"Shares of PayPal ( NASDAQ:PYPL) have flipped from very bearish to bullish over two weeks. The digital payments company has been dismissed, many times, as a value trap after its 77% decline over five years. But with sentiment scores climbing from 12 (very bearish) on January 11th to 72 (bullish) by January 23rd, retail investors are making a different bet. PayPal reports Q4 2025 earnings on February 3rd."
"The sentiment inflection happened between January 13th and 14th. A post titled "PayPal's Value is Stupefied..." on r/stocks sparked 199 comments and generated the highest engagement of the month. The author made a bullish case for the stock, stating: "This is value, this is a gem, this will be 75-90$ by year end because it's grossly undervalued." That post drove sentiment from neutral (56) to very bullish (88) in 24 hours."
PayPal's market sentiment reversed sharply from very bearish to bullish within two weeks, with sentiment scores rising from 12 on January 11th to 72 by January 23rd. Q4 2025 earnings are scheduled for February 3rd after seven consecutive quarters of beating estimates, most recently by 14% in Q3. The stock trades 37% below its 52-week high of $90.72 following a 77% decline over five years. A r/stocks post on January 13–14 vaulted sentiment from 56 to 88 in 24 hours, while an earlier r/wallstreetbets post on January 11 reflected trader frustration and speculative risk-taking. The bullish case cites 31% YoY earnings growth versus 7% revenue growth, signaling margin expansion and renewed value interest.
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