Just released: the 3 best growth-focused stocks to buy in January [PREMIUM PICKS]

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âBest Buys Nowâ Pick #1:

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL)

Its Q3 earnings showed revenues increasing by 6% at constant currency.
While the growth rate decelerated from the previous quarter, the company is focusing on profitable, âdurableâ growth, rather than a higher proportion of low margin processing volumes.
Its enterprise payments platform Braintree saw volume decline to 11% to 19%, but is âmeaningfully contributingâ to transaction margin dollar growth (an important profit measure) which grew 8% to $3.7bn.
The company has cut costs in recent years as part of an efficiency drive, helping operating margins move higher (which were 18.8% in the quarter). But as the business scales, further drastic cost cutting shouldnât be necessary to support margin growth.
While the share has risen by 39% in the past 12 months, itâs currently trading at 17x trailing earnings, which still seems like a reasonable valuation for a growing, highly profitable business returning cash to its investors.

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Mark Stones and Ian Pierce own shares of PayPal. The Motley Fool UK has recommended PayPal.Â