Running head: ANALYSIS OF PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC’S 2018 YEAR-END 10-K REPORT 1

Analysis of PayPal Holdings, Inc’s 2018 year-end 10-K report

Mark Thilo Williams

Goldey-Beacom College
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Abstract

This paper provides an analysis of the financial statements for PayPal Holdings, Inc. as reported

in the company’s 10-K filing for fiscal year end 2018. The paper begins by providing a brief overview of

the company. It also provides an analysis of the future and current state of the company for 2018 and

2019, respectively. Thereafter, the paper attempts to assess the performance of the company after it went

public in 2016 by analyzing the company’s financial statements included in PayPal’s 10-K form for fiscal

year-end 2018. A statement concerning the company’s social initiatives undertaken by the company is

also included. Before concluding, an assessment of the consensus of analysts covering the company is

provided, and accompanied by author-based recommendation, which is supported by a highly regarded

analyst/hedge fund manager. Finally, the paper provides a suggestion for the company to improve its

accounting transparency in its 10-K filing going forward, particularly in light of the company’s success

and efforts to expand. Sources other than the 10-K form for PayPal Holdings, Inc. are referenced and

cited as appropriate, though simply used to support the analysis of the financial statements from the 10-K

form.
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Analysis of PayPal Holdings, Inc’s 2018 year-end 10-K report

PayPal, once thought of as a complimentary business to support eBay, is now its own thriving

company. This paper provides an analysis of how well the company has performed since splitting from

eBay, Inc. and becoming a publicly traded company in third-quarter 2015 (Mac, 2015). The paper

examines the CEO’s letter to shareholders; PayPal’s 2018 Global Impact Report; relevant supporting

articles and reports obtained from the internet; and most importantly, the company’s annual report/10--K

filing as reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). There are certain sections of the 10-

K form that are relied on extensively for the purposes of this paper, for example: the Consolidated

Balance Sheets; the Consolidated Statements of Income; the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive

Income; the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity; the Consolidated Statements of Cash

Flows; the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

section; and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The analysis of this paper examines

PayPal’s primary business operation; the future and current state of the company; the performance

analysis of the company since going public, with an emphasis on PYPL’s revenue-related line items; and

the balance sheet, highlighting management’s ability to successful effect the asset, liability and debt

structure. Thereafter, a review of shareholder’s equity is assessed, particularly PYPL’s stock repurchase

initiatives instituted over the last few years. An overview of the key social initiatives the company has

undertaken over the last few years is reviewed before the paper concludes with an assessment of the

consensus analyst recommendations for PayPal as a portfolio investment, along with an author-based

recommendation of the stock as well.

PayPal has been a well-known household name for years. However, as a publicly traded

company, PayPal is relatively new, having only recently become a publicly traded company after spinning

off from eBay, Inc. in 2015 (Mac, 2015). PayPal, or more formally, PayPal Holdings, Inc., trades on the

NASDAQ under the ticker symbol, PYPL (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019). As its own company, the vision

of PayPal Holdings, Inc (PYPL) is to ensure everyone in the world has access to financial services so to
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empower people and business with the opportunity to succeed in the global economy (PayPal Holdings,

Inc., 2019).

PYPL is a leading technology platform company that enables digital and mobile payments on

behalf of account holders, which consists of consumers and merchants located throughout the world

(PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019). PYPL is available in over 200 global markets, and has 267 million current

account holders that can connect and transact financial services via the company’s open digital payments

platforms, including PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom and iZettle (PayPal Holdings, Inc.,

2019). The financial services provided by PYPL allows individuals and businesses to send and receive

money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies, and hold balances in a PayPal

account in 25 currencies (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019). Access to PYPL’s platforms can done online, via

a mobile device, an app, or in person (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019). The company incurs revenue by

charging fees for completing payment transactions for account holders and other payment-related

services, with fees varying according the level of volume incurred (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019). In

addition to payment related fees, PYPL also generates revenue from fees assessed for foreign currency

exchange on transactions for accounts held (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019). PYPL also earns revenue

through partnerships, PayPal Credit products, subscription fees, gateway services (e.g. PayFlow Gateway

and Braintree Gateway), and other services provided to both individual consumer and merchant accounts

(PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019).

