{"id":936736,"date":"2026-07-15T14:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/936736\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T14:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:37:19","slug":"paypal-stock-soars-on-report-of-buyout-proposal-from-stripe-advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/936736\/","title":{"rendered":"PayPal stock soars on report of buyout proposal from Stripe, Advent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><strong>What happened:<\/strong> PayPal stock (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/PYPL\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:PYPL;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:1;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PYPL&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PYPL<\/a>) jumped 14% on Wednesday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><strong>What&#8217;s behind the move: <\/strong>Payments company Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly made an offer to acquire PayPal at $60.50 per share in a deal that would value the payments giant at more than $53 billion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/finance\/stripe-advent-offer-buy-paypal-more-than-53-billion-sources-say-2026-07-15\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:according%20to%20a%20Reuters%20report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:2;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;according to a Reuters report&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"link\">according to a Reuters report<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Citing two people familiar with the matter, the report said Stripe and Advent would each own a 50% stake in PayPal under the proposed transaction.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The offer was reportedly submitted earlier this month and is backed by about $50 billion in committed bank financing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">PayPal and Stripe declined to comment to Yahoo Finance about the report. Yahoo Finance also reached out to Advent for comment, but had not heard back at the time of this publication.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><strong>What else you need to know:\u00a0<\/strong>PayPal stock is down 18% year to date\u00a0and 35% lower than one year ago as fierce competition from competitors like Apple (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/AAPL\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:AAPL;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:3;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;AAPL&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AAPL<\/a>) Pay, Block (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/XYZ\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:XYZ;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:4;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;XYZ&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">XYZ<\/a>), Stripe, and buy now, pay later companies Affirm (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/AFRM\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:AFRM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:5;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;AFRM&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AFRM<\/a>) and Klarna (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/KLAR\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:KLAR;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:6;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;KLAR&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KLAR<\/a>) has crowded the market.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The stock has been unable to reclaim its 2021 all-time high of $310, set at the height of the pandemic amid a low-interest-rate environment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The &#8220;Big Short&#8221; investor Michael Burry, who owns PayPal, said the offer price for the stock was too low.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">&#8220;I believe the bid will have to rise,&#8221; Burry wrote on Wednesday. &#8220;The company is well below intrinsic value, and any successful bid should be well above intrinsic value to account for the control premium.&#8221; 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