PayPal Holdings, Inc. vs Trip.com Group Limited, two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
PayPal runs global payments; Trip.com books travel in China. PayPal earns 25.26% on equity against Trip.com's 19.31%, and converts far more of its value to cash, 13.51% versus 6.81%. On margin the headline flips, Trip.com's 53.27% towering over PayPal's 15%, but that figure likely carries investment gains and should be read skeptically rather than at face value. PayPal trades at 8.31 times earnings, cheap; Trip.com's frame lists no multiple and marks it at 1.16 times book, near net worth. Both run light debt. A discounted payments rail with strong cash beside a Chinese travel platform priced close to its balance sheet.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | PYPL | TCOM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $46.33 | $42.79 |
| Market cap | $42.6B | $29.9B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 8.7 | — |
| P/B | 2.13 | 1.21 |
| P/S | 1.26 | 3.34 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.4 | 12.2 |
| Revenue growth | +5.8% | +36.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 80.5% |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 25.3% |
| Net margin | 15.0% | 53.3% |
| Return on equity | 25.3% | 19.3% |
| Return on assets | 6.3% | 12.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.4% | 6.1% |
| FCF yield | 12.9% | 6.5% |
| Dividend yield | 0.3% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.54 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.55 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.67 | 1.94 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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