PayPal Holdings (MIC:PYPL-RM) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio: (As of Aug. 04, 2026)

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What is PayPal Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.

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PayPal Holdings  (MIC:PYPL-RM) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


PayPal Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Related Terms


PayPal Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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The historical data trend for PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

PayPal Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

PayPal Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.00 0.00 3.71 4.87 3.11

PayPal Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26 Jun26
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.05 3.59 3.11 2.34 2.19

MIC:PYPL-RM vs SYF, AFRM, SOFI: Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Comparison

For the Credit Services subindustry, PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


PayPal Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio vs Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



PayPal Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as:

For example, PayPal Holdings's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Jun. 2026 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Jun. 2026 (Change)*Current CPI (Jun. 2026)
=1770.327/333.9520*333.9520
=1,770.327

Current CPI (Jun. 2026) = 333.9520.

PayPal Holdings Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201609 742.315 241.428 1,026.797
201612 735.494 241.432 1,017.345
201703 684.637 243.801 937.797
201706 741.415 244.955 1,010.786
201709 743.224 246.819 1,005.600
201712 767.298 246.524 1,039.415
201803 708.587 249.554 948.228
201806 797.046 251.989 1,056.297
201809 840.897 252.439 1,112.424
201812 911.119 251.233 1,211.107
201903 839.438 254.202 1,102.792
201906 864.642 256.143 1,127.296
201909 885.328 256.759 1,151.496
201912 892.056 256.974 1,159.276
202003 1,083.377 258.115 1,401.685
202006 1,052.279 257.797 1,363.129
202009 1,245.317 260.280 1,597.803
202012 1,273.249 260.474 1,632.424
202103 1,256.662 264.877 1,584.376
202106 1,307.746 271.696 1,607.401
202109 1,374.922 274.310 1,673.865
202112 1,375.330 278.802 1,647.385
202203 1,862.850 287.504 2,163.805
202206 1,077.199 296.311 1,214.038
202209 1,065.265 296.808 1,198.577
202212 1,092.226 296.797 1,228.958
202303 1,331.679 301.836 1,473.373
202306 1,447.974 305.109 1,584.856
202309 1,762.435 307.789 1,912.247
202312 1,771.858 306.746 1,929.008
202403 1,799.521 312.332 1,924.086
202406 1,806.423 314.175 1,920.136
202409 1,817.365 315.301 1,924.868
202412 2,212.376 315.605 2,340.988
202503 1,709.275 319.799 1,784.921
202506 1,635.599 322.561 1,693.359
202509 1,783.036 324.800 1,833.277
202512 1,750.299 324.054 1,803.761
202603 1,824.811 330.213 1,845.473
202606 1,770.327 333.952 1,770.327

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


PayPal Holdings Business Description

Address 2211 North First Street, San Jose, CA, USA, 95131
PayPal was spun off from eBay in 2015 and provides electronic payment solutions to merchants and consumers, with a focus on online transactions. The company had 439 million active accounts at the end of 2025. The company also owns Venmo, a person-to-person payment platform.