Since the intrinsic value calculations based on Discounted Cash Flow Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based), or Discounted Earnings Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) cannot be applied to companies without consistent revenue and earnings, GuruFocus developed a valuation model based on normalized Free Cash Flow and Book Value of the company. The details of how we calculate the intrinsic value of stocks are described in detail here.
As of today (2022-05-18), PayPal Holdings's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF is $62.45. The stock price of PayPal Holdings is $78.2194. Therefore, PayPal Holdings's Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF of today is 1.3.
The historical rank and industry rank for PayPal Holdings's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF or its related term are showing as below:
PYPL'
s Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.25 Med: 3.69 Max: 5.11
Current: 1.25
During the past 10 years, the highest Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF of PayPal Holdings was 5.11. The lowest was 1.25. And the median was 3.69.
PYPL's Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF is ranked worse than 66.54% of 269
companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 0.75
vs PYPL: 1.25
PayPal Holdings Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Historical Data
The historical data trend for PayPal Holdings's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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PayPal Holdings Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF
-
-
31.79
52.82
61.65
PayPal Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun17
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF
54.49
57.08
59.62
61.65
62.45
Competitive Comparison
For the Credit Services subindustry, PayPal Holdings's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
PayPal Holdings Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Distribution
For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, PayPal Holdings's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where PayPal Holdings's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF falls into.
Since the intrinsic value calculations based on Discounted Cash Flow Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based), or Discounted Earnings Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) cannot be applied to companies without consistent revenue and earnings, GuruFocus developed a valuation model based on normalized Free Cash Flow and Book Value of the company.
The details of how we calculate the intrinsic value of stocks are described in detail here.
This method smooths out the free cash flow over the past 6-7 years, multiplies the results by a growth multiple, and adds a portion of Total Stockholders Equity.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
The growth multiple is capped between 8.35 and 17.74.
Total Stockholders Equity weighting is more art than science and it should always be revisited in more detail when researching a company. Weightings from 0% to 100% to more than 100% are possible. 80% was chosen as a happy median after taking the above ideas into consideration.
PayPal Holdings's Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF for today is calculated as
Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF
=
Share Price
/
Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF
=
78.2194
/
62.451816539007
=
1.25
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
PayPal Holdings Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Related Terms
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PayPal was spun off from eBay in 2015 and provides electronic payment solutions to merchants and consumers, with a focus on online transactions. The company had 426 million active accounts at the end of 2021, including 34 million merchant accounts. The company also owns Xoom, an international money transfer business, and Venmo, a person-to-person payment platform.
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