Growth Metrics

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings filings provide 12 years of Share-based Compensation readings, the most recent being $210.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation fell 25.8% to $210.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $1.0 billion, a 18.54% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $1.0 billion, down 18.54% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $210.0 million in Q4 2025 for PayPal Holdings, down from $257.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $429.0 million in Q1 2022 to a low of $210.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • Median Share-based Compensation over the past 5 years was $306.0 million (2021), compared with a mean of $317.2 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: surged 67.7% in 2023 and later crashed 31.78% in 2025.
  • PayPal Holdings' Share-based Compensation stood at $318.0 million in 2021, then dropped by 7.55% to $294.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 31.97% to $388.0 million in 2023, then fell by 27.06% to $283.0 million in 2024, then decreased by 25.8% to $210.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Share-based Compensation were $210.0 million (Q4 2025), $257.0 million (Q3 2025), and $286.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.