Online marketplace eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025, with sales up 15% year on year to $2.97 billion. On top of that, next quarter’s revenue guidance ($3.03 billion at the midpoint) was surprisingly good and 8.5% above what analysts were expecting. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.41 per share was 4.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
As Bitcoin (BTC) hovers around the $83,200 mark this February, the digital asset market is entering a phase of uneasy stabilization. Following a blistering climb to a cycle peak of $126,000 in October 2025, the current "consolidation floor" represents a 34% retracement that has fundamentally altered the trading
A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after investor fears over artificial intelligence disrupting the software industry sparked a broad sell-off. The anxiety stemmed from the rapid adoption of new 'agentic AI' tools, which some investors believed could dismantle traditional Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business models. This 'AI Panic' led to indiscriminate selling across the sector. The market move reflected growing concerns about the downside of the AI boom for established software companies.
Shares of auto and industrial parts retailer Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC)
fell 14.1% in the afternoon session after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that missed analyst expectations and provided a weak forecast for the upcoming year, causing shares to fall.
Options data suggests Shopify stock could rally to about $139 after earnings on Feb. 11. MoffettNathanson issues a bullish note on SHOP shares heading into the firm’s quarterly print.
A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after software stocks continued to pull back as investors assessed the potential for new AI automation tools to compete with established software platforms.
Digital payments platform PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) fell short of the markets revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025 as sales rose 3.7% year on year to $8.68 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.23 per share was 4.5% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
Wall Street’s bearish price targets for the stocks in this article signal serious concerns.
Such forecasts are uncommon in an industry where maintaining cordial corporate relationships often trumps delivering the hard truth.
As of January 28, 2026, the financial technology landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. At the center of this shift is PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL), a company that has spent the last three years in a state of rigorous reinvention. Once the darling of the pandemic era, PayPal saw its valuation plummet as investors [...]
