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PayPal Ownership Summary

PayPal is owned by 73.02% institutional investors, 0.71% insiders, and 26.28% 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	73.02%	0.71%	26.28%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	734.95%	13.85%	-648.79%
Industry	Credit Services Stocks	57.84%	13.25%	28.91%
Idea	SaaS Stocks List	75.65%	6.55%	17.79%
Idea	Blockchain Stocks List	43.88%	7.91%	48.22%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	90.38M	9.71%	$5.28B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	74.97M	8.21%	$3.24B
Blackrock	72.84M	6.85%	$4.23B
Vanguard capital management	53.62M	5.87%	$2.32B
State street	41.23M	4.52%	$1.78B
Invesco	33.44M	3.66%	$1.44B
Geode capital management	29.37M	3.22%	$1.30B
Comprehensive financial management	23.95M	2.62%	$1.03B
Bank of america corp /de/	22.59M	2.47%	$975.56M
Goldman sachs group	11.58M	1.27%	$500.09M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Comprehensive financial management	23.95M	33.94%	$1.03B
Punch card management	628.91K	10.61%	$27.16M
Lindsell train	3.16M	5.20%	$136.56M
Qsm asset management	192.12K	4.23%	$8.16M
Packer	230.00K	3.89%	$10.40M
Eubel brady & suttman asset management	752.96K	3.86%	$32.51M
Chou associates management	167.40K	3.34%	$7.23M
Equity investment	3.30M	2.72%	$142.41M
Foxhaven asset management, lp	1.74M	2.69%	$116.87M
Penn davis mcfarland	680.02K	2.62%	$29.36M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Invesco	33.44M	0.11%	14.12M
Norges bank	11.38M	0.05%	11.38M
Ci private wealth	9.67M	0.03%	9.21M
Sixth street partners management company	6.69M	0.04%	6.69M
Vanguard group	90.38M	0.08%	5.53M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Amundi	5.67M	0.06%	-8.13M
Artisan partners limited partnership	-	-	-7.52M
Loomis sayles & co l p	252.06K	0.01%	-6.08M
Jane street group	48.24K	0.00%	-3.26M
Fmr	3.69M	0.01%	-3.19M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	11.38M	0.05%	11.38M	$491.35M
Sixth street partners management company	6.69M	0.04%	6.69M	$288.75M
Dme capital management, lp	1.42M	1.57%	1.42M	$61.50M
Point72 asset management	876.31K	0.10%	876.31K	$58.77M
Curated wealth partners	546.58K	0.09%	546.58K	$720.88K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Flaharty asset management	-2.00
Legend financial advisors	-2.00
Ruedi wealth management	-2.00
Raelipskie partnership	-2.00
Arcadia investment management corp/mi	-3.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2026	1,484	-8.45%	666,657,360	2.09%	73	1.43%	516	-27.02%	681	4.13%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	32.39M	3.27%	-701.38K
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	26.06M	3.05%	-28.75K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	26.06M	2.95%	-28.75K
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest	25.27M	2.95%	-789.43K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	20.83M	2.44%	-472.80K
Invesco QQQ Trust	18.25M	2.13%	-231.46K
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
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	11.90M	1.39%	18.98K
Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Index Instl	11.64M	1.36%	299.72K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Aug 18, 2026	Kereere Suzan	President, Global Markets	Sell	$49.12K
Aug 18, 2026	Kereere Suzan	President, Global Markets	Sell	$204.60K
Jul 29, 2026	Natali Chris	SVP, Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$77.68K
Jul 29, 2026	Keller Frank	Pres., Checkout Sol. & PayPal	Sell	$42.53K
Jun 15, 2026	Miller Jamie S	Chief Fin & Op Officer	Sell	$254.54K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q3	-	4
2026 Q2	1	8
2026 Q1	-	11
2025 Q4	-	12
2025 Q3	-	5

PYPL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns PayPal?

PayPal shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 73.02%, followed by 0.71% insiders and 26.27% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in PayPal's industry, Credit Services Stocks, is 57.84%, 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 (74.97M shares, 8.21%), and Blackrock (72.84M shares, 6.85%). Together, they hold 24.76% 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 33.94% of its assets in 23.95M PayPal shares, valued at 1.03B$.

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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