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AMZN vs PYPL
Side-by-side comparison of Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- AMZN operates in Consumer Discretionary, while PYPL operates in Industrials - the two are in different parts of the market.
- AMZN is the larger of the two at $2.82T, about 52.9x PYPL ($53.27B).
- AMZN has been more active in the news (19 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for PYPL).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Amazon.com Inc.
- PayPal Holdings Inc.
- Price
- -
- -
- Market cap
- $2.82T
- $53.27B
- 1M return
- -
- +11.22%
- 1Y return
- -
- -11.29%
- Industry
- Catalog/Specialty Distribution
- Diversified Commercial Services
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 1997
- News (4w)
- 19
- 4
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
Amazon.com Inc.
Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical and online stores. The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Rings, and Echo and other devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content. In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its websites, as well as its stores; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, analytics, machine learning, and other services, as well as fulfillment, advertising, publishing, and digital content subscriptions. Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. The company serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
PayPal Holdings Inc.
PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates as a technology platform and digital payments company that enables digital and mobile payments on behalf of consumers and merchants worldwide. Its payment solutions include PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom, Hyperwallet, and iZettle products. The company's payments platform allows consumers to send and receive payments, withdraw funds to their bank accounts, and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in various currencies. It also offers gateway services that enable merchants to accept payments online with credit or debit cards, as well as digital wallets. PayPal Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Latest AMZN
- President and CEO Jassy Andrew R converted options into 50,000 shares and sold $5,180,213 worth of shares (20,000 units at $259.01) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, increasing direct ownership by 1% to 2,235,766 units (SEC Form 4)
- CEO Amazon Web Services Garman Matthew S converted options into 18,176 shares and sold $3,766,920 worth of shares (14,541 units at $259.06) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, increasing direct ownership by 26% to 17,794 units (SEC Form 4)
- CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores Herrington Douglas J converted options into 15,905 shares and sold $1,647,810 worth of shares (6,362 units at $259.01) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 476,681 units (SEC Form 4)
- Senior Vice President Zapolsky David converted options into 15,430 shares and sold $4,004,345 worth of shares (15,430 units at $259.52) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Senior Vice President and CFO Olsavsky Brian T converted options into 15,430 shares and sold $1,606,633 worth of shares (6,172 units at $260.31) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, increasing direct ownership by 9% to 109,207 units (SEC Form 4)
- Vice President Reynolds Shelley converted options into 2,343 shares and sold $606,854 worth of shares (2,343 units at $259.01) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Rosenblatt resumed coverage on Amazon
- CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores Herrington Douglas J sold $982,993 worth of shares (3,741 units at $262.76) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan and converted options into 9,352 shares, increasing direct ownership by 1% to 467,138 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form EFFECT filed by Amazon.com Inc.
- SEC Form 424B3 filed by Amazon.com Inc.
Latest PYPL
- President, Global Markets Kereere Suzan sold $253,723 worth of shares (4,162 units at $60.96) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 12% to 30,983 units (SEC Form 4)
- PayPal and Venmo Expand to Tuition Payments in New Integrations with Illumia, Nelnet Campus Commerce, and TouchNet
- President, Global Markets Kereere Suzan converted options into 8,503 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 4,341 shares, increasing direct ownership by 13% to 35,145 units (SEC Form 4) (for tax liability)
- RWX Raises $12M Series A to Scale the Dev Cloud for AI-Driven Engineering
- SVP, Chief Accounting Officer Natali Chris sold $77,680 worth of shares (1,337 units at $58.10) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 38% to 2,216 units (SEC Form 4)
- Pres., Checkout Sol. & PayPal Keller Frank sold $42,529 worth of shares (732 units at $58.10) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 41,567 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by PayPal Holdings Inc.
- PayPal Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- PayPal Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
- PayPal upgraded by Truist with a new price target