PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Free Cash Flow (2014 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings posted quarterly Free Cash Flow of $903.0 million for Q1 2026, down 5.94% year-on-year from $960.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 68.22% on a QoQ basis from $2.8 billion in Q4 2025.

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Free Cash Flow (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has 13 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $903.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow fell 5.94% year-over-year to $903.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $6.2 billion (up 3.25% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $6.2 billion, down 8.16% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 stood at $903.0 million, down from $2.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $3.1 billion in Q4 2023 and bottomed at -$350.0 million in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $1.5 billion (2024), against an average of $1.4 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Free Cash Flow sank 132.56%; it then jumped 536.57% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $2.1 billion in 2022, then jumped by 44.55% to $3.1 billion in 2023, then slumped by 34.99% to $2.0 billion in 2024, then soared by 41.34% to $2.8 billion in 2025, then slumped by 68.22% to $903.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $903.0 million (Q1 2026), $2.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.5 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 2.63 Bn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 2.82 Bn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 2.66 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 5.47 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 903.00 Mn
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 22.68 Bn
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 2.18 Bn
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn -2.38 Bn
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 1.37 Bn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 268.90 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 903.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 903.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 2.84 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.84 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.52 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.52 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 897.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 897.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 960.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 960.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 2.01 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.01 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.47 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.47 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.53 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.53 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.76 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 3.09 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 3.09 Bn