Growth Metrics

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

PayPal Holdings' Return on Sales history spans 12 years, with the latest figure at 0.17% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.17%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.16%, up 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.16%, 3.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.17% in Q4 2025 per PYPL's latest filing, up from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.19% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.05% in Q2 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.14%, with a median of 0.14% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: decreased -24bps in 2022, then rose 19bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.12% in 2021, then increased by 8bps to 0.12% in 2022, then soared by 40bps to 0.17% in 2023, then decreased by -23bps to 0.13% in 2024, then increased by 24bps to 0.17% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PYPL's Return on Sales are 0.17% (Q4 2025), 0.15% (Q3 2025), and 0.15% (Q2 2025).