Growth Metrics

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings filings provide 12 years of Free Cash Flow readings, the most recent being $2.2 billion for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow fell 10.61% to $2.2 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $5.6 billion, a 20.81% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $5.6 billion, down 20.81% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $2.2 billion in Q4 2025 for PayPal Holdings, up from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $2.5 billion in Q4 2023 to a low of -$350.0 million in Q2 2023.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $1.3 billion (2021), compared with a mean of $1.4 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: tumbled 132.56% in 2023 and later surged 490.86% in 2024.
  • PayPal Holdings' Free Cash Flow stood at $1.0 billion in 2021, then skyrocketed by 112.41% to $2.1 billion in 2022, then increased by 15.43% to $2.5 billion in 2023, then decreased by 0.77% to $2.4 billion in 2024, then fell by 10.61% to $2.2 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $2.2 billion (Q4 2025), $1.5 billion (Q3 2025), and $897.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.