PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Cost of Revenue (2017 - 2021)

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has reported Cost of Revenue for 5 consecutive years, with $58.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2021.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2021, Cost of Revenue rose 100.0% year-over-year to $58.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2021 stood at $168.0 million (up 441.94% YoY), and the FY2020 full-year result was $139.0 million, up 95.77% from the prior year.
• Cost of Revenue grew to $58.0 million in Q1 2021 per PYPL's latest filing, from $44.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Cost of Revenue topped out at $153.0 million in Q1 2018 and bottomed at $2.0 million in Q2 2019.
• Historically, Cost of Revenue has averaged $54.8 million across 5 years, with a median of $44.0 million in 2020.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2019 and 2020: Cost of Revenue tumbled 98.28% in 2019, then soared 2250.0% in 2020.
• Over 5 years, Cost of Revenue stood at $92.0 million in 2017, then sank by 86.96% to $12.0 million in 2018, then slumped by 83.33% to $2.0 million in 2019, then surged by 2100.0% to $44.0 million in 2020, then surged by 31.82% to $58.0 million in 2021.
• According to Business Quant data, Cost of Revenue over the past three periods registered $58.0 million, $44.0 million, and $19.0 million for Q1 2021, Q4 2020, and Q3 2020 respectively.