Here’s Why Gator Capital Sold PayPal (PYPL)

Gator Capital Management, an investment management company, released its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In Q4 2025, Gator Capital Management’s Gator Financial Partners, LLC returned 4.14%, Gator Offshore Partners, Ltd. returned 3.96%, and Gator Qualified Partners, LLC returned 6.10%. These compare to the S&P 500 Total Return Index 2.65% return and the S&P 1500 Financials Index’s 1.95% return. In 2025, Gator Funds returned 31.94%, 30.90%, and 16.92%, respectively, significantly outperforming both the broader market and the Financials...