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PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Research & Development (2016 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings filings provide 12 years of Research & Development readings, the most recent being $804.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development rose 4.01% to $804.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $3.1 billion, a 4.16% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $3.1 billion, up 4.16% from a year prior.
  • Research & Development hit $804.0 million in Q4 2025 for PayPal Holdings, roughly flat from $801.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $822.0 million in Q4 2022 to a low of $718.0 million in Q2 2024.
  • Median Research & Development over the past 5 years was $761.0 million (2021), compared with a mean of $767.3 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Research & Development: grew 22.48% in 2021 and later dropped 11.53% in 2023.
  • PayPal Holdings' Research & Development stood at $796.0 million in 2021, then rose by 3.27% to $822.0 million in 2022, then decreased by 6.33% to $770.0 million in 2023, then increased by 0.39% to $773.0 million in 2024, then grew by 4.01% to $804.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Research & Development were $804.0 million (Q4 2025), $801.0 million (Q3 2025), and $767.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.