Growth Metrics

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

PayPal Holdings filings provide 12 years of FCF Margin readings, the most recent being 25.24% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin fell 404.0% to 25.24% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 16.77%, a 532.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 16.77%, down 532.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin hit 25.24% in Q4 2025 for PayPal Holdings, up from 18.02% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 30.76% in Q4 2023 to a low of 4.8% in Q2 2023.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 17.69% (2024), compared with a mean of 18.54%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: plummeted -2060bps in 2023 and later surged 2215bps in 2024.
  • PayPal Holdings' FCF Margin stood at 14.56% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 99bps to 28.97% in 2022, then increased by 6bps to 30.76% in 2023, then fell by -5bps to 29.29% in 2024, then fell by -14bps to 25.24% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 25.24% (Q4 2025), 18.02% (Q3 2025), and 10.82% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.