When did PYPL join the S&P 500?

PayPal joined the S&P 500 index on 2015-07-20.

What sector is PYPL in?

PYPL is in the Financials sector, Transaction & Payment Processing Services industry.

PYPL — PayPal

Name: PYPL Institutional Holdings (13F) — 2026Q1
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Transaction & Payment Processing Services · Financials

Key Facts

Status	Active
Sector	Financials
Industry	Transaction & Payment Processing Services
Joined	2015-07-20
Tenure	10 yrs

PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates a digital payments technology platform. Its solutions include PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom, and Paydiant products. The company manages a two-sided proprietary global technology platform that connects customers, including merchants and consumers, to facilitate the processing of payment transactions. It enables customers to use their accounts to buy and pay for goods, as well as transfer and withdraw funds. It also allows consumers to exchange funds with merchants using funding sources such as bank accounts, PayPal account balances, PayPal Credit accounts, credit and debit cards, and other stored value products. It provides peer-to-peer payment solutions to consumers through the PayPal website and mobile applications Venmo and Xoom.

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S&P 500 Timeline

2015-07-20Joined S&P 500

Institutional Holdings (13F)

1,512 institutions hold PYPL, totaling 874.9M shares ($46.1B) · As of 2026Q1

Rank	Institution	Shares	Value
1	DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main	40.3M	$6.5B
2	VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	112.0M	$5.1B
3	BARCLAYS PLC	66.5M	$4.4B
4	BlackRock, Inc.	73.7M	$3.3B
5	MORGAN STANLEY	40.8M	$2.4B
6	STATE STREET CORP	42.0M	$1.9B
7	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	26.1M	$1.2B
8	Comprehensive Financial Management LLC	26.0M	$1.2B
9	BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/	25.6M	$1.2B
10	VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC	25.3M	$1.1B

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Data source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · SEC EDGAR 13F · Updated 2026-07-10