PYPL Congressional Stock Trades & Insider Buying (2026)

PYPL insider buying and selling over the past year

Insiders at PayPal Holdings, Inc. only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 12 Form 4 sales totaling $6.26M, against no open-market purchases.

Most of the selling was pre-scheduled: 9 of the 12 sales (75.0%) were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, which are set up in advance and say less about an insider's current view than discretionary sales. Activity clustered in 2025-10 (3 trades) and 2025-11 (3 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-03-03. The average open-market sale price was $50.61; the last close of $56.70 is 12.0% above that level, so sellers left upside on the table. The single largest trade was a sale of 37,613 shares worth $1.56M on 2026-02-18. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved +22.3%, from $46.38.

Where PYPL trades relative to its one-year range

PayPal Holdings, Inc. closed at $56.70 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $39.08 to $73.02. That puts the stock in the middle of its range, at 51.9% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved -14.2%, and over roughly three months +0.2%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 11,827,068 shares.

Across 209 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 73) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was -10.2%. PYPL is behind that median and beat 44% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded PYPL

STOCK Act disclosures show 109 trades in PYPL by 27 members of Congress over five years (51 purchases, 58 sales), most recently on 2026-09-25. The most active traders were Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), 35 trades; Ro Khanna (D-CA), 23 trades; Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), 8 trades; Byron Donalds (R-FL), 6 trades; Kathy E. Manning (D-NC), 4 trades.

By party the trades split 59 by Republicans, 48 by Democrats, 2 by other members; by chamber, 70 from the House, 39 from the Senate.

PYPL lobbying disclosures

PayPal Holdings, Inc. appears in 5 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $322.4K in reported lobbying spend.

Compare PYPL with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to PYPL:

• EPAM one-year return -14.1%
• AMTM one-year return -13.9%
• WDAY one-year return -16.2%
• VRSK one-year return -16.7%
• SAP one-year return -16.8%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-03-03
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-09-25
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

PYPL data questions

Are PYPL insiders buying or selling stock?

Insiders at PayPal Holdings, Inc. only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 12 Form 4 sales totaling $6.26M, against no open-market purchases.

What is the one-year price range for PYPL?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, PYPL traded between $39.08 and $73.02, last closing at $56.70.

Has any member of Congress traded PYPL stock?

Yes. 27 members disclosed 109 trades in PYPL over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-09-25.