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AMZN vs PYPL

Side-by-side comparison of Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • AMZN operates in Consumer Discretionary, while PYPL operates in Industrials - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • AMZN is the larger of the two at $2.65T, about 72.7x PYPL ($36.42B).
  • Over the past year, AMZN is up 13.8% and PYPL is down 44.0% - AMZN leads by 57.9 points.
  • PYPL has been more active in the news (23 items in the past 4 weeks vs 22 for AMZN).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceAMZN+13.82%PYPL-44.04%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricAMZNPYPL
Company
Amazon.com Inc.
PayPal Holdings Inc.
Price
$246.78+0.26%
$41.17-0.27%
Market cap
$2.65T
$36.42B
1M return
-8.91%
-10.99%
1Y return
+13.82%
-44.04%
Industry
Catalog/Specialty Distribution
Diversified Commercial Services
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
1997
News (4w)
22
23
Recent ratings
25
25
AMZN

Amazon.com Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical and online stores. The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Rings, and Echo and other devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content. In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its websites, as well as its stores; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, analytics, machine learning, and other services, as well as fulfillment, advertising, publishing, and digital content subscriptions. Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. The company serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

PYPL

PayPal Holdings Inc.

PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates as a technology platform and digital payments company that enables digital and mobile payments on behalf of consumers and merchants worldwide. Its payment solutions include PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom, Hyperwallet, and iZettle products. The company's payments platform allows consumers to send and receive payments, withdraw funds to their bank accounts, and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in various currencies. It also offers gateway services that enable merchants to accept payments online with credit or debit cards, as well as digital wallets. PayPal Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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