The longshot: PayPal Holdings The longshot to eventually put Microsoft in the rearview mirror by 2040 is fintech stock PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL). Subscription-service revenue should help Amazon grow its logistics network, undercut brick-and-mortar retailers on price, and funnel cash to other high-growth initiatives. Shares of the company have lost over half their value as historically high inflation and back-to-back quarters of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) contraction weigh on advertising revenue.