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PayPal Ownership Summary

PayPal is owned by 72.59% institutional investors, 0.12% insiders, and 27.29% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.47% of PYPL shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.28% of its assets in PayPal shares.

PYPL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	PayPal	72.59%	0.12%	27.29%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	71.97%	15.45%	12.58%
Industry	Credit Services Stocks	35.35%	9.08%	55.57%
Idea	SaaS Stocks List	49.09%	6.54%	44.38%
Idea	Blockchain Stocks List	31.71%	5.69%	62.60%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	85.95M	8.47%	$7.34B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	74.32M	7.32%	$6.34B
Blackrock	72.84M	6.85%	$4.23B
State street	44.00M	4.14%	$2.55B
Comprehensive financial management	28.16M	2.65%	$1.63B
Geode capital management	21.74M	2.14%	$1.85B
Fmr	18.92M	1.86%	$1.62B
Capital research global investors	17.92M	1.77%	$1.53B
Jpmorgan chase	17.76M	1.75%	$1.52B
Morgan stanley	17.42M	1.64%	$1.01B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Comprehensive financial management	28.16M	57.53%	$1.63B
Black creek investment management	2.78M	11.21%	$237.03M
Nixon capital	343.18K	9.56%	$30.83M
Lindsell train	4.28M	9.14%	$365.53M
Blue door asset management	284.04K	8.98%	$24.24M
Wedgewood partners	469.83K	7.89%	$40.10M
Mayar capital	66.27K	7.41%	$5.66M
Summerhill capital management lnc.	116.23K	7.40%	$9.92M
Hs management partners	1.14M	6.69%	$97.43M
Goodnow investment group	725.46K	6.10%	$61.92M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	12.73M	0.14%	12.73M
Jpmorgan chase	17.76M	0.11%	9.89M
Capital research global investors	17.92M	0.31%	9.31M
Amundi	13.15M	0.30%	6.39M
Artisan partners limited partnership	7.80M	1.00%	5.77M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Temasek (private)	-	-	-2.95M
Citadel advisors	5.82M	0.07%	-2.89M
Ontario teachers pension plan board	2.27M	2.32%	-2.77M
Greenvale capital llp	-	-	-2.20M
Wellington management group llp	455.98K	0.01%	-2.11M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	12.73M	0.14%	12.73M	$1.09B
Raymond james financial	1.59M	0.05%	1.59M	$135.54M
Susquehanna fundamental investments	556.49K	0.68%	556.49K	$47.50M
Peak6	250.10K	0.04%	250.10K	$21.35M
Madison investment advisors	157.30K	0.15%	157.30K	$13.43M

Sold Out

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

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Sep 30, 2024	1,933	5.69%	702,504,944	-1.50%	69	1.48%	909	22.18%	698	-5.68%
Jun 30, 2024	1,800	-4.00%	711,774,602	1.69%	66	1.55%	726	-12.74%	733	-0.68%
Mar 31, 2024	1,875	-2.29%	699,921,314	-4.22%	65	1.43%	832	2.34%	738	-11.08%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	31.29M	3.28%	-468.17K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	32.39M	3.27%	-701.38K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	28.14M	2.89%	196.99K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	27.60M	2.89%	-536.88K
Invesco QQQ Trust	19.95M	2.09%	-12.50K
American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A	12.94M	1.33%	1.15M
Capital Group Investment Co of Amer Comp	12.94M	1.33%	1.15M
Fidelity 500 Index	12.32M	1.29%	-157.41K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	12.30M	1.24%	-355.30K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	11.78M	1.23%	-49.11K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jul 31, 2025	Scotti Diego	EVP, GM, Consumer Group	Sell	$39.70K
Jul 31, 2025	Scotti Diego	EVP, GM, Consumer Group	Sell	$225.59K
Jul 31, 2025	Natali Chris	VP, Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$492.53K
Jun 06, 2025	Kereere Suzan	President, Global Markets	Sell	$304.83K
Jun 06, 2025	Scotti Diego	EVP, GM, Consumer Group	Sell	$281.16K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q3	-	3
2025 Q2	-	3
2025 Q1	-	1
2024 Q4	-	-
2024 Q3	-	-

PYPL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns PayPal?

PayPal shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 72.59%, followed by 0.12% insiders and 27.29% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in PayPal's industry, Credit Services Stocks, is 35.35%, which PayPal exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of PayPal?

PayPal’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (85.95M shares, 8.47%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (74.32M shares, 7.32%), and Blackrock (72.84M shares, 6.85%). Together, they hold 22.64% 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 57.53% of its assets in 28.16M PayPal shares, valued at 1.63B$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of PayPal shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of PayPal shares, with 3.28% of its total shares outstanding invested in 31.29M PayPal shares.

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