PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) debt

What PayPal Holdings owes, when it comes due, and what it costs to carry, from the balances and cash flows the company reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

At a glance

MetricSep 2026Sep 2025Change
Total debt$13.35B$11.28B+$2.08B
Due within a year$2.53B——
Long-term debt$10.94B$11.28B−$337M
Cash and equivalents$7.16B$8.99B−$1.83B
Net debt$6.19B$2.28B+$3.91B

Total debt is the sum of the debt lines the company reports at that date (long-term, current and short-term borrowings), not a figure the company reports as a total.

Debt over time

Total debt by quarter
$10.6BDec 2023$10.6BMar 2024$11.8BJun 2024$11.9BSep 2024$10.6BDec 2024$12.1BMar 2025$11.3BJun 2025$11.3BSep 2025$11.5BDec 2025$10.9BMar 2026$13.4BJun 2026$13.4BSep 2026
Balance dateTotal debtDue within a yearLong-term debtCash
Sep 2026$13.35B$2.53B$10.94B$7.16B
Jun 2026$13.40B†$2.50B$10.89B$8.31B
Mar 2026$10.88B†—$9.41B$6.98B
Dec 2025$11.46B$1.60B$9.99B$8.05B
Sep 2025$11.28B†—$11.28B$8.99B
Jun 2025$11.30B†—$11.30B$6.69B
Mar 2025$12.10B—$11.42B$7.57B
Dec 2024$10.57B—$9.88B$6.66B
Sep 2024$11.88B—$9.98B$7.37B
Jun 2024$11.81B—$9.73B$7.80B
Mar 2024$10.60B—$9.68B$9.69B
Dec 2023$10.64B—$9.68B$9.08B

† Sum of the debt lines the company reports at that date, not a reported total.

When it comes due

Principal due by year as of September 30, 2026.

Principal due
Within 1 yearWithin 1 year$1.1BYear 2Year 2$1.8BYear 3Year 3$1.5BYear 4Year 4$1.0B
DuePrincipalShare of total
Within 1 year$1.08B20.0%
Year 2$1.80B33.3%
Year 3$1.51B28.0%
Year 4$1.01B18.7%
Total$5.40B100%

Interest cost and borrowing

Interest expense by quarter
$87MDec 2023*$86MMar 2024$93MJun 2024$106MSep 2024$97MDec 2024*$103MMar 2025$114MJun 2025$113MSep 2025$111MDec 2025*$111MMar 2026$126MJun 2026$138MSep 2026
Fiscal yearInterest expenseBorrowedRepaid
FY Dec 2025$441M$2.64B$2.15B
FY Dec 2024$382M$1.55B$1.66B
FY Dec 2023$347M$1.53B$1.05B
FY Dec 2022$304M$3.48B$1.69B
FY Dec 2021$232M$272M$361M

* Fiscal fourth quarter computed from the annual filing minus the three reported quarters.

About these figures

These are the balances PayPal Holdings reports in its SEC filings as of each balance-sheet date, and the interest, borrowing and repayments it reports for each period. This page does not show market prices or yields of the company's bonds. "Long-term debt" is the line as the company tags it in its filings and may or may not include the portion due within a year.

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All figures from company filings with the SEC.

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