Company Analysis

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL)

Nasdaq: PYPL · Services-Business Services, NEC · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 2015
Grade6.0
◀ Past 7.9● Present 5.9▶ Future 5.0

The grade of PayPal Holdings, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.0/10
◀ Past7.925% of the headline
● Present5.935% of the headline
▶ Future5.040% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 105 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+11.5% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 8 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $15 billion in fiscal 2018 to $33 billion in fiscal 2025, up 11.5% a year; it rose in 7 of 7 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 8 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span11.5%bottom 42% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 18% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 11% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 5.8% a year. 92% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 38 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 86th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 5.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 92% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 38 sales (33 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-30, buying about $255 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 9% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 26%: 26¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 75%: owes 75¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 98 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, PayPal Holdings, Inc. earned about 26 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 75 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 6.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 32% of its family
  • return on equitytop 19% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 26% of 101 in its family; net margin 15.8%.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 101 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s standing among 101 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $33 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 4% by size; a net margin of 15.8% ranks in the top 19%; revenue growth of 6.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 47% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$33.17Btop 4% of its family
  • net margin15.8%top 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth6.4%bottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
1.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 12% of 65 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 12th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lores, Enrique (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-03-03, 8 months (bottom 12% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.9 years (bottom 17%); 20 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (bottom 9%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge20 in three years among 19 peoplebottom 9% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.9 yearsbottom 17% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8 monthsbottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 46% of 99 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $8.0 billion against debt of $10.0 billion leaves -2.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 16.8% of revenue (top 31%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-2.4%bottom 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue16.8%top 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 50% of 99 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 6.4% a year over the last three filed years against 11.5% over all 8, slowing (bottom 42% of its family); the newest year grew 4.3% (bottom 41%); research spending grew 10.6% a year (top 34%); capital spending grew 6.5% a year (bottom 49%) (its annual reports). PayPal Holdings, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Transaction Revenue at $30 billion (90%), Revenues From Other Value Added Services at $3.4 billion (10%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-5.1 points a yearbottom 42% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.3%bottom 41% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending10.6%top 34% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending6.5%bottom 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 45% of 93 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $33 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2.9% below the $34 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 41% of its family); net income of $5.2 billion against a prior three-year average of $3.6 billion (bottom 45%); a net margin of 15.8% against 12% before (bottom 48%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.9%bottom 41% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+45%bottom 45% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+3.7 pointsbottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton PYPL · research, not advice