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PayPal stock (PYPL) has had a bumpy ride since 2020. The stock more than doubled in 2020 and continued its good run in the first half of 2021. However, PYPL ended that year in the red, meeting the same fate for the next two years. 2024 was a welcome break for PayPal investors as the “law of averages” finally caught up with the stock, and it gained a respectable 39%, outperforming the S&P 500 Index ($SPX) after three consecutive years of underperformance.
Cut to 2025, and PYPL stock has already lost nearly 20% and is yet again massively underperforming the broader market, which has recovered from its April lows. I see the recent fall in PayPal stock as a good buying opportunity, as we’ll explore in this article.
