PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) Stock Price & Analysis
Market: NASDAQ • Sector: Financial Services • Industry: Financial - Credit Services
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) Profile & Business Summary
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
| Ticker | PYPL |
|---|---|
| Leadership | Alex Chriss |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Official Site | https://www.paypal.com |
Market Trend Overview for PYPL
One model, two time views: what the market looks like right now, and where the larger trend is heading over time.
This model looks at how prices behave over time to describe the current market environment. It focuses on whether price is moving steadily, stalling, or losing momentum, and checks both short-term and weekly trends for confirmation. The goal is not to predict exact prices, but to help understand when conditions are supportive, risky, or unclear.
Current Market Context (Short-Term)
As of 2026-02-06 (ET), PYPL is moving lower. Price at 40.42 is close to support near 37.50. Moves may slow down, and resistance is near 43.34. View Support & Resistance from Options
Why the market looks this way?
Over the past several sessions, prices have mostly moved lower. The broader weekly trend is also pointing down. This suggests sellers remain in control, and buying carries higher risk right now.
Longer-Term Market Trend (Mid to Long Term)
Shows the bigger market trend, how strong it is, and where risks may start to build over the next few weeks or months. — Updated as of 2026-02-06 (ET)
As of 2026-02-06, PYPL is showing signs of slowing down. Over the longer term, the trend remains bearish.
PYPL last closed at 40.42. The price is about 1.4 ATR below its recent average price (42.93), and the market is currently in a trend that may be losing strength.
Short-term and long-term trends are aligned to the downside, keeping downside risk dominant.
Trend score: 45 out of 100. Overall alignment is unclear. The market is currently in a late-stage trend that may be losing strength. The longer-term trend is still negative, but short-term signals are not yet confirming it.
There is no clear risk level acting as a key boundary right now.
On 2025-10-30, trend conditions deteriorated, suggesting that moves in the prior direction became less dependable.
[2026-02-03] Trading activity was heavy, but price made little progress.
Recent bars show mixed price behavior without a clear shift in structural quality or efficiency.
Buying into the close appeared steady and controlled, consistent with deliberate overnight positioning.
Short Interest & Covering Risk for PYPL
This analysis looks at overall short interest positioning, focusing on the broader setup rather than short-term noise.
Shows how likely a short squeeze may be under current market conditions.
Short Exposure Percentile
Short interest is within its typical range, with no clear imbalance between buyers and sellers. (Historical percentile: 55%)
Structure Analysis
PYPL Short positioning looks normal. Current days to cover is 2.9 trading days, meaning short positions would unwind somewhat slower than average. Short covering could add extra momentum to price moves.
Bull Trap Structural Risk
No clear bull trap characteristics detected. Recent price behavior remains broadly consistent with current positioning.This reading helps confirm that current price action remains structurally healthy and does not indicate elevated trap risk.
Short interest remains relatively low, limiting forced selling pressure. Current price strength appears broadly supported. As a result, similar news or market events could lead to price moves about 2× larger than usual.
Note:
Short interest data is reported every two weeks by
FINRA.
The most recent snapshot is
2026-01-15 (ET).
Because this data updates slowly, it is not intended to predict short-term price moves. Instead, it helps describe longer-term market structure and where pressure may be building if prices begin to move.