NASDAQ$PYPL

PayPal Holdings · Q2 2026 earnings

Q2 2026 earnings · · Before market open · Investor relations

Briefing

PayPal reported second quarter 2026 results with net revenues of $8.7 billion and raised full-year non-GAAP guidance.

PayPal Holdings reported net revenues of $8.682 billion for Q2 2026, up 5% year-over-year. GAAP operating income was $1.427 billion and GAAP EPS was $1.25. The company raised its full-year non-GAAP EPS guidance to approximately $5.38 while returning $1.5 billion to shareholders via share repurchases.

  • Net revenues grew 5% to $8.682 billion with TPV up 10% to $486.448 billion.
  • GAAP EPS declined 3% to $1.25 while non-GAAP EPS declined 1% to $1.38.
  • Active accounts reached 439 million and payment transactions increased 8% to 6.75 billion.
  • Free cash flow was $1.775 billion and the company repurchased $1.5 billion in shares during the quarter.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$8.68B

Previous: $8.29B+4.8%
EPS (adj)

$1.38

Previous: $1.29+7.0%
Total payment volume

$486B

No prior period
Active accounts

439.0M

No prior period
Payment transactions

6.8B

No prior period
TPA (trailing 12 months)

60

No prior period
Net Income

$1.1B

Previous: $1.26B-12.5%
Operating Income

$1.43B

Previous: $1.5B-5.1%

Revenue & EPS history

PayPal · Revenue · Quarterly

$8.68B

Q2 2026+4.8%vs Q2 2025
Beat estimate in 9 of 16 quarters(56%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

PayPal · $8.68B total across 2 segments · Q2 2026

  • Transaction revenues
    $7.83B
  • Other value added services
    $850M

Forward guidance

PayPal raised full-year non-GAAP TM$ and EPS guidance while reaffirming GAAP EPS guidance.

Tailwinds

  • Raising full-year non-GAAP EPS guidance to ~$5.38
  • Strong execution on transformation plan

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports

Historical avg

-0.4%

Avg return

Earnings day

-1.8%

Avg return

5 days after

-1.1%

Avg return

30 days after

56%

28 / 50 earnings

Positive

+16.6%

Q1 2020

Best reaction

-22.9%

Q4 2021

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q2 2026
Q1 2026+0.3%-10.0%-15.2%
Q4 2025-20.1%-22.8%-9.0%
Q3 2025+4.7%-1.4%-12.0%
Q2 2025-8.7%-14.2%-10.4%
Q1 2025+2.1%+3.6%+9.2%
Q4 2024-13.2%-13.6%-23.9%
Q3 2024-6.4%-7.6%+3.6%
Q2 2024+11.6%+5.2%+24.1%
Q1 2024-1.3%-1.9%-6.7%
Q4 2023-11.9%-5.7%-7.4%
Q3 2023+6.3%+5.4%+15.2%
Q2 2023-15.0%-14.7%-15.8%
Q1 2023-12.1%-17.7%-14.6%
Q4 2022+1.4%-3.1%-7.9%
Q3 2022-5.4%+2.1%-6.0%
Q2 2022+10.6%+7.6%+4.6%
Q1 2022+10.0%+9.4%+1.8%
Q4 2021-22.9%-26.7%-41.1%
Q3 2021-9.0%-7.7%-12.6%
Q2 2021-5.8%-9.8%-7.4%
Q1 2021+0.7%-2.6%+5.1%
Q4 2020+8.6%+13.3%-4.0%
Q3 2020-3.4%+8.9%+14.2%
Q2 2020+9.2%+11.8%+16.0%
Q1 2020+16.6%+14.8%+24.4%
Q4 2019+0.5%-0.0%-7.3%
Q3 2019+7.8%+9.5%+4.5%
Q2 2019-4.2%-7.3%-11.8%
Q1 2019+3.1%+5.2%+2.8%
Q4 2018-2.6%+0.6%+8.4%
Q3 2018+5.9%+9.3%+6.2%
Q2 2018-2.5%-9.9%-1.4%
Q1 2018+1.0%-0.9%+7.5%
Q4 2017-6.4%-10.8%-5.9%
Q3 2017+5.5%+4.4%+13.6%
Q2 2017+3.2%+0.5%+2.9%
Q1 2017+5.5%+6.3%+14.5%
Q4 2016-3.5%-4.6%+3.3%
Q3 2016+9.7%+7.6%-0.4%
Q2 2016-6.6%-5.9%-4.9%
Q1 2015-2.1%
Q1 2016+0.9%
Q4 2014+4.3%
Q4 2015+7.1%
Q3 2014-1.4%
Q3 2015-0.1%
Q4 2013+2.3%
Q1 2014+2.3%
Q2 2014+2.3%
Q2 2015+2.3%

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