The $60.50 buyout bid for PayPal equates to less than 9x adjusted FCF, which is inadequate given their strong cash generation. Read the full analysis here.
PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is fielding a joint takeover offer from Stripe and private equity firm Advent International worth more than $53 billion, according to Reuters. PayPal runs the checkout button behind millions of online stores and owns Venmo,
PayPal, which owns Venmo, is the target of what one group of analysts described as a "lowball" offer from Stripe, another payment processor, and Advent, a private equity firm.
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