Analyst ratings
43 analysts have weighed in: a Hold consensus: 7 buy calls against 3 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $56.92.
NASDAQ: PYPL · Credit Services
Over the past week, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) logged about 527 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Sell. The crowd averages 22% bullish across the tracked sources. Wall Street is more cautious, with 7 of 43 analysts rating PYPL a buy.
There is steady buzz around PYPL this week and broad agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Sell.
Wall Street’s 16% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from News at 17% to X at 28%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
43 analysts have weighed in: a Hold consensus: 7 buy calls against 3 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $56.92.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits just below the neutral line, momentum is cooling and the 3 sources broadly agree, so the read is a Sell.
The crowd runs 6 points hotter than the 16% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: X reads 28% bullish while News sits at 17%, a 11-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) buzz held moderate around 56.7 while the price drifted up 3.4% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 11.8M shares. Updated Oct 10, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, PYPL gained 4.7%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 59.0 and was relatively stable, swinging between 56.7 and 63.0. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 16 of the 21 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
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| Adanos signal | Sell |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Hold (7 / 33 / 3) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 22% |
| Avg price target | $56.92 |
| Most bullish source | X, 28% |
| Most bearish source | News, 17% |
| Sentiment spread | 11 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 527 |
| Market cap | $47.43B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 10.4 · 9.1 |
| EPS · Beta | $5.29 · 1.3 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $34.13B · 14% margin |
| Industry | Credit Services |
Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) currently carries an Adanos sell signal with 93/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 22% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 527 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is moderately active with 219 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 37 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 21% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is falling, suggesting cooling attention.
The crowd reads bearish on PayPal Holdings (PYPL), averaging 22% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are X at 28% bullish and News at 17%, a 11-point spread. On the professional side, 7 of 43 analysts rate PYPL a buy.
Of the 43 analysts covering PayPal Holdings (PYPL), 7 rate it a buy, 33 a hold and 3 a sell, for a hold consensus. The average price target is $56.92. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 22%.
PayPal Holdings (PYPL)'s cross-source average is bearish at 22% bullish. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish. Reddit reads 21% bullish, X reads 28% bullish and news coverage is the most negative at 17% bullish. The combined signal points to broad sell-side pressure with 93/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is bearish for PayPal Holdings (PYPL) at 22% bullish. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish. The most bearish reading is news at 17% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling on Reddit and X, while news activity is rising. The sell signal carries 93/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 278 mentions (53% of total volume). Reddit contributes 219 mentions and News contributes 30 mentions. The cross-source average is bearish at 22% bullish, while news is the only source with rising 3-day activity. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. PYPL's sell signal at 93/100 conviction reflects a bearish cross-source average at 22% bullish. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
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