PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Research & Development (2014 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings has reported Research & Development for 13 years, with the latest figure at $793.0 million in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 8.48% year-over-year to $793.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $3.2 billion (up 6.64% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $3.1 billion, up 4.16% from the prior year.
• Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $793.0 million, down from $804.0 million in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Research & Development was $822.0 million in Q4 2022, with the low at $718.0 million in Q2 2024.
• Historically, Research & Development has averaged $770.6 million across 5 years, with a median of $770.0 million in 2023.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Research & Development rose 9.99% — and 2023, when it decreased 11.53%.
• PayPal Holdings' Research & Development stood at $822.0 million in 2022, then fell by 6.33% to $770.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 0.39% to $773.0 million in 2024, then increased by 4.01% to $804.0 million in 2025, then fell by 1.37% to $793.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $793.0 million (Q1 2026), $804.0 million (Q4 2025), and $801.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.