PayPal (PYPL) in Talks to Acquire Pinterest (PINS) in $45 Billion Deal - Report

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is reportedly in talks to acquire Pinterest (NYSE: PINS), Bloomberg and Reuters reported today.

Pinterest stock is up roughly 12% on the report to command a market cap of nearly $40 billion. On the other hand, shares of PayPal have plunged 6% to push the market cap lower to $301 billion.

Preliminary talks were centered around the $70.00 per share price offer, which is a premium of about 26% compared to the closing price on Tuesday. Reuters also reported that Paypal has made a $45 billion offer based on the $70.00 per share price, mostly in stock, but the final price and terms may change.

The payments giant is reportedly looking to close the deal by the time it reports its quarterly earnings on November 08.

The social media company went public in April 2019 at a market cap of just $10 billion.

Analysts so far are mixed on the potential deal.

Mizuho Securities analyst Dan Dolev said positive include a deeper reach for Paypal into internet and/or e-commerce. While questions include an "unknown degree of user overlap, rapid deceleration in Pinterest user growth in recent quarters, and the deal potentially signaling that PYPL's organic net new adds in 2H may be weaker than hoped."

Wedbush analyst Moshe Katri sees the deal as a "significant positive" for PayPal's ongoing monetization initiatives on both sides of its merchant and consumer platforms. This could be amplified if Pinterest's social commerce platform gets integrated with Honey's AI into PayPal’s destination app, Katri added.

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