Financials · Transaction & Payment Processing Services
PayPal: revenue, profit and dividends
In fiscal 2025, PayPal had revenue of $33.2B, up 13.6% a year on average since 2015, and net income of $5.23B (15.8% of revenue). It paid a dividend of $0.14 a share. It has 21% fewer shares than in 2015.
Revenue, fiscal 2025
average annual revenue growth since 2015 · +4.3% vs 2024
- Ticker
- PYPL · Nasdaq
- Sector
- Financials
- Sub-industry
- Transaction & Payment Processing Services
- Headquarters
- San Jose, California
- Founded
- 1998
- In the S&P 500 since
- July 20, 2015
- Latest fiscal year
- 2025, ended December 31, 2025
- SEC filer
- PayPal Holdings, Inc. · CIK 0001633917
Revenue and net income
Revenue went from $6.73B in 2013 to $33.2B in 2025.
Diluted earnings per share
Diluted EPS went from $0.78 in 2013 to $5.41 in 2025. Ten-year growth: 18.4% a year.
Shares outstanding
21.2% fewer shares in 2025 than in 2015 (1.23B → 968M): buybacks outweighed new shares.
Operating cash flow, capex and free cash flow
Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) was $5.56B in 2025, 16.8% of revenue.
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Year by year
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Net margin | Diluted EPS | Dividend | Shares | Operating cash flow | Capex | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $33.2B | $5.23B | 15.8% | $5.41 | $0.14 | 968M | $6.42B | $852M | $5.56B |
| 2024 | $31.8B | $4.15B | 13.0% | $3.99 | — | 1.04B | $7.45B | $683M | $6.77B |
| 2023 | $29.8B | $4.25B | 14.3% | $3.84 | — | 1.11B | $4.84B | $623M | $4.22B |
| 2022 | $27.5B | $2.42B | 8.8% | $2.09 | — | 1.16B | $5.81B | $706M | $5.11B |
| 2021 | $25.4B | $4.17B | 16.4% | $3.52 | — | 1.19B | $5.8B | $908M | $4.89B |
| 2020 | $21.5B | $4.2B | 19.6% | $3.54 | — | 1.19B | $6.22B | $866M | $5.35B |
| 2019 | $17.8B | $2.46B | 13.8% | $2.07 | — | 1.19B | $4.07B | $704M | $3.37B |
| 2018 | $15.5B | $2.06B | 13.3% | $1.71 | — | 1.2B | $5.48B | $823M | $4.66B |
| 2017 | $13.1B | $1.79B | 13.7% | $1.47 | — | 1.22B | $2.53B | $667M | $1.86B |
| 2016 | $10.8B | $1.4B | 12.9% | $1.15 | — | 1.22B | $3.16B | $669M | $2.49B |
| 2015 | $9.25B | $1.23B | 13.3% | $1.00 | — | 1.23B | $2.55B | $722M | $1.82B |
| 2014 | $8.03B | $419M | 5.2% | $0.34 | — | 1.22B | $2.22B | $492M | $1.73B |
| 2013 | $6.73B | $955M | 14.2% | $0.78 | — | 1.22B | $1.99B | $391M | $1.6B |
Fiscal years, labelled by the year in which they end. US dollars; per-share figures and share counts adjusted for splits. —: not in the data.
About these figures
- Older years are as filed at the time and may predate later restatements, mergers or spin-offs. How the figures are made.
Other Transaction & Payment Processing Services companies
Source: SEC EDGAR (company filings), data as of November 8, 2026. Sectors, sub-industries, headquarters and index dates: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.