PayPal PE ratio PYPL

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2016.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 10.8×
10-year median: 41.8×
Against its 10-year history: 7th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 7.4× to 113×
Peer median: 30.5×

PayPal's PE ratio is 10.8× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $57.02 against $5.29 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 41.8×, lower than on 93% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 7.4× in Feb 2026 to 113× in Jul 2020.

The median for 10 credit services stocks of a similar size is 30.5×.

PE ratio over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	10.8×	7.4×	11.7×
2025	12.0×	12.0×	21.9×
2024	20.7×	14.6×	21.7×
2023	18.3×	14.1×	43.4×
2022	36.2×	23.6×	58.1×
2021	45.3×	44.2×	95.1×
2020	88.4×	41.9×	113×
2019	51.4×	47.6×	64.9×
2018	48.4×	45.3×	66.2×
2017	57.1×	34.7×	60.9×
2016	34.6×	31.9×	39.9×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
PYPLPayPal	10.8×
SYFSynchrony Financial	7.5×
AFRMAffirm	12.7×
GPNGlobal Payments	n/m
COFCapital One Financial	11.9×
SOFISoFi Technologies	30.5×
RBARB Global	36.1×
CSGPCostar	179×
CARTMaplebear	31.0×
AXPAmerican Express	17.6×
HQYHealthequity	37.7×
Peer median	30.5×

Where PayPal ranks

#20of 73Credit services stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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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.