Tuesday, May 9, 2023

PayPal, A Junk Stock Representing Shares In A Junk Company (PYPL)

The market is telling us something is wrong - and before you ask, I don't know what it is -  with this company, and has been since the shares traded at $300:

From Reuters via Yahoo Finance, May 9:

PayPal tumbles 12%, eyes lowest close since 2017

PayPal Holdings' stock slumped 12% on Tuesday, on track for its lowest close in almost six years, after the payments company cut the outlook for its annual adjusted operating margin.

The stock, last trading at $66.45, was set to record its lowest closing price since October 2017. It touched a session low of $66.39, its lowest intra-day price since December.

PayPal late on Monday estimated adjusted operating margin expansion of 100 basis points this year, compared with its earlier forecast of 125-basis-point growth....

....MUCH MORE

Also at Yahoo Finance, the transcript of earlier analysis:

PayPal stock sinks on disappointing outlook for operating margins

Previously:

October 10, 2022: ""PayPal Still Threatens $2500 Fines for Promoting 'Discriminatory' "Intolerance" (Even if Not "Misinformation")" (PYPL)":
The stock closed down another 6.27% at $84.52, considerably below the 52-week high of $273.51.
From the legal eagles at The Volokh Conspiracy, October 9....

October 14, 2022: "PayPal terminates account of Hong Kong Democracy Party"
One really good thing about the last decade is that a lot of folks have shown their true colors....

October 31, 2022: "PayPal Correction/Amplification/Mea Culpa/My Bad (PYPL)":
Regarding October 26's "Following PR Crisis, PayPal Again Updates TOS Hoping You Won’t Notice"....