Digital payments platform PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) fell short of the markets revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025 as sales rose 3.7% year on year to $8.68 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.23 per share was 4.5% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
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PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PYPL) stock plunged more than 20% Tuesday, following a triple threat of bad news: a surprise CEO shake-up, an earnings miss and a weak outlook
Despite strength in defensive sectors and select earnings winners, a deepening selloff in enterprise software stocks and a sharp decline in PayPal Holdings Inc. weighed heavily on sentiment.
Shares of digital payments platform PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) fell 19.8% in the afternoon session after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that missed Wall Street's expectations for both revenue and earnings. The digital payments company posted revenue of $8.68 billion, a 3.7% increase year on year, but this fell short of analyst estimates of $8.78 billion. Its adjusted earnings per share of $1.23 also missed the consensus forecast of $1.29. While PayPal's pre-tax profit margin improved by 1.9 percentage points from the same quarter last year to 18.8%, the top- and bottom-line misses overshadowed this improvement. The report was broadly seen as weak, with the company failing to meet investor expectations and struggling to show strong momentum, leading to a significant sell-off in the stock.
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Gary Black, managing partner of Future Fund, said in a post on X that PayPal’s limitation is that it is very expensive for sellers compared to other online payment providers.
Shares of personal computing and printing company HP (NYSE:HPQ) fell 5.5% in the morning session after the company announced the immediate resignation of its CEO, Enrique Lores, which was followed by downgrades from several investment banks. Lores stepped down from his role as President, CEO, and board member to become the new chief executive at PayPal. In response to the leadership change, both Barclays and Goldman Sachs downgraded HP's stock. Barclays lowered its rating to "Underweight," while Goldman Sachs moved its rating to "Sell." Analysts cited ongoing challenges in the personal computer and printing markets, along with concerns over pressure on profit margins and demand. The company appointed board member Bruce Broussard as the interim CEO. Despite the abrupt change in leadership, HP stated that it maintained its earnings outlook for the upcoming quarters.
