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PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings filings provide 11 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 18.08% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 313.0% to 18.08% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 18.08%, a 313.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 18.38%, up 314.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 18.08% in Q4 2025 for PayPal Holdings, up from 17.19% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 18.08% in Q4 2025 to a low of 10.75% in Q3 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 13.72% (2021), compared with a mean of 14.33%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: plummeted -211bps in 2022 and later surged 451bps in 2023.
  • PayPal Holdings' Return on Capital Employed stood at 13.26% in 2021, then fell by -11bps to 11.8% in 2022, then surged by 38bps to 16.31% in 2023, then fell by -8bps to 14.95% in 2024, then rose by 21bps to 18.08% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 18.08% (Q4 2025), 17.19% (Q3 2025), and 16.54% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.