PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Operating Expenses (2014 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings' (PYPL) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $7.3 billion in Q2 2026, up 6.94% YoY from $6.8 billion in Q2 2025, and up 5.68% on a QoQ basis from $6.9 billion in Q1 2026.

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Operating Expenses (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has 13 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $7.3 billion in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 6.94% year-over-year to $7.3 billion in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was $28.2 billion (up 6.64% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $27.1 billion, up 2.4% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses advanced to $7.3 billion in Q2 2026, from $6.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $7.3 billion in Q2 2026 to a low of $5.7 billion in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $6.5 billion and a median of $6.4 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses climbed 18.22% — and 2025, when it decreased 4.13%.
  • Tracing PYPL's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $6.1 billion in 2022, then rose by 2.59% to $6.3 billion in 2023, then gained by 9.96% to $6.9 billion in 2024, then grew by 3.47% to $7.2 billion in 2025, then grew by 1.26% to $7.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $7.3 billion (Q2 2026), $6.9 billion (Q1 2026), and $7.2 billion (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 Visa 618.21 Bn 605.85 Bn - 4.76 Bn
2 Mastercard 506.53 Bn 493.04 Bn - 3.69 Bn
3 American Express 232.32 Bn 183.00 Bn 17.99 Bn 14.48 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 136.19 Bn 81.48 Bn - 9.04 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 52.34 Bn 41.08 Bn - 7.26 Bn
6 Eason Technology 35.89 Bn 35.89 Bn - -
7 Synchrony Financial 26.09 Bn 9.90 Bn - 1.33 Bn
8 Affirm Holdings 25.93 Bn 24.20 Bn - 950.34 Mn
9 SoFi Technologies 23.04 Bn 22.68 Bn -41.62 Mn 891.92 Mn
10 Ally Financial 13.61 Bn 5.77 Bn 2.08 Bn 1.32 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 7.26 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 6.87 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 7.17 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 6.90 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 6.78 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 6.26 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 6.93 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 6.46 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 6.56 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 6.53 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 6.30 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 6.25 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 6.15 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 6.04 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 6.14 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 5.73 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 6.04 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 5.77 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 5.87 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 5.14 Bn