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 −16.50% over the past year and −5.92% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 6, 2015, PYPL is up +10.44% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.88%/yr, and is currently −85.37% below its real total-return high on Feb. 16, 2021.

Data ending Fri Oct. 16, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2015-07-06💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
PYPL × 		+10.44%
+0.88%/yr 		−0.68%/yr
R2=0.002
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2015-07-06💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Start
Value 		End
Value
PYPL × 		$10,000.00
2015-07-06 		$11,043.84
2026-10-16

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-16

  YTD YoY
PYPL × 		−5.92% −16.50%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
PYPL × 		−85.37%
on 2026-10-16
from 2021-02-16 peak 		−89.65%
on 2026-02-12
from 2021-02-16 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-16 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
PYPL × 		−16.50% −33.68%
−18.57%/yr 		−8.28%
−2.84%/yr 		−82.56%
−29.48%/yr 		+4.58%
+0.45%/yr

Annual Returns

Year PYPL
2026 (YTD) −5.92%
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%