Growth Metrics

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

PayPal Holdings' FCF Margin history spans 12 years, with the latest figure at 25.24% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Margin fell 404.0% year-over-year to 25.24%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 16.77%, down 532.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 16.77%, 532.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin reached 25.24% in Q4 2025 per PYPL's latest filing, 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.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 18.54%, with a median of 17.69% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: crashed -2060bps in 2023, then skyrocketed 2215bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PYPL's FCF Margin are 25.24% (Q4 2025), 18.02% (Q3 2025), and 10.82% (Q2 2025).