Growth Metrics

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings filings provide 12 years of EBITDA Margin readings, the most recent being 17.42% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBITDA Margin rose 19.0% to 17.42% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 18.28%, a 154.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 18.28%, up 154.0% from a year prior.
  • EBITDA Margin hit 17.42% in Q4 2025 for PayPal Holdings, down from 18.06% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBITDA Margin ranged from a high of 21.53% in Q4 2023 to a low of 10.97% in Q1 2022.
  • Median EBITDA Margin over the past 5 years was 16.86% (2021), compared with a mean of 16.5%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBITDA Margin: surged 865bps in 2021 and later crashed -684bps in 2022.
  • PayPal Holdings' EBITDA Margin stood at 15.18% in 2021, then grew by 11bps to 16.85% in 2022, then grew by 28bps to 21.53% in 2023, then decreased by -20bps to 17.22% in 2024, then increased by 1bps to 17.42% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for EBITDA Margin were 17.42% (Q4 2025), 18.06% (Q3 2025), and 18.15% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.