Growth Metrics

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has disclosed Operating Margin for 12 consecutive years, with 22.39% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin changed N/A year-over-year to 22.39%, compared with a TTM value of 30.71% through Dec 2025, changed N/A, and an annual FY2025 reading of 18.28%, up 26626828.0% over the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 22.39% for Q4 2025 at PayPal Holdings, up from 11.87% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 739.24% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 2781.82% in Q1 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 121.32%, with a median of 15.36% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin surged 72291bps in 2023, then plummeted -279699bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 15.18% in 2021, then grew by 11bps to 16.85% in 2022, then tumbled by -2301bps to 370.82% in 2023, then surged by 103bps to 10.83% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 107bps to 22.39% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for PYPL at 22.39% in Q4 2025, 11.87% in Q3 2025, and 2781.82% in Q1 2025.