PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Short-term Investments (2014 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings' (PYPL) quarterly Short-term Investments came in at $3.0 billion in Q2 2026, down 11.14% YoY from $3.3 billion in Q2 2025, and up 24.74% on a QoQ basis from $2.4 billion in Q1 2026.

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Short-term Investments (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has 13 years of Short-term Investments data on file, last reported at $3.0 billion in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Short-term Investments fell 11.14% year-over-year to $3.0 billion in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was $3.0 billion (down 11.14% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $2.4 billion, down 44.32% from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments rose to $3.0 billion in Q2 2026, from $2.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Short-term Investments ranged from a high of $5.9 billion in Q2 2024 to a low of $1.8 billion in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $3.8 billion and a median of $4.0 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Short-term Investments.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Short-term Investments jumped 61.03% — and 2025, when it slumped 62.13%.
  • Tracing PYPL's Short-term Investments over 5 years: stood at $3.1 billion in 2022, then soared by 61.03% to $5.0 billion in 2023, then fell by 14.4% to $4.3 billion in 2024, then tumbled by 44.32% to $2.4 billion in 2025, then gained by 24.32% to $3.0 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Short-term Investments figures came in at $3.0 billion (Q2 2026), $2.4 billion (Q1 2026), and $2.4 billion (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Visa 618.21 Bn 605.85 Bn -
2 Mastercard 506.53 Bn 493.04 Bn -
3 American Express 232.32 Bn 183.00 Bn 17.99 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 136.19 Bn 81.48 Bn -
5 PayPal Holdings 52.34 Bn 41.08 Bn -
6 Eason Technology 35.89 Bn 35.89 Bn -
7 Synchrony Financial 26.09 Bn 9.90 Bn -
8 Affirm Holdings 25.93 Bn 24.20 Bn -
9 SoFi Technologies 23.04 Bn 22.68 Bn -41.62 Mn
10 Ally Financial 13.61 Bn 5.77 Bn 2.08 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 2.95 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 2.37 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.37 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.76 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 3.32 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 3.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 4.26 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 4.65 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 5.92 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 4.63 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 4.98 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 4.73 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 4.40 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 3.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 3.09 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 4.19 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 4.72 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 3.10 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 4.30 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 5.51 Bn