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) Return on invested capital

PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 16.9%, down 2.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (19.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.82% (fiscal 2015) to 21.9% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 4.09% and above the Financial sector median of 4.85%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 19.1% 1.94
FY2024 17.2% (1.67)
FY2023 18.9% 6.75
FY2022 12.1% (1.04)
FY2021 13.1% 0.23
FY2020 12.9% (2.35)
FY2019 15.3% (6.59)
FY2018 21.9% 8.94
FY2017 12.9% 2.73
FY2016 10.2% 1.36

Against its own ten years

Low 8.82% High 21.9%
Ten-year median 13.1%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
AXP American Express Company compare 20.0%
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. 16.9%
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 16.8%
FCFS FirstCash Holdings, Inc. compare 8.97%
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 7.92%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 4.64%
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare 4.26%
OMF OneMain Holdings, Inc. compare 2.45%
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 2.16%
Credit Services industry median 4.09%
Financial sector median 4.85%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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