No. of Recommendations: 4
PayPal is a service. They have the leading market share in a huge growing segment. Stripe is second with 17%.
Some statistics from Chargeflow:
PayPal has 434 million active users as of December 2024.
10.3 million live websites are reportedly offering PayPal around the world.
PayPal holds a 45% share of the global payments market, making it the #1 payment option in the world.
PayPal scored $1.68 trillion in total payment volume (TPV) in 2024.
PayPal made $31.8 billion in net revenue in 2024.
PayPal has $6.8 billion in free cash flow going into 2025.
PayPal is used in over 200 markets worldwide
https://www.chargeflow.io/blog/paypal-statistics-f...The moat comes from their market penetration. Unless they screw up, they are almost impossible to dislodge. Like AAPL and SIRI.
I don’t own it, but I use it lol.
abromber