Skip to navigationSkip to main contentSkip to right columnADVERTISEMENTRich Smith, The Motley FoolWed, July 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM GMT+2 2 min readPayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) stock exploded 17.1% higher through 10:35 a.m. ET Wednesday on reports the e-payments company has received a buyout offer from privately held companies Stripe and Advent, perhaps with assistance from publicly traded Block (NYSE: XYZ).The reported buyout price: $53 billion.Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »Image source: PayPal.PayPal: Buy it now?As CNBC reports this morning, Stripe, Advent, and Block have offered to acquire PayPal for $60.50 per share, nearly 28% above PayPal's closing price last night. $17 billion of the total $53 billion purchase price would be paid in stock, and the rest in cash.Not all the details of the transaction are clear, and none of the companies reportedly involved are commenting on the reported acquisition, which Reuters first reported. Regardless, with PayPal stock down 35% over the past year (even after today's jump) versus a 20% gain for the broader S&P 500, PayPal shareholders are finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel and hoping a buyout from Stripe and Advent may save them.What's next for PayPal?But is this light the tunnel exit, or an oncoming train?According to the CNBC report, PayPal has received the offer and plans to discuss it at a board meeting on July 20, so the answer should come soon. The good news is that with PayPal stock trading at less than 9x earnings at present -- and only about 11.3x earnings at the reported purchase price -- the stock looks cheap, and there's good reason to believe Stripe, Advent, and Block would be interested in snapping up PayPal on the cheap.The bad news is that if PayPal's board thinks it's too cheap, it might refuse to sell -- and if that happens, PayPal's stock price could go right back to where it was yesterday. Caveat investor.Should you buy stock in PayPal right now?Before you buy stock in PayPal, consider this:The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and PayPal wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $396,542!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $1,299,961!*Terms and Privacy PolicyEU DSA contactPrivacy & Cookie SettingsMore Info