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PayPal Ownership Summary

PayPal is owned by 55.22% institutional investors, 0.13% insiders, and 44.65% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.71% of PYPL shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.27% of its assets in PayPal shares.

PYPL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	PayPal	55.22%	0.13%	44.65%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	32.19%	15.44%	52.37%
Industry	Credit Services Stocks	34.10%	9.51%	56.39%
Idea	SaaS Stocks List	48.24%	6.71%	45.05%
Idea	Blockchain Stocks List	36.86%	6.74%	56.40%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	90.38M	9.71%	$5.28B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	72.94M	7.83%	$4.26B
Blackrock	72.84M	6.85%	$4.23B
State street	43.22M	4.46%	$2.90B
Capital research global investors	27.13M	2.91%	$1.58B
Comprehensive financial management	27.12M	2.80%	$1.82B
Geode capital management	21.47M	2.31%	$1.25B
Norges bank	16.27M	1.75%	$949.76M
Morgan stanley	14.47M	1.51%	$844.55M
Invesco	11.13M	1.15%	$746.51M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Comprehensive financial management	27.12M	50.30%	$1.82B
Punch card management	650.45K	13.53%	$43.62M
Blue door asset management	331.02K	11.68%	$22.20M
Black creek investment management	2.75M	8.71%	$184.63M
Sparta 24	120.28K	6.22%	$5.44M
Lindsell train	4.18M	6.03%	$189.04M
Wedgewood partners	484.65K	5.93%	$32.50M
Nixon capital	358.81K	5.53%	$20.95M
Goodnow investment group	787.13K	5.05%	$52.79M
Mayar capital	84.97K	4.58%	$3.84M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	16.27M	0.10%	16.27M
Lombard odier asset management (europe)	5.94M	0.97%	5.75M
Vanguard group	90.38M	0.08%	5.53M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	4.89M	0.06%	4.89M
Sg americas securities	4.97M	0.24%	3.88M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Clearbridge investments	3.02M	0.14%	-6.15M
Deutsche bank ag\	4.18M	0.06%	-3.70M
Temasek (private)	-	-	-2.95M
Citadel advisors	5.82M	0.07%	-2.89M
Robeco institutional asset management b.v.	926.22K	0.06%	-2.87M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	16.27M	0.10%	16.27M	$949.76M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	4.89M	0.06%	4.89M	$221.13M
Ofi invest asset management	3.47M	1.80%	3.47M	$136.36M
Yacktman asset management lp	2.29M	1.38%	2.29M	$103.61M
Contour asset management	1.85M	3.11%	1.85M	$124.16M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Flaharty asset management	-2.00
Ruedi wealth management	-2.00
Raelipskie partnership	-2.00
Lifesteps financial	-2.00
Legend financial advisors	-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	1,385	-26.84%	514,130,086	-27.29%	55	1.04%	518	-31.93%	680	-11.11%
Sep 30, 2025	1,813	-7.59%	699,616,570	0.45%	72	1.40%	724	-13.60%	727	-7.15%
Jun 30, 2025	1,958	-0.61%	723,484,822	0.83%	74	1.41%	834	-6.29%	783	4.68%
Mar 31, 2025	1,941	-6.91%	715,772,507	-1.93%	72	1.44%	878	-7.38%	738	-4.53%
Dec 31, 2024	1,323	-32.40%	381,046,757	-45.47%	37	0.79%	619	-32.57%	498	-29.56%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	32.39M	3.27%	-701.38K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	27.36M	3.04%	39.13K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	21.93M	2.44%	-301.86K
Invesco QQQ Trust	19.71M	2.23%	144.92K
American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A	13.31M	1.45%	378.33K
Capital Group Investment Co of Amer Comp	13.31M	1.45%	378.33K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	12.80M	1.42%	3.31M
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	11.91M	1.35%	34.91K
Fidelity 500 Index	11.76M	1.33%	-149.75K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	12.30M	1.24%	-355.30K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Apr 29, 2026	Natali Chris	SVP, Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$66.13K
Apr 29, 2026	Keller Frank	Pres., Checkout Sol. & PayPal	Sell	$500.00K
Apr 29, 2026	Keller Frank	Pres., Checkout Sol. & PayPal	Sell	$36.20K
Mar 03, 2026	Natali Chris	SVP, Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$98.76K
Mar 03, 2026	Kereere Suzan	President, Global Markets	Sell	$180.73K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	3
2026 Q1	-	11
2025 Q4	-	12
2025 Q3	-	5
2025 Q2	-	3

PYPL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns PayPal?

PayPal shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 55.22%, followed by 0.13% insiders and 44.65% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in PayPal's industry, Credit Services Stocks, is 34.10%, which PayPal exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of PayPal?

PayPal’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (90.38M shares, 9.71%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (72.94M shares, 7.83%), and Blackrock (72.84M shares, 6.85%). Together, they hold 24.39% of PayPal’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own PayPal?

Yes, BlackRock owns 6.85% of PayPal, totaling 72.84M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.10% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 4.23B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -1.558M shares, a -2.09% change.

Who is PayPal’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Comprehensive financial management is PayPal’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 50.30% of its assets in 27.12M PayPal shares, valued at 1.82B$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of PayPal shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of PayPal shares, with 3.27% of its total shares outstanding invested in 32.39M PayPal shares.

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