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Should You Own PayPal Stock Today?
PayPal (NASDAQ😋YPL) is no longer living under eBay's roof. The e-commerce giant spun off PayPal in July thereby enabling PayPal to emerge as its own publicly traded company on the Nasdaq. The company's newfound freedom should render PayPal more nimble and therefore better able to fend off competitive threats in the payments space -- an industry that is evolving at a breakneck pace these days.
However, increased competition from deep-pocketed rivals such as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) could hinder PayPal's mobile ambitions. With multiple forces at play here, let's take a closer look at the pros and cons of PayPal since its spinoff to uncover whether the stock is worthy of your portfolio today.
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PayPal's payments processing business, Braintree, is a major catalyst for the company. It acquired Braintree for a cool $800 million in 2013 when it was a start-up with around 4,000 merchants. This was a smart investment for PayPal because it gave the company much-needed oomph in the mobile payments space. With clients such as Uber, Airbnb, OpenTable, and TaskRabbit, Braintree was already a leader when it came to processing mobile payments.
Importantly, mobile commerce, or purchases made on mobile devices such as smartphones, is one of the fastest-growing segments of e-commerce today. In fact, eMarketer estimates that mobile devices will account for "one in four retail e-commerce dollars" earned next year. Meanwhile, "In 2017, U.S. retail m-commerce sales will top the $100 billion mark," according to eMarketer.
Thanks to its purchase of Braintree, PayPal is well-positioned to capitalize on this mobile commerce trend. Under PayPal's guidance, Braintree is already enjoying double-digit growth and is expected to surpass $50 billion in transactions this year. When PayPal was under eBay's roof it didn't break out revenue figures for Braintree. However, this could change now that PayPal is an independent company, therefore investors should keep an eye on this when PayPal reports its third-quarter results next month.
Read more: Should You Own PayPal Stock Today? -- The Motley Fool
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