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PYPL · against 268 other Financial Services companies
Valuation
71/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #78 of 269 · scores higher than 71% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score27 peers with a valuation score of 70–79, including PYPL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 71?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its EBITDA yield, free cash flow yield and earnings yield, which are stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 68% of peers. Earnings yield: 9.1% vs peer median 5.7%
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 71% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 13.2% vs peer median 6.1%
- more operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: stronger than 77% of peers. EBITDA yield: 12.0% vs peer median 6.9%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PYPL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | PYPL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 410 reported | 9.1% | 5.6% | 68% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 206 reported | 12.0% | 6.8% | 77% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 183 reported | 13.2% | 6.1% | 71% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 401 reported | 39.5% | 83.1% | 30% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PYPL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 498M USD | 100 | 90 | |
| 1 | 641M USD | 100 | 74 | |
| 3 | 82M USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 3 | 827M USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 3 | 659M USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 75 | 90.9B JPY (≈$618M) | 72 | 70 | |
| 75 | 22.7B USD | 72 | 64 | |
| 78 | 403.2B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 71 | 67 | |
| 78 | 12.9B ZAR (≈$710M) | 71 | 69 | |
| 78 | 49.8B USD | 71 | 55 | |
| 81 | 18.7B EUR (≈$20.6B) | 70 | 52 | |
| 81 | 501M EUR (≈$551M) | 70 | 58 | |
| 83 | 1.8B USD | 69 | 73 | |
| 83 | 4.6B USD | 69 | 70 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score