Growth Metrics

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

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has disclosed Return on Sales for 12 consecutive years, with 0.23% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales changed N/A year-over-year to 0.23%, compared with a TTM value of 0.28% through Dec 2025, changed N/A, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.16%, up 207366.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.23% for Q4 2025 at PayPal Holdings, up from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 6.46% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 23.4% in Q1 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.93%, with a median of 0.14% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales surged 626bps in 2023, then crashed -2352bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.12% in 2021, then increased by 8bps to 0.12% in 2022, then tumbled by -2512bps to 3.01% in 2023, then soared by 102bps to 0.07% in 2024, then soared by 224bps to 0.23% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for PYPL at 0.23% in Q4 2025, 0.18% in Q3 2025, and 0.19% in Q2 2025.