PYPL

PayPal
Transaction & Payment Processing Services · Financials · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$54.41
+3.0% on the session
1-year return
-20.2%
+20.3% over six months
Volatility
44.0%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-48.5%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

PayPal is a transaction & payment processing services name in the financials sector. Over the past year it returned -20.2%, against +19.5% over three months and -4.0% over one. It trades 8.9% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 44.0% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -48.5%, and it has traded a median $597M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.33 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Financials#6 of 74
Stronger than 93% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#202 of 496

How PYPL scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 7 others in Transaction & Payment Processing Services.

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Full metrics
1 day+3.0%
1 week+0.2%
1 month-4.0%
3 months+19.5%
6 months+20.3%
1 year-20.2%
12-1 momentum-16.9%
Volatility (1y, annualized)44.0%
Max drawdown (1y)-48.5%
Distance vs 200-day average+8.9%
Return per unit of risk-0.46
Median daily dollar volume$597M
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