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The following section summarizes insights on 's Current Ratio:

Dec 2016Dec 2018Dec 2020Dec 2022Dec 20240.0x0.5x1.0x1.5x

Performance Summary
  • PayPal's latest twelve months current ratio is 1.3x
  • PayPal's current ratio for fiscal years ending December 2020 to 2024 averaged 1.3x.
  • PayPal's operated at median current ratio of 1.3x from fiscal years ending December 2020 to 2024.
  • Looking back at the last 5 years, PayPal's current ratio peaked in December 2020 at 1.3x.
  • PayPal's current ratio hit its 5-year low in December 2021 of 1.2x.
  • PayPal's current ratio decreased in 2020 (1.3x, -7.2%), 2021 (1.2x, -7.9%), and 2024 (1.3x, -2.2%) and increased in 2022 (1.3x, +4.4%) and 2023 (1.3x, +1.2%).

How does PayPal's Current Ratio benchmark against competitors?

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We've identified the following companies as similar to PayPal Holdings Inc because they operate in a related industry or sector. We also considered size, growth, and various financial metrics to narrow down the list to the ones listed below.

Metric Usage: Current Ratio

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Metrics similar to Current Ratio in the risk category include:

  • Beta (5 Year) - A ratio that measures the risk or volatility of a company's share price in comparison to the market as a whole. A beta of 1.0 means that the company rises and falls in direct relationship to the movement of the benchmark index. A beta that is less than 1 indicates a stock that is less volatile than the overall market and a beta greater than 1 indicates that the stock is more volatile.
  • Price Standard Deviation (1 year) - Standard deviation of closing price over the last one year.
  • Cash Flow to Liabilities - A ratio that measures the amount of operating cash flow a firm generates on each dollar of total liabilities.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio - A ratio used to assess a firm's ability to pay interest expenses based on operating profits (EBIT).
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Current Ratio

A ratio that compares a company's current total assets to its current total liabilities.

Definition of Current Ratio

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Current Ratio measures whether a firm is capitalized with enough assets to pay its debts over the next twelve months by comparing a firm’s current assets to its current liabilities.

Current Ratio is defined as:

Current Ratio = Current Assets / Current Liabilities

Current Ratio for PayPal is calculated as follows:

Current Assets [ 61.092 B ]
(/) Current Liabilities [ 48.376 B ]
(=) Current Ratio [ 1.3x ]

The tables below summarizes the trend in PayPal’s Current Ratio over the last five years:

Fiscal Year Current Assets Current Liabilities Current Ratio
2020-12-31 50.995 B 38.447 B 1.3x
2021-12-31 52.574 B 43.029 B 1.2x
2022-12-31 57.424 B 45.008 B 1.3x
2023-12-31 62.569 B 48.466 B 1.3x
2024-12-31 61.092 B 48.376 B 1.3x

The tables below summarizes the trend in PayPal’s current ratio over the last four quarters:

Quarter Ending Current Assets Current Liabilities Current Ratio
2024-03-31 63.706 B 49.846 B 1.3x
2024-06-30 62.972 B 50.713 B 1.2x
2024-09-30 62.673 B 50.268 B 1.2x
2024-12-31 61.092 B 48.376 B 1.3x

While ratios vary by industry and circumstances, healthy companies generally have ratios between 1.5 and 3.

A high current ratio is not necessarily a good thing. The company may be inefficiently using its current assets or short-term financing facilities.

While a low current ratio (values less than 1) may indicate that a firm is having difficulty meeting current obligations, it may also reflect the organizations ability to borrow against good prospects to meet current obligations. Strong businesses that can turn inventory faster than due dates on their accounts payable may also have a current ratio less than one.


Click the link below to download a spreadsheet with an example Current Ratio calculation for PayPal Holdings Inc below:

Sector Benchmark Analysis

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5.7x75.7x145.7x284.8x0100200

The chart above depicts the distribution of current ratio for companies operating in the Financials sector in the Developed economic region. Over 2,510 companies were considered in this analysis, and 2,419 had meaningful values. The average current ratio of companies in the sector is 11.9x with a standard deviation of 31.8x.

PayPal Holdings Inc's Current Ratio of 1.3x ranks in the 37.9% percentile for the sector. The following table provides additional summary stats:

Current Ratio In The Financials Sector
Economic Risk RegionDeveloped
Total Constituents2,519
Included Constituents2,419
Min0.0x
Max284.7x
Median1.8x
Mean11.9x
Standard Deviation31.8x

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