Growth Metrics

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Return on Capital Employed: 2015-2025

Historic Return on Capital Employed for PayPal Holdings (PYPL) over the last 10 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to 0.17%.

  • PayPal Holdings' Return on Capital Employed changed negligibly% to 0.17% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.17%, marking a year-over-year negligible change of negligibly%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.15% for FY2024, which is 1.00% down from last year.
  • Per PayPal Holdings' latest filing, its Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.17% for Q3 2025, which was up 3.99% from 0.17% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, PayPal Holdings' Return on Capital Employed registered a high of 0.17% during Q3 2025, and its lowest value of 0.11% during Q3 2022.
  • Its 3-year average for Return on Capital Employed is 0.15%, with a median of 0.16% in 2023.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, PayPal Holdings' Return on Capital Employed decreased by 2bps in 2022, and later climbed by 5bps in 2023.
  • Quarterly analysis of 5 years shows PayPal Holdings' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.13% in 2021, then fell by 1bps to 0.12% in 2022, then grew by 5bps to 0.16% in 2023, then decreased by 1bps to 0.15% in 2024, then remained steady at 0.17% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Capital Employed was 0.17% in Q3 2025, compared to 0.17% in Q2 2025 and 0.17% in Q1 2025.