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    How Investors May Respond To PayPal (PYPL) Turning Its Transaction Graph Into a Marketing Insights Engine

    Simply Wall St·01/07/2026 17:32:29
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    • Earlier this week, PayPal launched its Transaction Graph Insights & Measurement program, using data from over 430 million consumer accounts and tens of millions of merchants to give brands a cross-merchant view of real shopper behavior and advertising performance.
    • The new suite positions PayPal as an insights provider as well as a payments platform, turning its transaction graph into a tool for merchants to identify high-intent shoppers and quantify true sales lift rather than modeled estimates.
    • We’ll now examine how PayPal’s new transaction-graph-powered measurement capabilities could reshape its investment narrative as a broader commerce platform.

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    PayPal Holdings Investment Narrative Recap

    To own PayPal today, you generally need to believe it can evolve from a pure payments processor into a broader commerce and data platform. The new Transaction Graph Insights & Measurement offering directly supports that catalyst in the near term, but it does not remove the key risk that softer consumer spending and competition could still weigh on transaction volumes and revenue.

    The Transaction Graph launch also ties into PayPal’s earlier introduction of PayPal Ads Manager, which similarly leans on its vast transaction data to help merchants monetize traffic and understand shopper behavior. Together, these offerings reinforce the shift toward higher margin, value added services around commerce enablement, which many investors view as central to PayPal’s next phase beyond core payment processing.

    Yet, despite these product advances, investors should also be aware that competitive pressure in key markets like the UK could...

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    PayPal Holdings' narrative projects $38.1 billion revenue and $5.4 billion earnings by 2028. This requires 5.6% yearly revenue growth and about a $0.7 billion earnings increase from $4.7 billion today.

    Uncover how PayPal Holdings' forecasts yield a $82.00 fair value, a 37% upside to its current price.

    Exploring Other Perspectives

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    Fifty four members of the Simply Wall St Community value PayPal between US$74.76 and US$174.92 per share, showing a very wide spread of expectations. When you weigh those views against PayPal’s push to turn its transaction graph into a commerce insights engine, it underlines how differently investors are interpreting the potential impact on future business performance.

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    This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.