PayPal Is Having a Midlife Crisis. That Might Be the Opportunity.
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- PayPal (PYPL) trades near multi‑year lows around $55–56 in January 2026 despite a massive global payments footprint and strong profitability.
- The company is shifting from legacy checkout button to AI‑driven commerce platform, while pushing harder to monetize Venmo, which could exceed $2B in revenue by 2027.
- Markets are pricing PayPal like a slow‑growth value stock, leaving a gap between its cash generation and its current, skeptical narrative.
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