In his letter to shareholders, Dan Schulman, President and CEO of PYPL emphasized the

company’s primary goal of making PayPal the payment platform system of choice for mobile and digital

commerce users around the world, regardless of origin of the user’s environment (2019). According to

Schulman, PYPL wants to extend its reach, particularly through various partnership platforms to deliver

its products and services to customers around the world, especially in Central and South America, China,

India and Japan (2019).

In another correspondence – the company’s end-of-year 2018 earnings call - Schulman outlined

key targets for the PYPL going into 2019. For example, he anticipates that by end of 2019, PYPL will
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have more than 300 million active accounts, compared to the record setting 267 million active accounts

achieved in 2018 (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript, 2019). He

also asserted that in 2019, PYPL will continue to expand merchant and financial institution partnership,

and with a keen focus on markets in India and Japan in order to attract online payment customers in both

countries (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript, 2019). In terms of

revenue expectations for 2019, the company forecasts revenue growth of 16-17%, which will amount to

approximately $18B (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript, 2019).

GAAP earnings per share (EPS) for 2019 are expected to come in around $1.83 - $1.93, and non-GAAP

EPS to be around $2.84 - $2.91, or EPS year-over-year growth of 17-20% (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Q4

2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript, 2019). While PYPL expects another record-setting year in

2019, anticipated challenges include lackluster growth from eBay and uncertainties in the geopolitical

space that may likely affect expansion efforts into countries like China and Europe (PayPal Holdings

(PYPL) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript, 2019). Despite these challenges and optimistic

goals, with its healthy balance sheet and cash position, the company is well positioned to take advantage

of acquisition opportunities should they become available. (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Q4 2018 Earnings

Conference Call Transcript, 2019).

According to PYPL’s 10-K form, the fiscal year end is December 31 (PayPal Holdings, Inc.,

2019). Since PYPL is a relatively new, publicly traded company, the company’s 10-K filing only includes

financial statements for the last three years since going public, or 2016, 2017 and 2018. Before providing

an analysis of the company’s performance and management effectiveness, notable highlights for PYPL in

2018 included the following: record-setting revenue of $15.5B, up 18% from the 2017; operating margin

of 14.2%; record-setting active accounts of 267M, up 17%, which includes 38.7M net new active

accounts; 9.9B billion payment transactions, up 27%; $578b in total payment volume (TPV), up 27%; and

36.9 payment transactions per active account, up 9%. (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019).
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PYPL reports sales as Net Revenue, and breaks this line item out into Transaction Revenues and

Other Value Added Services. (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019). Transaction revenues are net transaction fees

PayPal charges individual and merchant account holders for transactions incurred on the company’s

payment platforms, and the fee charged is based on the level volume of activity , or total payment volume

(TPV) (PayPal 10-k, 2018). PYPL earns additional fees if transactions are settled in foreign currencies

between parties in different countries. Other value added services on the other hand, include net revenues

stemming from partnerships, subscription fees, gateway fees, and other services provided to individuals

and business account holders (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019). In addition, interest and fees earned from

loans receivables from PayPal credit, gains from participating on certain loans and advances, and interest

earned from some customer account balances are reported under this line item as well (PayPal Holdings,

Inc., 2019).

An analysis of PYPL’s consolidated income statement indicates the trend in sales for PayPal has

increased each year since the company first began filing a 10K report in 2016 (PayPal Holdings, Inc.,

2019). For instance, net revenues grew by 18% from Y17 to Y18, as compared to 21% for Y16 to Y17.

Also, further analysis shows the bulk, or 89% of net revenues are Transaction Revenues, leaving the

remaining 11% to Other Value Added Services. The composition was virtually the same in prior years,

when in 2017 and 2016 Transaction Revenues accounted for 88% of net revenues; and Other Value

Added Services for Y16 and Y17 came in at 12% for both years. In terms of by geography, the

composition of net revenues was very much the same for 2016 thru 2018, where 54% of PYPL’s net

revenues came from the U.S. market; 11% from the U.K.; and the remaining 35% came from other

countries.

While of no immediate concern, the marginal growth rates slowed for both, Transaction Revenue

and Other Value Added Services. The revenue growth for Transaction Revenues decreased slightly from

20% in 2017 to 19% in 2018, with growth in Other Value Added Services slowing more convincingly,

from 27% in 2017 down to 9% in 2018; but again, not a concerning issues given that Other Value Added

Services consisted of a small percent of net revenues.

