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↘️ Palantir Technologies (PLTR): The data-analytics company’s stock slid more than 3% in premarket trading even though it posted record quarterly revenue and profit late on Monday. ↗️ Pinterest (PINS): Shares of the image-sharing company rallied 16% ahead of the opening bell after it posted double-digit sales growth and bullish second-quarter guidance.

PayPal Holdings on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings and revenue under a new chief executive that topped Wall Street consensus estimates. PayPal stock rose as the company announced a $1.5 billion cost reduction program over the next two to three years. PayPal earnings for Q1 rose 1% to $1.34 per share on an adjusted basis.

Stock futures were rising Tuesday as investors shrugged off a flare-up of tensions in the Middle East. Palantir Technologies slid 3.3% even as the data-wrangling software developer’s first-quarter earnings topped Wall Street’s expectations on all key metrics. Because it trades at such a lofty valuation, with the stock fetching 97 times expected earnings per share for the next 12 months, Palantir gets judged not on whether it beats expectations but how much it beats estimates.

Earnings season revs up the next few days as investors will hear from big companies including Advanced Micro Devices, CoreWeave, Pfizer and McDonald's. Data on the U.S. jobs market will also be watched closely, culminating in April nonfarm payroll numbers Friday.

The markets got an unwelcome reminder today that the war in Iran isn’t over, clouding a picture that’s recently been dominated by sunny earnings reports. On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 557 points, or 1.1%, while the S&P 500 declined 0.4% and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.2%; the latter two had closed out last week at fresh highs. The war in the Middle East, which Wall Street had all but ignored in recent weeks, flared back into view on Monday.

PYPL stock has a very low valuation and multiple, powerful, potential catalysts. Here's what else to know ahead of its Q1 earnings.

Upcoming results of several key payment-focused and financial technology companies are likely to eit

PYPL heads into Q1 results with modest revenue growth expected and EPS decline forecast, as competition and FX pressures weigh.

PayPal is focusing on streamlining its operations to accelerate growth. Moreover, the notable decline in the stock price has eased valuation concerns ahead of Q1 earnings.

Dr. Michael Burry of The Big Short fame has been making huge headlines in the past year, most notably for his bearish views on the AI trade. With bearish put options against two of the highest flyers in all of tech in recent years (GPU juggernaut Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and AI software government contractor Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR)), ... Burry Isn’t Alone in Loading Up on PayPal — Here’s Why It’s Time to Follow the Smart Money

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) currently trades around $50.48, while the average Wall Street price target sits at $52.97. That leaves an implied upside of roughly 4.9%, which is a remarkably narrow gap for a stock that has been through this much turbulence. PayPal operates one of the largest digital payments platforms, spanning branded checkout, Venmo, and global ... Is PayPal a Buy Ahead of Business Restructuring After 45% Selloff?

Glass, a GovTech company, has entered Mastercard Start Path’s inaugural Corporate Solutions program to enhance digital payment infrastructure for the public sector. This collaboration aims to modernize government transactions by providing scalable solutions that improve efficiency, transparency, and intelligence in public finance. As part of a select group of fintech companies, Glass gains access to Mastercard’s extensive network, fostering innovation and opportunities within the global...

Digital payments platform PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday before the bell. Here’s what to look for.

Investors won’t get too much of a respite from a big week trading the AI boom, with Palantir, Advanced Micro Devices, and CoreWeave reporting earnings. A bevy of data about the U.S. jobs market will also be watched closely, culminating in April nonfarm payroll numbers Friday.

ON Semiconductor, Pfizer, Uber, McDonald’s, and many more will report earnings this week. Economic releases will include the April jobs report and purchasing managers index.

PayPal announced it is reorganizing into three business units and making several leadership changes.

Companies with more cash than debt can be financially resilient, but that doesn’t mean they’re all strong investments. Some lack leverage because they struggle to grow or generate consistent profits, making them unattractive borrowers.

PayPal Holdings (NasdaqGS:PYPL) has introduced PayPal Store Sync, connecting BigCommerce merchant catalogs to AI shopping tools including Microsoft Copilot, Meta and Perplexity. The launch is designed to make merchant products more easily discoverable and purchasable inside these AI powered experiences. This move extends PayPal's role beyond payment processing into AI driven retail channels and new partner based commerce flows. For investors watching NasdaqGS:PYPL at a share price of...

Insightful Analysis of Yacktman Asset Management (Trades, Portfolio)'s Latest 13F Filing

PayPal's Venmo will have new leadership as the payments major looks to unlock value.

Under the new structure, Venmo will sit within the newly created Consumer Financial Services & Venmo division.

David Marcus worked as the president at fintech giant PayPal (Nasdaq: PYPL) in the early 2010s before moving to Facebook as the vice president of messaging products in 2014. During his tenure at Facebook, he was the co-creator of Diem, a failed cryptocurrency project initiated by the ...

Meta (META) is now paying some of its creators in stablecoins instead of cash. Scott Melker outlines what you need to know. "The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs on Yahoo Finance every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto. Make sure to also check out Yahoo Finance's new crypto hub to find the latest crypto-related news.

From executive shakeups to “Agentic Ready” payments, the industry’s biggest players are pivoting to meet the next era of intelligent computing.

Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Paypal (PYPL) for the quarter ended March 2026 by going beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.

Across all discussions at the Business Africa Forum, a common thread emerged: self-determination. Whether through fintech innovation, practical AI adoption, or network-driven investment strategies, African entrepreneurs are actively reshaping the rules of engagement.