Growth Metrics

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2025)

PayPal Holdings' EBITDA Margin history spans 12 years, with the latest figure at 17.42% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, EBITDA Margin rose 19.0% year-over-year to 17.42%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 18.28%, up 154.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 18.28%, 154.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin reached 17.42% in Q4 2025 per PYPL's latest filing, 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.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 16.5%, with a median of 16.86% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBITDA Margin: skyrocketed 865bps in 2021, then tumbled -684bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PYPL's EBITDA Margin are 17.42% (Q4 2025), 18.06% (Q3 2025), and 18.15% (Q2 2025).