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PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) Stock Profile & Financial OverviewPayPal Holdings, Inc.

Listed on NASDAQ • Financial Services / Financial - Credit Services
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PYPL Company Overview & Business Description

PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates a technology platform that enables digital payments on behalf of merchants and consumers worldwide. It provides payment solutions under the PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom, Zettle, Hyperwallet, Honey, and Paidy names. The company's payments platform allows consumers to send and receive payments in approximately 200 markets and in approximately 100 currencies, withdraw funds to their bank accounts in 56 currencies, and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies. PayPal Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Key Information

Symbol: PYPL
CEO: Alex Chriss
Exchange: NASDAQ
CIK: 0001633917
SEC Filings: View SEC →

Current Trend for PYPL

An assessment of the current trend environment for PYPL, based on the latest closing price data and intended to describe the market context heading into the next trading session.

As of 2025-12-24, the current trend for PYPL is a Sideways Consolidation (Range-Bound Environment).

The weekly trend is in a consolidation regime, which automatically downgrades the daily signal to sideways conditions. This environment favors short-term mean-reversion rather than trend-following.

  • The weekly context is non-trending (sideways), which typically caps the duration and magnitude of daily trend moves.
  • Price is currently trending at a healthy distance, sitting -1.98 ATR away from the adaptive KAMA baseline.
  • The current market structure is holding within recent defined ranges.

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Adaptive Trend Model · Daily & Weekly (2025-12-24 ET)

This model uses an adaptive trend algorithm based on daily and weekly price data to identify whether a stock is in an uptrend, downtrend, or consolidation over a multi-week to multi-month horizon. Compared with traditional moving-average systems, it filters short-term noise more effectively, captures trend continuation more reliably, and provides a stronger basis for position sizing and risk-management decisions such as stop-loss and take-profit levels.

As of 2025-12-24, PYPL in an indeterminate state; Long-term trend is bullish.

Trend Strength: PYPL last closed at 60.04, trading 0.9 ATR below the adaptive KAMA baseline (61.41). Technical Classification: Indeterminate State.

Trend Score: Technical Score: 40/100. Classification: Indeterminate. Alignment: Indeterminate. Logic: Price action is range-bound or lacking sufficient slope for trend confirmation.

SuperTrend Risk: Risk indicators: No active structural constraints identified.

Risk Skew: Multi-timeframe risk skew is currently assessed as Conflicted / Pullback. The daily decline is occurring within a larger weekly uptrend. This suggests a corrective phase, where downside risk meets significant long-term structural support.

Key Levels: Key technical references: Spot 60.04, KAMA 61.41.

PYPL Real-Time Stock Price & Market Data (Updated: Dec 23 12:48 PM EST)

Price
59.12
Change
-0.74
Change %
-1.24%
Open
59.93
Previous Close
59.86
High
60.07
Low
58.94
Volume
5,866,646
Market Cap
56,481,972,224
EV/EBITDA
9.39

PYPL Shares Outstanding, Float, Short Interest & Ownership (Updated: Dec 23 12:48 PM EST)

Shares Outstanding
935,651,953
FloatShares
932,545,589
Float Ratio
99.67%
Shares Short
40,184,389
Short Percent Of Float
The percent of float shares currently sold short. Reflects market sentiment and risk of a short squeeze.
4.30%
Short Ratio
Days needed to cover all short positions. Indicates short-selling pressure.
2.03 trading days
Held Percent Insiders
0.15%
Held Percent Institutions
80.89%