TTM
15.0%
YoY change
+2.73pp
Trough year (2014)
5.2%
Peak year (2020)
19.6%
Latest annual
15.8%
Net Profit Margin history chart for PayPal (PYPL) from 2012 to 2025
Latest: 15.8%
Net Profit Margin change chart for PayPal (PYPL) from 2012 to 2025
Latest: +2.73pp
Net Profit Margin history table for PayPal (PYPL) from 2012 to 2025
| 2025 | 15.8% | +2.73pp | ||
| 2024 | 13.0% | -1.22pp | ||
| 2023 | 14.3% | +5.47pp | ||
| 2022 | 8.8% | -7.64pp | ||
| 2021 | 16.4% | -3.15pp | ||
| 2020 | 19.6% | +5.75pp | ||
| 2019 | 13.8% | +0.52pp | ||
| 2018 | 13.3% | -0.40pp | ||
| 2017 | 13.7% | +0.79pp | ||
| 2016 | 12.9% | -0.36pp | ||
| 2015 | 13.3% | +8.06pp | ||
| 2014 | 5.2% | -8.98pp | ||
| 2013 | 14.2% | +0.46pp | ||
| 2012 | 13.7% | — |
- 202515.8%+2.73pp
- 202413.0%-1.22pp
- 202314.3%+5.47pp
- 20228.8%-7.64pp
- 202116.4%-3.15pp
- 202019.6%+5.75pp
- 201913.8%+0.52pp
- 201813.3%-0.40pp
- 201713.7%+0.79pp
- 201612.9%-0.36pp
- 201513.3%+8.06pp
- 20145.2%-8.98pp
- 201314.2%+0.46pp
- 201213.7%—
Net Profit Margin values are taken from PayPal's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Net Profit Margin at PayPal (PYPL)
According to PayPal's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 15.0%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of PayPal (PYPL) net margin is 15.78% – expanded 2.7 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual net margin of 19.59% was reported in 2020. The lowest in the available history was 5.22% in 2014.
PayPal Net Profit Margin by Year
PayPal Net Profit Margin 2025: 15.8%
PayPal posted net margin of 15.78% in 2025, expanded 2.7 percentage points from 2024.
PayPal Net Profit Margin 2024: 13.0%
In 2024, PayPal reported net margin of 13.04%, contracted 1.2 percentage points from 2023.
PayPal Net Profit Margin 2023: 14.3%
PayPal net margin in 2023 was 14.26%, expanded 5.5 percentage points from 2022.
PayPal Net Profit Margin 2022: 8.8%
2022's net margin for PayPal came in at 8.79%, contracted 7.6 percentage points from 2021.
PayPal Net Profit Margin 2021: 16.4%
PayPal net margin in 2021 was 16.43%.
See more financial history for PayPal (PYPL).
Sector peers by Net Profit Margin
Financial Services peers of PayPal (PYPL), ranked by their latest net margin
| 51.7% | |
| 45.9% | |
| 20.7% | |
| 19.3% | |
| 18.1% | |
| 17.3% | |
| 16.3% | |
| 15.1% |
- 51.7%
- 45.9%
- 20.7%
- 17.3%
- 16.3%
- 15.1%
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