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) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) trades at a price to free cash flow of 7.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (September 2018) to 140× (June 2018); the current reading is higher than 4% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 3.0× and below the Financial sector median of 10.0×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 10.1× (22.50%)
FY2024 13.0× (18.36%)
FY2023 15.9× (5.59%)
FY2022 16.8× (62.78%)
FY2021 45.2× (9.88%)
FY2020 50.2× 33.76%
FY2019 37.5× 75.64%
FY2018 21.4× (55.17%)
FY2017 47.7× 143.55%
FY2016 19.6× (18.17%)

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 5.7× (23.47%)
Mar 2026 7.5× (25.51%)
Dec 2025 10.1× (12.09%)
Sep 2025 11.4× (15.87%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 140×
Ten-year median 21.8×
Current reading's percentile 4

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare n/m
OMF OneMain Holdings, Inc. compare 2.0×
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 2.5×
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 2.6×
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 4.2×
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. 7.3×
AXP American Express Company compare 13.9×
FCFS FirstCash Holdings, Inc. compare 17.9×
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 24.2×
Credit Services industry median 3.0×
Financial sector median 10.0×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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