PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Operating Income (2014 - 2026)
PayPal Holdings posted quarterly Operating Income of $1.5 billion for Q1 2026, down 2.75% year-on-year from $1.5 billion in Q1 2025, and down 1.52% on a QoQ basis from $1.5 billion in Q4 2025.
PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Operating Income (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has 13 years of Operating Income data on file, last reported at $1.5 billion in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Income fell 2.75% year-over-year to $1.5 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $6.0 billion (up 5.91% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $6.1 billion, up 13.9% from the prior year.
- Operating Income for Q1 2026 stood at $1.5 billion, down from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Income topped out at $1.7 billion in Q4 2023 and bottomed at $711.0 million in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for Operating Income is $1.3 billion (2024), against an average of $1.3 billion.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Income tumbled 32.21%; it then surged 48.3% in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Operating Income shows it stood at $1.2 billion in 2022, then jumped by 38.91% to $1.7 billion in 2023, then slipped by 16.61% to $1.4 billion in 2024, then increased by 4.86% to $1.5 billion in 2025, then retreated by 1.52% to $1.5 billion in 2026.
- The last three Operating Income figures came in at $1.5 billion (Q1 2026), $1.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.5 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Op. Inc (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visa | 539.53 Bn | 527.13 Bn | - | 7.23 Bn |
| 2 | Mastercard | 441.81 Bn | 431.60 Bn | - | 4.91 Bn |
| 3 | American Express | 215.01 Bn | 160.96 Bn | 17.43 Bn | 3.55 Bn |
| 4 | Capital One Financial | 114.99 Bn | 38.50 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | PayPal Holdings | 41.29 Bn | 31.95 Bn | 7.84 Bn | 1.49 Bn |
| 6 | Affirm Holdings | 24.62 Bn | 22.89 Bn | 261.64 Mn | 88.43 Mn |
| 7 | Synchrony Financial | 24.22 Bn | 3.66 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | SoFi Technologies | 23.71 Bn | 20.31 Bn | 929.25 Mn | 37.32 Mn |
| 9 | Ally Financial | 13.13 Bn | 12.69 Bn | 1.98 Bn | 746.00 Mn |
| 10 | Credit Acceptance | 6.46 Bn | 6.44 Bn | 562.70 Mn | 139.80 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.49 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.51 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.52 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.50 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.53 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.44 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.39 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.33 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.17 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.73 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.17 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.13 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 999.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.24 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.12 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 764.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 711.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.05 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.04 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.13 Bn |