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 −19.54% over the past year and −3.85% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 6, 2015, PYPL is up +12.87% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.10%/yr, and is currently −85.05% below its real total-return high on Feb. 16, 2021.

Data ending Thu Jul. 30, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2015-07-06💬 to Thu 2026-07-30 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
PYPL × 		+12.87%
+1.10%/yr 		−0.14%/yr
R2=0.000
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2015-07-06💬 to Thu 2026-07-30 Start
Value 		End
Value
PYPL × 		$10,000.00
2015-07-06 		$11,286.70
2026-07-30

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-30

  YTD YoY
PYPL × 		−3.85% −19.54%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
PYPL × 		−85.05%
on 2026-07-30
from 2021-02-16 peak 		−89.65%
on 2026-02-12
from 2021-02-16 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-30 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
PYPL × 		−19.54% −14.67%
−7.63%/yr 		−28.27%
−10.48%/yr 		−82.80%
−29.68%/yr 		+12.20%
+1.16%/yr

Annual Returns

Year PYPL
2026 (YTD) −3.85%
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%