Growth Metrics

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

PayPal Holdings' Return on Invested Capital history spans 11 years, with the latest figure at 0.25% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.25%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.25%, up 5.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.25%, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.25% in Q4 2025 per PYPL's latest filing, up from 0.24% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.25% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.13% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.18%, with a median of 0.19% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: grew 10bps in 2021, then fell -6bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.2% in 2021, then tumbled by -31bps to 0.14% in 2022, then soared by 42bps to 0.19% in 2023, then rose by 6bps to 0.2% in 2024, then increased by 22bps to 0.25% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PYPL's Return on Invested Capital are 0.25% (Q4 2025), 0.24% (Q3 2025), and 0.23% (Q2 2025).