PayPal Holdings is a technology platform that enables digital payments on behalf of merchants and consumers worldwide. Co.'s payment solutions enable its customers to send and receive payments. Co. operates a global, two-sided network at scale that connects merchants and consumers with various active accounts across various markets. Co. helps merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. Co. provides proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on its payments platform on behalf of its customers. Co. enables consumers to exchange funds with merchants using a variety of funding sources. We show 37 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our PYPL shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute PYPL market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing PayPal Holdings market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing PayPal Holdings's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of PayPal Holdings versus a peer is one thing; comparing
PayPal Holdings market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like PayPal Holdings can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching PayPal Holdings by allowing them to research the PayPal Holdings market cap history. |
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