PayPal stock fell 3% to $55.12 in afternoon trading ahead of its third-quarter report, while Klarna (KLAR) fell 2% to $12.61 and Affirm (AFRM) fell 0.8% to $69.52. Truist raised its PayPal price target to $58 and kept a Hold rating, as part of a preview of payments and fintech stocks. In the same session, the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) rose 0.3% to $56.04 and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) rose 0.7% to $765.41, so the article describes the selling as company-specific. PayPal trades at a trailing P/E of 10x, and the article says branded checkout growth is the core test of the report, with Venmo and merchant processing also in focus.
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