PayPal forward PE PYPL

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 2015.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 10.3×
10-year median: 25.9×
Against its 10-year history: 6th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 7.7× to 73.5×
Peer median: 12.8×

PayPal's forward PE is 10.3× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 25.9×, lower than on 94% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 7.7× in Jun 2026 to 73.5× in Jul 2021.

The median for 10 credit services stocks of a similar size is 12.8×.

Forward PE over time

median 25.9×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	10.3×	7.7×	11.3×
2025	11.7×	11.6×	19.2×
2024	18.2×	12.9×	19.0×
2023	13.2×	10.5×	18.2×
2022	15.2×	14.7×	48.8×
2021	49.0×	47.8×	73.5×
2020	55.6×	24.3×	56.6×
2019	32.2×	29.8×	42.8×
2018	32.7×	30.6×	41.5×
2017	35.7×	23.7×	38.1×
2016	24.7×	23.2×	29.4×
2015	29.4×	26.1×	31.8×

Against its peers

Companies in Financial - Credit Services nearest PayPal's size, closest first, today.

Company	Forward PE
PYPLPayPal	10.3×
SYFSynchrony Financial	7.7×
AFRMAffirm	35.8×
GPNGlobal Payments	5.6×
COFCapital One Financial	8.8×
SOFISoFi Technologies	20.3×
RBARB Global	n/m
CSGPCostar	n/m
CARTMaplebear	n/m
AXPAmerican Express	16.8×
HQYHealthequity	n/m
Peer median	12.8×

Where PayPal ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.