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PayPal Holdings (NEOE:PYPL) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 16.84 (As of Jun. 03, 2025)


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What is PayPal Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-03), PayPal Holdings's current share price is C$5.22. PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$0.31. PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 16.84.

The historical rank and industry rank for PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

NEOE:PYPL' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.03   Med: 17.54   Max: 23.4
Current: 16.88

During the past years, PayPal Holdings's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 23.40. The lowest was 14.03. And the median was 17.54.

NEOE:PYPL's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
67.27% of 110 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 8.535 vs NEOE:PYPL: 16.88

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

PayPal Holdings's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was C$0.075. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is C$0.31 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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PayPal Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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.

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PayPal Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

PayPal Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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PayPal Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 18.19 15.34 20.06 21.06 15.67

Competitive Comparison of PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Credit Services subindustry, PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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PayPal Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF 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 Price-to-FCF.

PayPal Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=5.22/0.31
=16.84

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, PayPal Holdings's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=0.075/134.9266*134.9266
=0.075

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

PayPal Holdings Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.022 100.684 0.029
201509 0.031 100.392 0.042
201512 0.034 99.792 0.046
201603 0.036 100.470 0.048
201606 0.029 101.688 0.038
201609 0.036 101.861 0.048
201612 0.046 101.863 0.061
201703 0.036 102.862 0.047
201706 0.044 103.349 0.057
201709 0.046 104.136 0.060
201712 -0.018 104.011 -0.023
201803 -0.030 105.290 -0.038
201806 -0.010 106.317 -0.013
201809 0.263 106.507 0.333
201812 0.056 105.998 0.071
201903 0.050 107.251 0.063
201906 0.063 108.070 0.079
201909 0.056 108.329 0.070
201912 0.036 108.420 0.045
202003 0.078 108.902 0.097
202006 0.098 108.767 0.122
202009 0.065 109.815 0.080
202012 0.087 109.897 0.107
202103 0.088 111.754 0.106
202106 0.059 114.631 0.069
202109 0.075 115.734 0.087
202112 0.059 117.630 0.068
202203 0.060 121.301 0.067
202206 0.065 125.017 0.070
202209 0.099 125.227 0.107
202212 0.093 125.222 0.100
202303 0.066 127.348 0.070
202306 -0.023 128.729 -0.024
202309 0.074 129.860 0.077
202312 0.166 129.419 0.173
202403 0.121 131.776 0.124
202406 0.097 132.554 0.099
202409 0.104 133.029 0.105
202412 0.168 133.157 0.170
202503 0.075 134.927 0.075

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF 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  (NEOE:PYPL) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow 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 Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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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 434 million active accounts at the end of 2024. The company also owns Venmo, a person-to-person payment platform.