Growth Metrics

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

PayPal Holdings' Return on Equity history spans 11 years, with the latest figure at 0.26% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.26%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.26%, up 5.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.26%, 6.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.26% in Q4 2025 per PYPL's latest filing, up from 0.24% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.26% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.1% in Q2 2022.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.2%, with a median of 0.21% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: increased 15bps in 2021, then fell -14bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.19% in 2021, then crashed by -37bps to 0.12% in 2022, then soared by 74bps to 0.21% in 2023, then fell by -2bps to 0.2% in 2024, then increased by 27bps to 0.26% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PYPL's Return on Equity are 0.26% (Q4 2025), 0.24% (Q3 2025), and 0.23% (Q2 2025).