Growth Metrics

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

PayPal Holdings' Free Cash Flow history spans 12 years, with the latest figure at $2.2 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow fell 10.61% year-over-year to $2.2 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $5.6 billion, down 20.81%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $5.6 billion, 20.81% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow reached $2.2 billion in Q4 2025 per PYPL's latest filing, 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.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $1.4 billion, with a median of $1.3 billion recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: plummeted 132.56% in 2023, then skyrocketed 490.86% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PYPL's Free Cash Flow are $2.2 billion (Q4 2025), $1.5 billion (Q3 2025), and $897.0 million (Q2 2025).