PayPal price to book ratio PYPL

Market value divided by the book value of the company's net assets, since 2015.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 2.5×
10-year median: 4.8×
Against its 10-year history: 6th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 1.8× to 18.6×
Peer median: 2.3×

PayPal's price to book ratio is 2.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 4.8×, lower than on 94% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.8× in Jun 2026 to 18.6× in Jul 2021.

The median for 10 credit services stocks of a similar size is 2.3×.

Price to book ratio over time

median 4.8×

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	2.5×	1.8×	2.7×
2025	2.8×	2.8×	4.6×
2024	4.3×	2.9×	4.5×
2023	3.4×	2.8×	4.8×
2022	4.0×	3.9×	10.0×
2021	10.0×	9.8×	18.6×
2020	14.8×	6.0×	15.1×
2019	7.8×	6.7×	9.3×
2018	6.5×	5.5×	7.3×
2017	5.7×	3.3×	6.1×
2016	3.4×	2.9×	3.9×
2015	3.3×	3.1×	3.7×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to book ratio
PYPLPayPal	2.5×
SYFSynchrony Financial	1.4×
AFRMAffirm	4.3×
GPNGlobal Payments	0.9×
COFCapital One Financial	1.1×
SOFISoFi Technologies	1.7×
RBARB Global	2.8×
CSGPCostar	1.7×
CARTMaplebear	5.6×
AXPAmerican Express	5.9×
HQYHealthequity	4.3×
Peer median	2.3×

What the price to book ratio tells you

Market value divided by the accounting value of the company's net assets. Below 1 means the market values the business at less than what it owns on paper.

Book value misses brands, software and people, so asset-light companies always look expensive on it. Most useful for banks and industrials.

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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.