PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL).’s PYPL shares gained about 6.2% in the past two days (as of Jul 31, 2020) after the company reported non-GAAP earnings of $1.07 per share in second-quarter 2020, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 25.9%. Further, the figure improved 49% on a year-over-year basis and 62.1% sequentially.
Net revenues of $5.3 billion outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.9 billion. The figure improved 22% from the year-ago quarter on a reported basis and 25% on the FX-neutral basis. The top line also increased 13.9% from the prior quarter.
Quarter in Detail
PayPal witnessed year-over-year growth of 21% in total active accounts. Positive contributions from the Honey acquisition contributed to growth in the net new active number. The total number of active accounts was 346 million in the quarter under review, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 341 million.
Growing total payment volume (TPV) courtesy of increasing net new active accounts contributed to year-over-year top-line growth. The total number of payment transactions came in at 3.7 billion, up 26% year over year and ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 3.6 billion. Moreover, a boom in the digital payment and e-commerce spaces owing to the coronavirus pandemic acted as a tailwind.
Further, strong performance by Venmo and merchant services aided the results. Additionally, PayPal Checkout experiences, which witnessed growing transactions, remained a positive.
Guidance
The company expects to continue witnessing an uptrend in the digital payment market for the rest of the year. Additionally, accelerating transaction revenues of PayPal are likely to continue driving revenues. Further, its strong efforts in product enhancements remain as positives.
The deployment of the QR code technology across PayPal and Venmo apps in 28 global markets is expected to deliver a better payment experience.
For third-quarter 2020, PayPal expects revenues to reflect year-over-year improvement of 23% at the current spot rate and 25% at FX-neutral basis. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is pegged at $5.02 billion.
Non-GAAP earnings, which are anticipated to grow by 25%, are expected to carry the acquisition impact of 4 cents per share. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings is 86 cents per share.
For 2020, PayPal expects revenues to reflect year-over-year improvement of 20% at the current spot rate and 22% at FX-neutral basis. Non-GAAP earnings, which are anticipated to grow by 25%, are expected to carry the acquisition impact of 11 cents per share.
ETFs in Focus
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