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According to the company’s 10-K filing for 2018, on review of the consolidated income

statement, PYPL reported allowance provisions associated with the company’s consumer and merchant

loan receivables portfolios of $172M in 2018 and $129M in 2017. This is should be taken into account

with the company’s account receivables, which according to PYPL’s balance sheet were $313M in Y18

and $283M in Y17, an increase of 11%. The increase in account receivables likely coincides with the

increase in net revenues and the company’s strategic efforts to grow revenues, and therefore, not a

concern. Notable and aligned with the company’s allowance for bad debt mentioned above was that

94.9% of the accounts receivable for PYPL’s consumer loan portfolio as reported on the balance sheet for

2018 were current (i.e. not past due), and were 96% in 2017. Therefore, by year-end 2018, PYPL only

had about 5% of its receivables that were past due from the original due date. This reflects management’s

exemplary collection process. The percent of accounts receivables due that are current, but related to the

company’s merchant loan portfolio is also remarkable at 91% in Y18 and 87% in Y17. So, for year-end

2018, only 9% of the company’s accounts receivables for merchant accounts were past due. A further

analysis indicates that collection of receivables for the consumer loan portfolio in 2018 improves to 97%

for monies received within 60 days, and for its merchant loan portfolios, it improves to 95% for 2018 for

monies received within 60 days of the due date. PYPL does charge off accounts receivables after 180

days past due of the original due date for accounts receivables held in its consumer loan portfolio; and for

its merchant loan portfolio, accounts receivables held 180 days from when the company expects not to

receive payment, or 360 days from the original due date, are also charged off.

Also, since PYPL is primarily an on-line service company, PYPL does not have any inventory to report

on its financial statements (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019).

PYPL’s current liabilities increased by 13% from Y17 to Y18, mostly due an increase in notes

payable of $1B in Y17 to $2B in Y18. According to the company’s 10-K filing, the increase is associated

with renewing a 364-day unsecured, credit facility, which increased the principal amount from $3B to

$5B. In addition, PYPL drew on the loan twice totaling $2B; but paid down $1B of the facility. This left

an outstanding balance of $2B as of Y18. Therefore, at year-end, PYPL had $3B available to still draw
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from this loan. The interest on the credit facility is a variable rate of 1-month London Bank Offered Rate

(LIBOR) plus 1.125% (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019). The total interest and fees reported from having

drawn on the credit facility in 2018 was $72M, which was based on a weighted average of the variable

interest rate of 3.34% for the end of 2018 and 2.78% for the end of 2017 (PayPal Holdings, Inc.,

2019). While the company has other credit facilities in place to draw from if necessary, for example, a

$2B, 5-yr revolver and approximately $300M in aggregate loans (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019), it had no

other outstanding loan balances outside of the $5B credit facility at year’s end. It is worth mentioning that

according to the company’s 2018 10-K filing, PYPL has an amortized schedule of lease commitments

totaling $664M (2019). However, given that its beholden to $664 in lease commitments, plus $2B for the

outstanding loan balance from the $5B credit facility, when taken into account that the company’s cash

position and short-term investments total over $9.1B, PYPL has more than adequate coverage - nearly

three-and-a-half times (3.4x) - to accommodate the company’s total outstanding debt commitments.

According to PYPL’s consolidated balance sheet for year-end 2018, the company authorized 4

billion in common stock for sale, where 1.2 billion were issued, which left 2.8 billion in common stock

outstanding (PayPal Holdings, 2019). Note: authorized stock is the total amount of stock a company

allows to be sold/purchased; whereas issued stock is stock that has actually been sold/purchased from the

authorized stock; and outstanding stock, is the balance of stock still available for sale after accounting for

the initial authorized stock less the stock that has been sold/purchased/issued. Also, a point worth

mentioning is PYPL’s stock repurchase program. Beginning in 2016, PYPL announced a series of stock

repurchase plans, which began by authorizing to repurchase $2B of its common stock (PayPal Holdings,

Inc., 2019). Then in 2017, it announced it would repurchase another $5B in common stock (PayPal

Holdings, Inc., 2019). In early 2018, PYPL agreed to have $1B of its common stock repurchased by a

third-party financial company; and at the end of 2018, PYPL announced an additional $10B of its

common stock would be repurchased (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019). For reporting purposes, PYPL

reported the repurchase stocks in its 10-K filing for 2018 as treasury stock, and declares that it has not

retired any of the shares that were repurchased (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019). While the company has an
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aggressive stock repurchase plan, according PYPL’s 2018 10-K filing, it does not have a dividend payout

plan, nor does it anticipate starting one (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019).

