PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Capital Expenditures (2014 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings posted quarterly Capital Expenditures of $231.0 million for Q1 2026, up 15.5% year-on-year from $200.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 150.55% on a QoQ basis from -$457.0 million in Q4 2025.

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Capital Expenditures (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has 13 years of Capital Expenditures data on file, last reported at $231.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Capital Expenditures rose 15.5% year-over-year to $231.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $232.0 million (down 68.18% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $201.0 million, down 70.57% from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures for Q1 2026 stood at $231.0 million, up from -$457.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Capital Expenditures topped out at $457.0 million in Q3 2025 and bottomed at -$548.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is $158.0 million (2023), against an average of $65.6 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Capital Expenditures sank 357.28%; it then soared 208.78% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Capital Expenditures shows it stood at -$548.0 million in 2022, then climbed by 12.77% to -$478.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 180.33% to $384.0 million in 2024, then sank by 219.01% to -$457.0 million in 2025, then surged by 150.55% to $231.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Capital Expenditures figures came in at $231.0 million (Q1 2026), -$457.0 million (Q4 2025), and $457.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Capital Expenditures (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 383.00 Mn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 181.00 Mn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 1.15 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 553.00 Mn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 231.00 Mn
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn -22.29 Bn
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - -
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 67.55 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn -
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 400,000.00

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 231.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 231.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -457.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -457.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 457.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 457.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 200.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 200.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 384.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 384.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 148.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 148.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -3.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -3.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 154.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 154.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -478.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -478.00 Mn