PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Share-based Compensation (2014 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings posted quarterly Share-based Compensation of $259.0 million for Q1 2026, up 4.02% year-on-year from $249.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 23.33% on a QoQ basis from $210.0 million in Q4 2025.

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Share-based Compensation (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has 13 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $259.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Share-based Compensation rose 4.02% year-over-year to $259.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.0 billion (down 9.16% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.0 billion, down 18.54% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 stood at $259.0 million, up from $210.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $429.0 million in Q1 2022 and bottomed at $210.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $294.0 million (2022), against an average of $307.5 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Share-based Compensation soared 67.7%; it then plunged 31.78% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $294.0 million in 2022, then soared by 31.97% to $388.0 million in 2023, then declined by 27.06% to $283.0 million in 2024, then retreated by 25.8% to $210.0 million in 2025, then rose by 23.33% to $259.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $259.0 million (Q1 2026), $210.0 million (Q4 2025), and $257.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 275.00 Mn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 136.00 Mn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 203.00 Mn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 131.00 Mn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 259.00 Mn
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 73.84 Mn
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - -
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 72.01 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn -
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 13.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 259.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 259.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 210.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 210.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 257.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 257.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 286.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 286.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 249.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 249.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 283.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 283.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 284.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 284.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 298.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 298.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 365.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 365.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 388.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 388.00 Mn