As alluded to earlier, PYPL’s vision is to “democratize financial services for individuals and

businesses around the world” (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019, p. 3). The vision and company’s core values ,

Collaboration, Inclusion, Innovation, and Wellness (PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2019), are an important

element in most aspects of the company’s operations and activities. To imprint the importance of these

virtues, accompanying the company’s letter to shareholders and the annual report, PYPL includes a

Global Impact Report to shareholders to detail the social initiatives the company considers important. For

instance, PYPL proudly notes in its Global Impact Report for 2018 that over 50% of its board consists of

women and unrepresented ethnic minorities (2019). In addition, the report notes that more than $9.6B was

donated to charitable causes via the company’s PayPal platform, with $98M alone from the company’s

#GivingTuesday program ( 2019). The report also mentions that PYPL actively supports programs that

encourage economic development, for example, PayPal Working Capital, PayPal Business Loan, and the

recently launched Funds Now initiative; and more recently, how PYPL launched a program called the

Small Business Month to assist small businesses throughout the U.S. (2019).

While the holistic and positive tone of Shulman’s letter to shareholders encapsulated the

optimistic outlook PYPL has for itself for 2019, particularly in regard to the prospects for higher

growth and another record setting year for a company with no immediate concerns from prior years to

encumber growth strategies, Wall Street seems to share the optimism. According to the website for

the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations market (NASDAQ) , the

section which measures the consensus recommendation of a stock points to PYPL as a “strong buy”

(2019). In addition, the NASDAQ website also confirms that analyst firms covering the company, for

example, reputable financial institutions like Bank of America, Cantor Fitzgerald, Edward Jones,

Oppenheimer, Raymond James, SunTrust, and Well Fargo just to name a few, also recommend PYPL

as a “strong buy” (2019). Also, while not listed on the website as analyst firms recommending PYPL,
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Black Rock, JP Morgan, Fidelity, T.Row Price and Vanguard can likely also be added to the list of

firms recommending PYPL as a “strong buy” as these financial institutions are the five largest

shareholders of PYPL stock as of 1Q19 (PayPal Holding, Inc. - Institutional ownership, 2019).

I, myself adamantly concur with recommending PYPL as a “strong buy.” The company’s

stellar revenue performance, exceptionally strong cash position and effectiveness in managing its

operating activities (e.g. operating margin of 14% and 16% in Y18 and Y17, respectively) and debt

clearly makes for a strong case to invest in this company over the next year. Making for an even more

compelling case is PYPL’s aggressive stock repurchase programs, which indicates the company is

prepared to only defend itself, but invest in itself as well0. Such an aggressive stock repurchase plan

is a clear signal that PYPL’s leadership is very confident in the company’s future prospects. While

the short-term horizon is quite promising, the long-term horizon is equally true. According to hedge

fund manager and stock analyst, Paul Mampilly, who also recommends PYPL as a “strong buy’, the

market for mobile payments is expected to grow to $4.6T by 2023; compared to $450B in 2015 and

$1T in 2018 (Mampilly, 2019). Also, millennials are the largest demographic group in American

history (Mampilly, 2019), and account for one-third, or 2 billion of the world’s population (Mampilly,

2019). In addition, according to the Pew Research Center, with median income of $69K, millennials

are the highest wage earnings of any other generational group today (Mampilly, 2019); and after

considering that millennials currently account for $1T in annual spend, which is expected to grow by

25% as they enter their middle ages (Mampilly, 2019), the growth prospects for PYPL are

extraordinary.

An analysis of PYPL’s recent acquisitions suggests that the company has already targeted

millennials as its core market. For example, according to Mampilly, 94% of millennials are users of

mobile-payment, and Venmo is the most widely downloaded mobile-payment app (2019). Venmo has

recently secured contracts with millennial favorites, for example, Hulu, GrubHub and Chipotle to name a

few (Mampilly, 2019). Also, Xoom is now the number two industry leader for international money
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transfers, only behind Western Union; and focused on marketing to millennials by signing Olympic track

star Usain Bolt as its global brand ambassador (Mampilly, 2019). Therefore, given its success,

millennials as PYPL’s target market, its aggressive focus to expand its current markets abroad, and to

become the de facto payment service provider in the world, PYPL stands to become the industry leader in

the emerging FinTech market.

