Growth Metrics

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

Historic Return on Invested Capital for PayPal Holdings (PYPL) over the last 11 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.25%.

  • PayPal Holdings' Return on Invested Capital rose 500.0% to 0.25% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 0.25%, marking a year-over-year increase of 500.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.25% for FY2025, which is 500.0% up from last year.
  • Per PayPal Holdings' latest filing, its Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.25% for Q4 2025, which was up 500.0% from 0.24% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, PayPal Holdings' Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.25% in Q4 2025 and a low of 0.13% during Q1 2021
  • Its 5-year average for Return on Invested Capital is 0.18%, with a median of 0.19% in 2023.
  • In the last 5 years, PayPal Holdings' Return on Invested Capital skyrocketed by 1000bps in 2021 and then plummeted by -600bps in 2022.
  • PayPal Holdings' Return on Invested Capital (Quarter) stood at 0.2% in 2021, then tumbled by -31bps to 0.14% in 2022, then surged by 42bps to 0.19% in 2023, then increased by 6bps to 0.2% in 2024, then increased by 22bps to 0.25% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital stands at 0.25% for Q4 2025, versus 0.24% for Q3 2025 and 0.23% for Q2 2025.