PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2015 - 2026)
PayPal Holdings (PYPL) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 17.89% for Q2 2026, up 1.36 percentage points from 16.54% a year earlier but down 0.52 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, PayPal Holdings posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 18.38%, up 3.14 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +3.70 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 15.23% in FY2024 (-0.51 pp), 15.75% in FY2023 (+3.83 pp), 11.91% in FY2022 (-2.26 pp) and 14.18% in FY2021 (-0.50 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] spans a low of 10.75% in Q3 2022 and a high of 18.41% in Q1 2026.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now increased in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.12 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was Q4 2023 (a gain of 4.51 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2022 (a drop of 2.11 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 18.41% (Q1 2026), 18.08% (Q4 2025) and 17.19% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PayPal Holdings | 47.87 Bn | 6.09 Bn | - | 17.89% |
| 2 | Coinbase Global | 47.32 Bn | 4.13 Bn | - | 3.03% |
| 3 | Block | 46.41 Bn | 17.67 Bn | 3.17 Bn | 4.02% |
| 4 | Iren | 26.78 Bn | 14.37 Bn | 103.89 Mn | -11.25% |
| 5 | Corpay | 26.12 Bn | 16.32 Bn | - | 20.94% |
| 6 | Fiserv | 24.26 Bn | 20.96 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 8.26% |
| 7 | Global Payments | 21.85 Bn | 290.86 Mn | 2.03 Bn | 2.55% |
| 8 | Bitmine Immersion Technologies | 13.94 Bn | 11.32 Bn | 40.81 Mn | -82.57% |
| 9 | Guidewire Software | 13.71 Bn | 10.27 Bn | 269.68 Mn | 7.92% |
| 10 | Chime Financial | 11.39 Bn | 7.18 Bn | 594.87 Mn | -3.21% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 17.89% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 18.41% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 18.08% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 17.19% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 16.54% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 17.04% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.95% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 16.75% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 16.35% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 15.79% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 16.31% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 14.17% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.17% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 12.13% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.80% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 10.75% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.25% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 12.35% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 13.26% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 12.85% |
API Access
PayPal Holdings Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=PYPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "PYPL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=PYPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();