PYPL did a great job of explaining the major changes in sales, profits, and the company’s

financial position in the company’s 10-K form. However, as the prospects of PYPL’s success continues to

grow, the company may want to consider breaking out net revenues to highlight the business segments to

provide transparency regarding the source of those revenues, for example, the amount of net revenues

coming from PayPal, Venom, eBay, Xoom, Braintree, Paydiant, Hyperwallet, iZettle, etc., particularly

given that all have different customers and business strategies. This will be especially vital as the

company continues its acquisition spree and adds other segments; further differentiates itself from eBay;

and continues to gather attention from Wall Street, and soon enough, Main Street as well.

From an investor perspective, it is important to have a better understanding of where the bulk of

sales come from; for instance, how much of total revenues come from sales from eBay? How much came

from payment platforms such as Venmo, Xoom, Braintree, etc.? How much in revenues were attributed to

ancillary sources like currency exposures? Gathering such information will provide a better understanding

of the risks surrounding the operating activities of the company. It also provides insight into

managements effectiveness to navigate challenges. Finally, it highlights the influence a segment may

have on the company’s profitability, and the degree of diversification/correlation the company has on its

stream of revenues. As a case in point, PYPL states that in 2019 the company expects to surpass record

revenues set in 2018. However, in another section of the report, it also states it expects eBay to have a

challenging year in 2019. So, a fair conclusion is PYPL is expecting spectacular growth from other

segments, and not much, if any from eBay. Given that it has control of these other segments and not

eBay, how does this affect the relationship with eBay going forward, particularly as a company now

separate and distinct from eBay? Are there plans in place to further change the current partnership with its
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not-so-long-ago parent; and if so, are those plans to change unique to eBay, or across the entire merchant

account spectrum?
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Figures

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PayPal Holdings, Inc.

Year Ended December 31, Rate of growth
INCOME STATEMENT 2018 2017 2016 2018 2017
Net revenues $ 15,451 $ 13,094 $ 10,842 18.0% 20.8%
Operating expenses:
Transaction expense 5,581 4,419 3,346 26.3% 32.1%
Transaction and loan losses 1,274 1,011 1,088 26.0% -7.1%
Customer support and operations 1,482 1,364 1,267 8.7% 7.7%
Sales and Marketing 1,313 1,128 969 16.4% 16.4%
Product development 1,071 953 834 12.4% 14.3%
General and administrative 1,451 1,155 1,028 25.6% 12.4%
Depreciation and amoritization 776 805 724 -3.6% 11.2%
Restructuring and other charges 309 132 - 134.1%
Total operating expenses 13,257 10,967 9,256 20.9% 18.5%
Operating Income 2,194 2,127 1,586 3.1% 34.1%
Other income (expense), net 182 73 45 149.3% 62.2%
Income before income taxes 2,376 2,200 1,631 8.0% 34.9%
Income tax expense 319 405 230 -21.2% 76.1%
Net income $ 2,057 $ 1,795 $ 1,401 14.6% 28.1%
Net income per share:
Basic $ 1.74 $ 1.49 $ 1.16 16.4% 28.9%
Diluted $ 1.71 $ 1.47 $ 1.15 16.3% 27.8%
Weighted average shares:
Basic 1,184 1,203 1,210 -1.6% -0.6%
Diluted 1,203 1,221 1,218 -1.5% 0.2%

Figure 3
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PayPal Holdings, Inc.

Year ended Dec. 31, % Increase/Decrease
NET REVENUE ANALYSIS 2018 2017 2016 2018 2017
Transaction revenues $ 13,709 $ 11,501 $ 9,585 19% 20%
Other value added services 1,742 1,593 1,257 9% 27%
Net Revenue $ 15,451 $ 13,094 $ 10,842 18% 21%

Composition of Product Rev to Net Rev

Transaction revenues 89% 88% 88%
Other value added services 11% 12% 12%
Net Revenue 100% 100% 100%

Composition of geo markets

Primary geographical markets 2018 2017 2016 2018 2017 2016
US $ 8,324 $ 7,084 $ 5,760 54% 54% 53%
UK 1,658 1,402 1,257 11% 11% 12%
Other countries 5,469 4,608 3,825 35% 35% 35%
Total/net revenues $ 15,451 $ 13,094 $ 10,842 100% 100% 100%

Figure 4
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PayPal Holdings, Inc.

