PayPal Holdings, Inc.
PYPL· Nasdaq· Services-Business Services, NEC
- Market cap
- –
- P/FCF
- –
- EV/Sales
- –
- FCF margin
- 16.8%
- ROIC, 5 yr avg
- –
- Revenue, 5 yr CAGR
- +9.1%
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Company statistics
Profile · FY2025
- Market cap
- –
- Enterprise value
- –
- Diluted shares
- 968.0M
- Revenue
- $33.2B
- Free cash flow
- $5.6B
- Owner earnings
- $4.6B
Valuation · FY2025
- P/E
- –
- P/FCF
- –
- P/Owner earnings
- –
- EV/Sales
- –
- EV/FCF
- –
- P/B
- –
Margins · FY2025
- Gross
- –
- Operating
- 18.3%
- Net
- 15.8%
- Free cash flow
- 16.8%
- Owner earnings
- 13.8%
- Stock pay
- 3.0%
Returns
- ROIC, FY2025
- –
- ROIC, 5 yr avg
- –
- ROE, FY2025
- 25.8%
- ROE, 5 yr avg
- 19.5%
Growth (CAGR)
- Revenue, 3 yr
- 6.4%
- Revenue, 5 yr
- 9.1%
- Revenue, 9 yr
- 13.2%
- Diluted EPS, 3 yr
- 37.3%
- Diluted EPS, 5 yr
- 8.9%
- Diluted EPS, 9 yr
- 18.8%
- Free cash flow, 3 yr
- 2.9%
- Free cash flow, 5 yr
- 0.8%
- Free cash flow, 9 yr
- 9.3%
Financial health · FY2025
- Cash and investments
- $10.4B
- Total debt
- $10.0B
- Net cash
- $435.0M
- Debt/Equity
- 0.5x
- Debt/FCF
- 1.8x
Shareholder returns · FY2025
- Dividend yield
- –
- Payout ratio
- 2.5%
- Buyback yield
- –
- Shareholder yield
- –
- Share count, 5 yr
- -4.0%
Financials: ten years from the 10-Ks
Revenue
$33.2B
+13.2% a year over 9 years
FY2016FY2025
Margins
Operating18.3%Net15.8%
FY2025
FY2016FY2025
Free cash flow and owner earnings
Free cash flow$5.6BOwner earnings$4.6B
Free cash flow +9.3% a year
FY2016FY2025
Diluted shares
968.0M
-20.5% over 9 years, net buybacks
FY2016FY2025
Return on invested capital
–
FY2025
FY2016FY2025
Net cash
$435.0M
$435.0M more cash than debt
FY2016FY2025
Every figure, year by year
| Fiscal year | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The business | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $10.8B | $13.1B | $15.5B | $17.8B | $21.5B | $25.4B | $27.5B | $29.8B | $31.8B | $33.2B |
| Revenue growth | 17.2% | 20.8% | 18.0% | 15.0% | 20.7% | 18.3% | 8.5% | 8.2% | 6.8% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Operating margin | 14.6% | 16.2% | 14.2% | 15.3% | 15.3% | 16.8% | 13.9% | 16.9% | 16.7% | 18.3% |
| Net income | $1.4B | $1.8B | $2.1B | $2.5B | $4.2B | $4.2B | $2.4B | $4.2B | $4.1B | $5.2B |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 13.7% | 13.3% | 13.8% | 19.6% | 16.4% | 8.8% | 14.3% | 13.0% | 15.8% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.15 | $1.47 | $1.71 | $2.07 | $3.54 | $3.52 | $2.09 | $3.84 | $3.99 | $5.41 |
| Return on invested capital? | – | – | 30.3% | 20.1% | 17.2% | – | 13.9% | – | – | – |
| Cash | ||||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $3.2B | $2.5B | $5.5B | $4.1B | $6.2B | $5.8B | $5.8B | $4.8B | $7.5B | $6.4B |
| Capital expenditure | $669.0M | $667.0M | $823.0M | $704.0M | $866.0M | $908.0M | $706.0M | $623.0M | $683.0M | $852.0M |
| Free cash flow | $2.5B | $1.9B | $4.7B | $3.4B | $5.4B | $4.9B | $5.1B | $4.2B | $6.8B | $5.6B |
| Stock-based compensation | $438.0M | $733.0M | $853.0M | $1.0B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.2B | $1.0B |
| Owner earnings? | $2.1B | $1.1B | $3.8B | $2.3B | $4.0B | $3.5B | $3.8B | $2.7B | $5.5B | $4.6B |
| Free cash flow per share | $2.04 | $1.53 | $3.87 | $2.83 | $4.51 | $4.12 | $4.41 | $3.81 | $6.51 | $5.75 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | $0 | $0 | $130.0M |
| Share repurchases | $995.0M | $1.0B | $3.5B | $1.4B | $1.6B | $3.4B | $4.2B | $5.0B | $6.0B | $6.1B |
| Diluted shares | 1.22B | 1.22B | 1.20B | 1.19B | 1.19B | 1.19B | 1.16B | 1.11B | 1.04B | 968.0M |
| Share count change? | -0.9% | 0.2% | -1.5% | -1.2% | -0.1% | -0.1% | -2.4% | -4.4% | -6.1% | -6.8% |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $1.6B | $2.9B | $7.6B | $7.3B | $4.8B | $5.2B | $7.8B | $9.1B | $6.7B | $8.0B |
| Short-term investments | $3.4B | $2.8B | $1.5B | $3.4B | $8.3B | $4.3B | $3.1B | $5.0B | $4.3B | $2.4B |
| Total debt | – | – | $0 | $5.0B | $8.9B | $8.0B | $10.4B | $9.7B | $9.9B | $10.0B |
| Net debt | – | – | -$9.1B | -$5.8B | -$4.1B | -$1.5B | -$451.0M | -$4.4B | -$1.0B | -$435.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $14.7B | $16.0B | $15.4B | $16.9B | $20.0B | $21.7B | $20.3B | $21.1B | $20.4B | $20.3B |
Latest filings
| 2026-10-27 | 10-Q | Quarterly report |
| 2026-10-27 | 8-K | Earnings release |
| 2026-07-28 | 10-Q | Quarterly report |
| 2026-07-28 | 8-K | Earnings release |
| 2026-05-05 | 10-Q | Quarterly report |
| 2026-05-05 | 8-K | Earnings release |
| 2026-04-07 | DEF 14A | Proxy statement |
| 2026-02-03 | 10-K | Annual report |
| 2026-02-03 | 8-K | Earnings release |
| 2025-10-28 | 10-Q | Quarterly report |
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