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

PayPal Holdings posted quarterly Net Cash Flow of -$1.5 billion for Q1 2026, down 2.83% year-on-year from -$1.6 billion in Q1 2025, and down 1213.14% on a QoQ basis from $137.0 million in Q4 2025.

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

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has 13 years of Net Cash Flow data on file, last reported at -$1.5 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Cash Flow fell 2.83% year-over-year to -$1.5 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.2 billion (up 205.02% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.3 billion, up 45.42% from the prior year.
  • Net Cash Flow for Q1 2026 stood at -$1.5 billion, down from $137.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Cash Flow topped out at $5.1 billion in Q4 2023 and bottomed at -$2.8 billion in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Net Cash Flow is $137.0 million (2025), against an average of $263.4 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Net Cash Flow plunged 10150.0%; it then surged 545.22% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Net Cash Flow shows it stood at $2.3 billion in 2022, then soared by 117.65% to $5.1 billion in 2023, then plunged by 75.08% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then plunged by 89.18% to $137.0 million in 2025, then sank by 1213.14% to -$1.5 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Net Cash Flow figures came in at -$1.5 billion (Q1 2026), $137.0 million (Q4 2025), and $4.9 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - -4.28 Bn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - -2.37 Bn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 5.91 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 17.16 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn -1.53 Bn
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 383.32 Mn
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 5.59 Bn
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn -1.59 Bn
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn -577.00 Mn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 1.90 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -1.53 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 -1.53 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 137.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 137.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 4.92 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 4.92 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -2.32 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -2.32 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -1.48 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -1.48 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.27 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.27 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.88 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.88 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.82 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.82 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 535.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 535.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 5.08 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 5.08 Bn