(in millions, except par value)

BALANCE SHEET As of December 31,

Rate of
ASSETS 2018 2017 Growth
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 7,575 $ 2,883 163%
Short-term investments 1,534 2,812 -45%
Accounts receivable, net 313 283 11%
Loans and interest receivable (1) 2,532 1,314 93%
Loans and interest receivable, held for sale - 6,398 -100%
Funds receivable and customer accounts 20,062 18,242 10%
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 947 713 33%
Total current assets 32,963 32,645 1%
Long-term investments 971 1,961 -50%
Property and equipment , net 1,724 1,528 13%
Goodwill 6,284 4,339 45%
Intangible assets, net 825 168 391%
Other assets 565 133 325%
Total Assets $ 43,332 $ 40,774 6%
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable $ 281 $ 257 9%
Notes payable 1,998 1,000 100%
Funds payable and amounts due to customers 21,562 19,742 9%
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 2,002 1,781 12%
Income taxes payable 61 83 -27%
Total current liabilities 25,904 22,863 13%
Deferred tax liability and other long-term liabilities 2,042 1,917 7%
Total Liabilities 27,946 24,780 13%
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Common Stock (2) - -
Treasury Stock (3) (5,511) (2,001) 175%
Additional paid-in capital 14,939 14,314 4%
Retained earnings 5,880 3,823 54%
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 78 (142) -155%
Total Equity 15,386 15,994 -4%
Total Liabilities and Equity $ 43,332 $ 40,774 6%

(1) net of allowances of $172 in Y18 and $129 in Y17

$0.0001 par value; 4,000 shares authorized; 1,174 and 1,200 shares outstanding as of
(2) Dec. 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively
(3) at cost, 91 and 47 shares as of Dec. 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively

Figure 5
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PayPal Holdings, Inc.

COMPOSITION OF ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE vs. DUE DATE
Consumer Loan Portfolio 2018 2017
Current 668 95% 313 96%
30-59 days deliquent 18 97% 7 98%
60-89 days deliquent 6 2
90-180 days deliquent 12 5% 4 4%
Total 704 326

Merchant Loan Portfolio 2018 2017

Current $ 1,706 91% $ 884 87%
30-59 days deliquent 66 95% 44 92%
60-89 days deliquent 32 28
90-180 days deliquent 57 43
180+ deliquent 13 9% 13 13%
Total $ 1,874 $ 1,012

Figure 6
ANALYSIS OF PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC’S 2018 YEAR-END 10-K REPORT 20

PayPal Holdings, Inc.

RATIO ANALYSIS 2018 2017
Liquidity Ratios
Quick ratio
Current ratio 1.3 1.4
Leveraged Ratios
Debt-to-equity 13% 6%
Debt-to-capital
Times interest earned 12.1 29.1
Asset-to-equity 2.8 2.5
Cash-to-Loans Outstanding 3.4
Activity Ratio
Receivables turnover 49.4 46.3
Inventory turnover
Asset turnover 0.36 0.32
Cash turnover 2.0 4.5
Profitability Ratio
Return on assets 0.05 0.04
Return on equity 0.13 0.11
Operating profit margin 0.14 0.16
Net profit margin 0.13 0.14

LOANS ISSUED Principal balance due

Outstanding balance on 364-
day revolver $ 5,000 $ 2,000
5-yr revolver $ 2,000 $ -
various loans held $ 300 $ -
loans available to acct holders $ 1,800
lease commitments $ 664 $ 664
$ 9,764 $ 2,664

ALLOWANCE FOR BAD DEBTS 2018 2017

merchant loan allowance $ 126 $ 59
consumer loan allowance 30 63
Total loan allowance 156 122
As reported in 10-K 172 129
Gap in 10-K vs. calculation * $ 16 $ 7
* gap may be due to exclusion of allowance for consumer loan porfolio
of $12M and $7M in 2018 and 2017, respectively, plus another
excluded allowance (amount not reported) related to iZettle merchant
receivable, both noted in the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements.

Figure 7