PayPal Holdings, Inc. PYPL

55.04 2.44 4.64% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$45.0B
P/E
10.3×
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PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) Free cash flow margin

PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 19.4%, up 2.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (16.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.2% (fiscal 2017) to 30.2% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 13.0% and above the Financial sector median of 15.6%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 16.8% (4.51)
FY2024 21.3% 6.96
FY2023 14.3% (4.25)
FY2022 18.6% (0.71)
FY2021 19.3% (6.22)
FY2020 25.5% 6.47
FY2019 19.0% (11.12)
FY2018 30.2% 15.92
FY2017 14.2% (8.72)
FY2016 23.0% 2.96

Against its own ten years

Low 14.2% High 30.2%
Ten-year median 19.3%
Current reading's percentile 27

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
OMF OneMain Holdings, Inc. compare 50.7%
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 41.8%
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 37.7%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 28.8%
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 23.3%
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. 19.4%
AXP American Express Company compare 17.9%
FCFS FirstCash Holdings, Inc. compare 12.9%
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare −157.6%
Credit Services industry median 13.0%
Financial sector median 15.6%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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