Look for PayPal to rebound

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PAYPAL HOLDINGS INC. $83 is a buy, but only for highly aggressive investors. The company (Nasdaq symbol PYPL; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares o/s: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $99.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.0; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.paypal.com) processes online transactions on millions of websites, including purchases made on eBay, its former parent company. It has 426 million active users worldwide. The stock has dropped 58% since the start of 2022. That’s because the company has abandoned its 2025 goal of 750 million users and will focus instead on increasing engagement among the one-third of PayPal users who generate the vast majority of the company’s revenues. The company will probably earn $4.63 a share in 2022, and the stock trades at 17.9 times that estimate. That’s a reasonable p/e in light of its high market share: PayPal controls more than 50% of the global payment processing software industry. PayPal remains a buy for aggressive investors. investors…