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PayPal Ownership Summary

PayPal is owned by 30.99% institutional investors, 0.68% insiders, and 68.33% 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	30.99%	0.68%	68.33%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	37.05%	15.59%	47.36%
Industry	Credit Services Stocks	39.41%	11.37%	49.22%
Idea	SaaS Stocks List	59.32%	6.71%	33.97%
Idea	Blockchain Stocks List	30.92%	7.88%	61.20%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	90.38M	9.71%	$5.28B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	73.68M	7.68%	$3.33B
Blackrock	72.84M	6.85%	$4.23B
State street	41.98M	4.38%	$1.90B
Geode capital management	26.15M	2.73%	$1.19B
Comprehensive financial management	26.00M	2.71%	$1.18B
Norges bank	16.27M	1.75%	$949.76M
Invesco	12.79M	1.33%	$578.45M
Goldman sachs group	12.10M	1.26%	$547.37M
Morgan stanley	11.42M	1.19%	$516.53M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Comprehensive financial management	26.00M	39.00%	$1.18B
Punch card management	628.91K	10.51%	$28.45M
Black creek investment management	3.17M	7.70%	$143.55M
Sparta 24	120.28K	6.22%	$5.44M
Lindsell train	4.18M	6.03%	$189.04M
Mayar capital	84.97K	4.58%	$3.84M
Qsm asset management	192.12K	4.24%	$8.65M
Eubel brady & suttman asset management	769.99K	4.12%	$34.83M
Nixon capital	265.38K	4.10%	$12.00M
Packer	230.00K	3.89%	$10.40M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	16.27M	0.10%	16.27M
Vanguard group	90.38M	0.08%	5.53M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	4.89M	0.06%	4.89M
Geode capital management	26.15M	0.07%	4.68M
Citadel advisors	7.48M	0.05%	4.55M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Capital research global investors	25.25K	0.00%	-27.11M
Artisan partners limited partnership	-	-	-7.52M
Worldquant millennium advisors	-	-	-4.48M
Deutsche bank ag\	4.18M	0.06%	-3.70M
Millennium management	602.72K	0.01%	-3.32M

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
Vanguard global advisers	1.85M	0.05%	1.85M	$83.73M

Sold Out

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

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	1,132	-39.11%	297,211,338	-58.30%	30	0.53%	505	-31.76%	461	-45.12%
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%

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	26.75M	3.03%	-608.80K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	21.80M	2.47%	-129.59K
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	12.50M	1.42%	-295.12K
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
May 19, 2026	Kereere Suzan	President, Global Markets	Sell	$174.97K
May 19, 2026	Kereere Suzan	President, Global Markets	Sell	$8.97K
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

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	5
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 30.99%, followed by 0.68% insiders and 68.33% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in PayPal's industry, Credit Services Stocks, is 39.41%, which PayPal falls below.

Who owns the most shares of PayPal?

PayPal’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (90.38M shares, 9.71%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (73.68M shares, 7.68%), and Blackrock (72.84M shares, 6.85%). Together, they hold 24.24% 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 39.00% of its assets in 26M PayPal shares, valued at 1.18B$.

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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