Growth Metrics

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

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has disclosed Return on Equity for 11 consecutive years, with 0.25% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Equity changed N/A year-over-year to 0.25%, compared with a TTM value of 0.25% through Dec 2025, changed N/A, and an annual FY2023 reading of 0.21%, up 9.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Equity was 0.25% for Q4 2025 at PayPal Holdings, up from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.25% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.1% in Q2 2022.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.18%, with a median of 0.19% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Equity dropped -11bps in 2022, then grew 10bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity 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 dropped by -7bps to 0.19% in 2024, then grew by 28bps to 0.25% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for PYPL at 0.25% in Q4 2025, 0.17% in Q3 2025, and 0.15% in Q2 2025.