $55.89. The stock’s lowest price that day was $55.095, but it reached a high of $56.33 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.18%. Over the course of the year, PayPal Holdings Inc shares have dropped approximately -39.12%.
Is PayPal Holdings Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of PayPal Holdings Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 4.77 million shares to 44.95 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 40.18 million shares. A jump of 10.61% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.97 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.97.
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In terms of PayPal Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 68.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 24.36% from the previous closing price of $55.08. Analysts anticipate PayPal Holdings Inc stock to reach 100 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 51. In spite of this, 30 analysts ranked PayPal Holdings Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On December 11, 2025, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $68.
