R&D expense · 2013–2018
PayPal Holdings R&D expense
$1.1B+12.4% · FY2018
PayPal Holdings (PYPL) reported $1.1B in R&D expense for fiscal 2018, +12.4% year on year.
R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2013–2018 compound annual growth +8.1%
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