PayPal
PYPL · Transaction & Payment Processing Services
$57.02
0.9%Uber
UBER · Passenger Ground Transportation
$66.70
3.4%The short version
- Uber is the larger business, with $52.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $33.2B for PayPal, about 1.6 times as much.
- Uber grew revenue faster (18.3%, against 4.3%).
- PayPal kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (18.3% operating margin, against 10.7% operating margin).
- Uber turned more of its sales into free cash flow (18.8% FCF margin, against 16.8% FCF margin).
- PayPal earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (25.7%, against 19.7%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Uber’s earnings: a P/E of 14.6x against 10.7x for PayPal.
| Latest fiscal year | PYPL · FY25 | UBER · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $52.5B | $136.7B |
| Revenue | $33.2B | $52.0B |
| Free cash flow | $5.6B | $9.8B |
| Net income | $5.2B | $10.1B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 4.3% | 18.3% |
| 5-year growth | 9.1% | 36.1% |
| Share count change | −6.8% | −1.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 18.3% | 10.7% |
| Net margin | 15.8% | 19.3% |
| FCF margin | 16.8% | 18.8% |
| Return on capital | 25.7% | 19.7% |
| Return on equity | 25.7% | 41.4% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$418M | $3.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.1x | 0.5x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $6.2B | $6.5B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 10.7x | 14.6x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
FY16
PYPL $10.8B
UBER —
FY17
PYPL $13.1B
UBER $7.9B
FY18
PYPL $15.5B
UBER $10.4B
FY19
PYPL $17.8B
UBER $13.0B
FY20
PYPL $21.5B
UBER $11.1B
FY21
PYPL $25.4B
UBER $17.5B
FY22
PYPL $27.5B
UBER $31.9B
FY23
PYPL $29.8B
UBER $37.3B
FY24
PYPL $31.8B
UBER $44.0B
FY25
PYPL $33.2B
UBER $52.0B
PYPL
UBER
FY16
PYPL 14.6%
UBER —
FY17
PYPL 16.2%
UBER −51.4%
FY18
PYPL 14.2%
UBER −29.1%
FY19
PYPL 15.3%
UBER −66.1%
FY20
PYPL 15.3%
UBER −43.7%
FY21
PYPL 16.8%
UBER −22.0%
FY22
PYPL 13.9%
UBER −5.8%
FY23
PYPL 16.9%
UBER 3.0%
FY24
PYPL 16.8%
UBER 6.4%
FY25
PYPL 18.3%
UBER 10.7%
PYPL
UBER
FY16
PYPL $2.5B
UBER —
FY17
PYPL $1.9B
UBER −$2.2B
FY18
PYPL $4.7B
UBER −$2.1B
FY19
PYPL $3.4B
UBER −$4.9B
FY20
PYPL $5.4B
UBER −$3.4B
FY21
PYPL $4.9B
UBER −$743M
FY22
PYPL $5.1B
UBER $390M
FY23
PYPL $4.2B
UBER $3.4B
FY24
PYPL $6.8B
UBER $6.9B
FY25
PYPL $5.6B
UBER $9.8B
PYPL
UBER
FY16
PYPL —
UBER —
FY17
PYPL —
UBER —
FY18
PYPL —
UBER —
FY19
PYPL 23.0%
UBER —
FY20
PYPL 20.2%
UBER −32.0%
FY21
PYPL 23.6%
UBER −17.4%
FY22
PYPL 13.8%
UBER −8.5%
FY23
PYPL 21.6%
UBER 6.7%
FY24
PYPL 23.0%
UBER 13.3%
FY25
PYPL 25.7%
UBER 19.7%
PYPL
UBER
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