Historical annual and monthly returns for PayPal (PYPL).
For PayPal (PYPL), the strongest completed calendar year was 2020, when the stock returned 116.5%, while its weakest was 2022, with a return of -62.2%. Across the 10 completed calendar years from 2016 through 2025, its average annual return was 16.7% and its compounded annual return was 4.9%. PYPL posted positive returns in 6 of those 10 years (60%). In 2025, the latest completed year, it returned -31.4%. In 2026 year to date, PYPL has returned -4.9%.
Returns are calculated from the adjusted daily closing prices for PayPal (PYPL). Annual returns measure the percentage change between the final available trading prices of consecutive calendar years. Monthly returns use the corresponding month-end observations. Adjusted prices account for stock splits and distributions when supplied by the market-data provider. Results are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.