PayPalvs.Visa
PYPL vs V · both in Payment rails & networks, part of the Banks, payments & capital markets value chain: The networks and processors that take a fee every time a card is swiped, the fee engine.
Visa is about 13× larger than PayPal by market cap; PayPal trades at the lower P/E (10.4 vs 30.4).
Supply-chain link: Visa supplies PayPal.
Side by side
| PYPL | V | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $51.2B | $686B |
| Price | $61.81 | $383.90 |
| Today | −0.7% | −0.1% |
| Return YTD | +6.7% | +9.5% |
| Return 1Y | −10.4% | +10.1% |
| P/E | 10.4 | 30.4 |
| P/S | 1.5 | 15.4 |
| P/B | 2.6 | 19.5 |
Data as of 2026-08-27 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
PayPalPYPL
Online checkout is the core, with Venmo for peer-to-peer transfers and Braintree processing behind other companies' payments. Growth has matured and rivals have crowded in.
Full PYPL profile →VisaV
Visa lends nothing. It takes a small cut of the value of every transaction that crosses its rails, which makes it a toll on global spending rather than a lender.
Full V profile →More PYPL & V comparisons
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