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PayPal Ownership Summary

PayPal is owned by 37.54% institutional investors, 0.40% insiders, and 62.06% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.47% 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	37.54%	0.40%	62.06%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	40.29%	14.61%	45.11%
Industry	Credit Services Stocks	39.92%	8.89%	51.19%
Idea	SaaS Stocks List	57.10%	6.98%	35.92%
Idea	Blockchain Stocks List	35.55%	3.06%	61.39%

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
Dorsey asset management	1.30M	11.45%	$111.06M
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

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
Renaissance	-	-	-2.27M
Greenvale capital llp	-	-	-2.20M

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
Cable car capital	312.50K	1.05%	312.50K	$26.67M
Peak6	250.10K	0.04%	250.10K	$21.35M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Ruedi wealth management	-2.00
Lifesteps financial	-2.00
Clear point advisors	-4.00
Chris bulman	-5.00
Proffitt & goodson	-8.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Dec 31, 2023	1,919	3.84%	730,736,596	1.91%	67	1.58%	813	3.96%	830	8.64%

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	31.61M	3.20%	111.49K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	27.80M	2.81%	185.94K
Invesco QQQ Trust	20.37M	2.06%	-17.68K
Fidelity 500 Index	12.56M	1.27%	55.92K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	12.30M	1.24%	-355.30K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	12.07M	1.22%	34.98K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	11.98M	1.21%	-62.75K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	11.84M	1.20%	-198.70K
American Funds Growth Fund of Amer A	10.35M	1.03%	6.23M

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 27, 2025	MCGOVERN GAIL J	-	Sell	$176.48K
May 24, 2024	MESSEMER DEBORAH M.	-	Sell	$272.62K
Mar 01, 2024	Keller Frank	SVP, GM, Lg Ent & Mer Plat.	Sell	$466.08K
Nov 27, 2023	Alford Peggy	EVP, Global Sales	Sell	$851.43K
Nov 21, 2023	Auerbach Jonathan	Chief Strat., Gr & Data Ofr	Sell	$154.07K

Insider Transactions Trends

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

PYPL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns PayPal?

PayPal shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 37.54%, followed by 0.40% insiders and 62.06% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in PayPal's industry, Credit Services Stocks, is 39.92%, which PayPal falls below.

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 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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