AAPL $347.75 -0.24% ▼ ACN $246.79 -4.12% ▼ ADBE $267.60 -0.70% ▼ ADEA $21.31 +0.24% ▲ ADIG $16.58 +0.61% ▲ ADP $306.64 -0.42% ▼ ADSK $251.56 -0.57% ▼ AEHR $56.69 +4.03% ▲ AEVA $9.83 -0.25% ▼ AGYS $120.87 +0.67% ▲ AI $12.02 +0.22% ▲ AIP $19.25 +0.44% ▲ ALAB $265.83 +4.18% ▲ ALKT $15.80 -0.97% ▼ ALNT $85.74 -0.48% ▼ AMBA $64.56 +2.81% ▲ AMBQ $50.63 +2.15% ▲ AMD $518.12 +2.45% ▲ AMPL $17.17 -0.46% ▼ AMZN $249.18 -0.65% ▼ ANET $172.56 +1.42% ▲ AOSL $22.31 +0.04% ▲ APLD $19.05 +1.17% ▲ APP $262.38 +0.08% ▲ APPN $53.14 +3.26% ▲ APPS $9.91 -1.49% ▼ ARM $212.19 +1.89% ▲ ARRY $3.18 -4.50% ▼ ARW $209.10 -0.14% ▼ ASML $1,571.49 +1.14% ▲ AAPL $347.75 -0.24% ▼ ACN $246.79 -4.12% ▼ ADBE $267.60 -0.70% ▼ ADEA $21.31 +0.24% ▲ ADIG $16.58 +0.61% ▲ ADP $306.64 -0.42% ▼ ADSK $251.56 -0.57% ▼ AEHR $56.69 +4.03% ▲ AEVA $9.83 -0.25% ▼ AGYS $120.87 +0.67% ▲ AI $12.02 +0.22% ▲ AIP $19.25 +0.44% ▲ ALAB $265.83 +4.18% ▲ ALKT $15.80 -0.97% ▼ ALNT $85.74 -0.48% ▼ AMBA $64.56 +2.81% ▲ AMBQ $50.63 +2.15% ▲ AMD $518.12 +2.45% ▲ AMPL $17.17 -0.46% ▼ AMZN $249.18 -0.65% ▼ ANET $172.56 +1.42% ▲ AOSL $22.31 +0.04% ▲ APLD $19.05 +1.17% ▲ APP $262.38 +0.08% ▲ APPN $53.14 +3.26% ▲ APPS $9.91 -1.49% ▼ ARM $212.19 +1.89% ▲ ARRY $3.18 -4.50% ▼ ARW $209.10 -0.14% ▼ ASML $1,571.49 +1.14% ▲

PayPal Is Down More Than 80% From Its Peak. Here’s Why I Still Own It

October 23, 2026 · by TPW Pipeline

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) was one of the biggest winners in the COVID-19 era, with soaring e-commerce demand sending its stock to a peak of about $310 per share in mid-2021. Today, it trades for more than 80% below that peak, and reports of takeover talks are now dead.

I bought shares of PayPal far more recently than the pandemic-era peak, but shares are still significantly below my average cost basis. But I’m holding on to my shares, and believe PayPal represents one of the best risk-reward plays in all of value investing right now.

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