PayPal Q1 Earnings: Will weak margin forecasts pull PayPal stock lower?
PayPal share prices dropped about 5% in pre-market trading on May 9 2023, as weak operating margin forecasts for the upcoming quarters negatively affected investor sentiments.
Analysts believe that a high interest rate environment coupled with mass layoffs and recession fears together have discouraged investors from making high ticket expenses, which in turn is affecting margins for such players.
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PayPal Q1 Results: Highlights
- PayPal cut its outlook for annual operating margin, overshadowing its profit forecast raise.
- PayPal expects income margins to expand 100 basis points this year against earlier forecast of a 125-basis-point growth.
- PayPal reported a profit of $795 million in Q1FY23, compared to a profit of $509 million in the corresponding quarter last year.
- PayPal did not declare any dividend during the quarter.
- PayPal expects net revenues to grow ~6.5%-7% in the upcoming quarter.
PayPal Q1 Results: Share Price Performance
| 1-day | 1-month | 1-year | 5-years | |
| PayPal share price performance | 0.8% | 1.4% | -5% | -5% |
(Data as on May 8, 2023)
PayPal Q1 Results: Revenue Performance
PayPal reported a near 8% jump in quarterly revenues for the Jan to March 2023 period and the company also expects revenues to gain approximately between 6.5%-7% for the upcoming quarter ending June 2023.
| Q1FY23 | Q1FY22 | % change | |
| Total Income | $7 billion | $6.5 billion | 7.7% |
PayPal Q1 Results: Net Profit
| Q1FY23 | Q1FY22 | % change | |
| Net Profit | $795 million | $509 million | 56% |
PayPal's net profit soared about 56% on account of strong revenue gains and comparatively subdued expenses growth. The company's operating expenses amounted to $6 billion, compared to $5.7 billion in the corresponding quarter last year.
PayPal Q1 Results: Analyst View
- Renowned brokerage Jefferies cut down its share price target to $75 from $80.
- Piper Sandler marginally raised its share price target to $83 from $82.
- Susquehanna cut down its share price target to $78 from $80.
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