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PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

PayPal Holdings' Return on Capital Employed history spans 11 years, with the latest figure at 0.18% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.18%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.18%, up 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.18%, 3.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.18% in Q4 2025 per PYPL's latest filing, up from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.18% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.11% in Q3 2022.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.14%, with a median of 0.14% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: dropped -2bps in 2022, then increased 5bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.13% in 2021, then fell by -11bps to 0.12% in 2022, then surged by 38bps to 0.16% in 2023, then decreased by -8bps to 0.15% in 2024, then increased by 21bps to 0.18% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PYPL's Return on Capital Employed are 0.18% (Q4 2025), 0.17% (Q3 2025), and 0.17% (Q2 2025).