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

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) reported Short-term Investments of $2.4 billion for Q1 2026, down 37.13% on a YoY basis from $3.8 billion in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $2.4 billion in Q4 2025.

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

PayPal Holdings has reported Short-term Investments for 13 years, with the latest figure at $2.4 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Short-term Investments fell 37.13% year-over-year to $2.4 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $2.4 billion (down 37.13% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $2.4 billion, down 44.32% from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments for Q1 2026 stood at $2.4 billion, roughly flat from $2.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Short-term Investments was $5.9 billion in Q2 2024, with the low at $1.8 billion in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Short-term Investments has averaged $3.9 billion across 5 years, with a median of $4.2 billion in 2022.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Short-term Investments jumped 61.03% — and 2025, when it slumped 62.13%.
  • PayPal Holdings' Short-term Investments 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 decreased by 0.34% to $2.4 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Short-term Investments figures came in at $2.4 billion (Q1 2026), $2.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.8 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn -
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn -
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn -
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn -
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.24 Bn 6.21 Bn 562.70 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
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
Jun 30, 2021 6.65 Bn