All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

PYPL: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

PYPL real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, PYPL returned −21.15% over the past year and −9.50% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 6, 2015, PYPL is up +6.24% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.54%/yr, and is currently −85.93% below its real total-return high on Feb. 16, 2021.

Data ending Mon Sep. 28, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2015-07-06💬 to Mon 2026-09-28 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
PYPL × 		+6.24%
+0.54%/yr 		−0.54%/yr
R2=0.001
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2015-07-06💬 to Mon 2026-09-28 Start
Value 		End
Value
PYPL × 		$10,000.00
2015-07-06 		$10,623.99
2026-09-28

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-28

  YTD YoY
PYPL × 		−9.50% −21.15%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
PYPL × 		−85.93%
on 2026-09-28
from 2021-02-16 peak 		−89.65%
on 2026-02-12
from 2021-02-16 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-09-28 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
PYPL × 		−21.15% −33.85%
−18.67%/yr 		−13.56%
−4.74%/yr 		−82.90%
−29.76%/yr 		−3.71%
−0.38%/yr

Annual Returns

Year PYPL
2026 (YTD) −9.50%
2025 −33.23%
2024 +35.09%
2023 −16.57%
2022 −64.53%
2021 −24.77%
2020 +113.60%
2019 +25.76%
2018 +12.08%
2017 +82.66%
2016 +6.82%
2015 −0.51%