PayPal Holdings (PYPL) EBIT Margin (2014 - 2026)
PayPal Holdings (PYPL) reported EBIT Margin of 16.33% for Q3 2026, down 1.73 percentage points from 18.06% a year earlier and down 0.10 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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PayPal Holdings (PYPL) EBIT Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2026, PayPal Holdings' EBIT Margin came in at 16.99%, down 1.25 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 18.28%, up 1.54 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBIT Margin has a five-year change of +2.95 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, EBIT Margin came in at 16.75% in FY2024 (-0.14 pp), 16.89% in FY2023 (+2.95 pp), 13.94% in FY2022 (-2.86 pp) and 16.80% in FY2021 (+1.47 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly EBIT Margin since Q1 2024.
- Year over year, EBIT Margin has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.40 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year EBIT Margin in five years was Q4 2023 (a gain of 4.68 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2022 (a drop of 6.84 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 16.44% (Q2 2026), 17.81% (Q1 2026) and 17.42% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBIT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PayPal Holdings | 48.42 Bn | 7.12 Bn | - | 16.33% |
| 2 | Block | 45.61 Bn | 16.90 Bn | 3.17 Bn | 6.75% |
| 3 | Coinbase Global | 37.13 Bn | -2.51 Bn | - | 5.07% |
| 4 | Fiserv | 26.58 Bn | 23.25 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 19.18% |
| 5 | Corpay | 26.23 Bn | 16.11 Bn | - | 35.28% |
| 6 | Global Payments | 25.99 Bn | 3.78 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 10.15% |
| 7 | Guidewire Software | 13.67 Bn | 10.24 Bn | 269.68 Mn | 15.16% |
| 8 | Jack Henry & Associates | 11.62 Bn | 11.52 Bn | 273.85 Mn | 21.24% |
| 9 | Bitmine Immersion Technologies | 11.09 Bn | 8.47 Bn | 40.81 Mn | -25.50% |
| 10 | Chime Financial | 10.61 Bn | 6.40 Bn | 594.87 Mn | 3.18% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 16.33% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 16.44% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 17.81% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 17.42% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 18.06% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 18.15% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 19.64% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.22% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 17.73% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 16.80% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 15.17% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 21.53% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 15.75% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 15.55% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 14.19% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 16.85% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 16.33% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.23% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.97% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 15.18% |
API Access
PayPal Holdings EBIT Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=PYPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebit-margin", "ticker": "PYPL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=PYPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();