PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL) Valuation Is Higher Than eBay Inc (EBAY)
PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL) the spun off company from eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY), Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL)’s market capitalization was about $47.13 billion on the trading debut day. That was 35.8% higher than the valuation of eBay’s $34.71 billion following the spin-off of PayPal. Though both the companies’ shares advanced, it was the digital payment service provider that attracted more investors with over 5% gain compared to the parent firm’s over 2% gain.
Same Ticker
Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) returned to the trading terminal under the same symbol after more than a decade. The company was acquired by eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) sometime in August 2002. Before that, the digital payment service provider, which was established in 1998, went public in the same year. The higher market cap suggested the investors’ confidence in the company and the growth potential. In the second quarter, the company processed about $1.1 billion in payments with 169 million users with traction volume witnessing 27% YOY growth.
The accelerated pace of shift towards payment channels like mobile devices by shoppers created a big environment to succeed as a standalone company. Its President and CEO designee, Dan Schulman, has reportedly said that its strong June quarter results provided tremendous confidence on the current path. He said that it would take the next steps in its journey.
Different From eBay
On the other hand, eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) recorded 2% YOY revenue drop in the second quarter. The online auctioneer was forced to announce the spin-off of Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) following the pressure from the billionaire investor, Carl Icahn. The move would enable both the companies’ to focus on their respective areas of business.
However, eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) needs to discover a growth tactics to convince its investors. Needham & Company, LLC analyst, Kerry Rice, told Bloomberg that it will take one and half years to see any meaningful impact on the online auctioneer’s traffic, as well as, search improvement. Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) will also face the pressure from new entrants.
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PayPal) is a technology platform company, which enables digital and mobile payments on behalf of consumers and merchants around the world. The Company focuses on its consumers, merchants, friends and family to access and move their money through its platform using various devices, such as mobile, tablets, personal computers and wearables. It provides businesses of various sizes to accept payments from merchant Websites, mobile devices and applications, and at offline retail locations through a range of payment solutions across its Payments Platform, including PayPal, PayPal Credit, Venmo and Braintree products.
The Company enables global commerce by providing payment solutions for approximately 162 million active customer accounts in over 200 markets. It enables the users to create an active customer account, which is a registered account that sends or receives at least one payment or payment reversal through its payments platform, excluding transactions processed through its gateway products, in the past 12 months. PayPal gateway products include Payflow Payments and Braintree products. The Company offers its customers to use their account to both purchase and be paid for goods, and to transfer and withdraw funds.
The Company enables its consumers to fund a purchase using a bank account, a PayPal account balance, a PayPal Credit account, a credit or debit card, or other stored value products, such as coupons and gift cards. Its PayPal and Venmo products offer its users to transfer funds to each other using various funding sources. It offers merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities. It enables its users to make transactions across various markets and networks. Its Payments Platform connects with financial institutions around the world, and allows consumers to make purchases using a range of payment methods. Its Payments Platform enables to engage in cross-border shopping by sending payments to each other in over 200 markets across the globe and in more than 100 currencies.
The Company competes with American Express, Discover, Visa and MasterCard.
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