PayPal Holdings, Inc.

PYPL Financial Credit Services

PayPal Holdings, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $33.2 billion, up 4.32% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+1.98%
EPS
−3.53%
Free cash flow
−16.6%
Total debt
+19.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

58.93 0.03 −0.05%
Market cap
$49.0B
P/E
11.2×
Fwd P/E
11.2×
Dividend yield
0.95%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) Return on assets

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PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 5.86%, down 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.59%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.13% (fiscal 2022) to 6.90% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 1.94% and above the Financial sector median of 1.15%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 6.59% 1.43
FY2024 5.16% (0.12)
FY2023 5.28% 2.15
FY2022 3.13% (2.57)
FY2021 5.70% (1.20)
FY2020 6.90% 1.70
FY2019 5.20% 0.31
FY2018 4.89% 0.03
FY2017 4.86% 0.34
FY2016 4.52% (0.31)

Against its own ten years

Low 3.13% High 6.90%
Ten-year median 5.16%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 14.4%
FCFS FirstCash Holdings, Inc. compare 7.57%
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. 5.86%
AXP American Express Company compare 3.98%
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 2.71%
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 1.58%
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare 1.30%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 0.69%
KLAR Klarna Group plc compare −0.77%
Credit Services industry median 1.94%
Financial sector median 1.15%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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