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As a crown jewel in the fintech space, PayPal's (PYPL 1.28%) stock soared to nearly $310 per share in 2021, captivating investors' attention at a time when its explosive growth was hard to ignore. However, slowing growth, declining margins, and a lack of compelling catalysts raised doubts about the stock and its lofty valuation.

PayPal is undervalued due to an unclear narrative, despite its broad reach and strong fundamentals in the digital payments space. Recent management focus on core, high-margin segments like PayPal and Venmo, plus improved execution, signal a positive strategic shift. With a low multiple and potential for mid-teens earnings growth, PayPal offers significant upside if it continues to consolidate and simplify its business.

PayPal remains a top pick due to profitable growth, aggressive share repurchases, and a strong balance sheet despite market pessimism. Management signals unbranded processing growth has bottomed, with accelerating momentum in Venmo and branded processing supporting future growth. The stock trades at just 13x earnings, offers a 7% shareholder yield, and looks undervalued even without growth acceleration.

Branded checkout TPV grew 5% YoY FX-neutral, with 60% of U.S. traffic on the upgraded checkout experience. Venmo TPV rose 12%, revenue exceeded 20% growth, and debit card monthly active users surged 40% in Q2 2025. PSP (Braintree) TPV increased 2% FX-neutral as low-margin volumes were deprioritized to protect profitability and improve transaction margins.

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Stalling revenue growth, now dragging in low single digits after years of double-digit gains, is, in my view, the main factor keeping PayPal's stock under pressure. Other contributing factors include a recent drop in operating and free cash flows, although there is a caveat here. I believe the $6–7 billion free cash flow target will survive only if the $1.2 billion working capital spike that we've seen over the past six months unwinds.

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Former Amazon and Google Pay executive Ben Volk is headed to PayPal. “I'm thrilled to announce that I'm joining PayPal as the SVP & GM of PayPal Consumer, focusing on how we show up and deliver value for the millions of people who use PayPal every day,” Volk wrote in a Tuesday (Aug.