PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has 12 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 17.89% in Q2 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 136.0% year-over-year to 17.89% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 17.89% (up 136.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 18.38%, up 314.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed fell to 17.89% in Q2 2026, from 18.41% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 18.41% in Q1 2026 to a low of 10.75% in Q3 2022.
• A 5-year average of 15.05% and a median of 16.05% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed slumped 211 bps — and 2023, when it soared 451 bps.
• Tracing PYPL's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 11.8% in 2022, then soared by 38 bps to 16.31% in 2023, then dropped by 8 bps to 14.95% in 2024, then gained by 21 bps to 18.08% in 2025, then decreased by 1 bps to 17.89% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 17.89% (Q2 2026), 18.41% (Q1 2026), and 18.08% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.