Paysafe
PSFE · Last close · November 6, 2026
$6.68
Paysafe's revenue fell 0.2% to $1.7 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 4.2%, down from 7.8% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $224 million, down 6.0%. The diluted share count fell 6.2%.
Paysafe Ltd
Latest fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
20-F filed March 3, 2026 · 0001193125-26-088095
Updated
Revenue
$1.7B
0.2%
Operating margin
4.2%
3.6 pts
Net income
−$182M
$22M a year earlier
Free cash flow
$224M
6.0%
Return on capital
1.9%
2.4 pts
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
About these figures. Paysafe is a foreign company: it files an annual report on Form 20-F, prepared under US accounting standards (US GAAP), instead of a 10-K, and no quarterly reports, so this page has fiscal years only. Its shares trade in the US as American depositary shares (ADSs), and one ADS can stand for several ordinary shares, so per-share figures are per ordinary share and the page has no market value, P/E or valuation model.
What Paysafe does
Paysafe is a payments company. It helps businesses take payments and helps people move money, online, in apps and in stores. It says it serves millions of active users in more than 120 countries and about 200,000 small and medium-sized businesses. It is especially strong in online gambling, travel, streaming, video gaming, retail and digital assets.
It reports two segments. Digital Wallets, which holds funds in online accounts and runs a network that turns cash into digital currency, brought in 47% of 2025 revenue. Merchant Solutions, which processes card and other payments for businesses, brought in 53%. Paysafe also says it earned about 35% of its revenue from processing for online gambling merchants and customers.
By region, it earned about 53% of 2025 revenue in North America and 36% in Europe. It had about 2,900 employees at the end of 2025.
Its biggest risks, as it describes them
- Cyberattacks and security flaws that could lose customer funds or data.
- Changes in the regulation of online gambling, a major source of its revenue.
- Dependence on banks, card networks and sponsoring financial institutions.
- Penalties for breaking payment card network rules.
- Trouble buying, joining or selling businesses.
From Paysafe's annual report on Form 20-F, filed March 3, 2026, in our words; the 20-F has the full description and every risk factor. Updated with each new annual report.
Income statement
Revenue and net income
US$ billions, fiscal years; net losses in red. Revenue on the left axis, net income on the right; zero is the same line on both.
Revenue (left axis)Net income (right axis)
Gross profit, R&D and operating income
US$ billions, fiscal years. Gross profit is revenue minus the cost of what was sold; research and development is one of the costs paid from it; what remains after all operating costs is operating income. Losses in red.
Gross profitResearch and developmentOperating income
Margins
Percent of revenue
GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow
Paysafe lost money in fiscal 2025: a net loss of $182 million.
Diluted earnings per share
US$ per ordinary share, fiscal years; loss years in red. One US-listed ADS can stand for several ordinary shares.
Returns on capital
Return on capital and on equity
Percent. Return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business (debt plus equity, minus cash); return on equity is net income over shareholders' equity. Both use the average of opening and closing balances.
Return on capitalReturn on equity
Balance sheet
Cash and debt
US$ billions, at each fiscal year end. Debt includes finance leases.
Cash and short-term investmentsDebt
Assets, liabilities and equity
US$ billions, at each fiscal year end. Assets equal liabilities plus equity; negative equity in red.
Total assetsTotal liabilitiesShareholders' equity
Debt and liquidity ratios
Times. Debt to equity, current assets over current liabilities, and net debt over EBITDA (a full year's).
Debt to equityCurrent ratioNet debt to EBITDA
Five years at a glance
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 313 | 260 | 202 | 217 | 250 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 2,769 | 2,654 | 2,512 | 2,374 | 2,625 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 2,455 | 2,393 | 2,310 | 2,157 | 2,375 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | 5.5x | 5.3x | 6.8x |
| Debt to equity | 1.1x | 3.1x | 2.8x | 2.7x | 4.0x |
| Interest coverage | −1.6x | −14.8x | 1.1x | 0.9x | 0.5x |
| Current ratio | 1.4x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.2x | 1.2x |
| Quick ratio | 1.4x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.2x | 1.2x |
US$ millions unless stated, at each fiscal year end. Net debt to EBITDA is debt minus cash, divided by operating income before depreciation and amortization: roughly how many years of those earnings the net debt equals. Debt to equity is debt as a multiple of shareholders' equity. Interest coverage is operating income divided by interest expense. The current ratio is current assets over current liabilities; the quick ratio leaves out inventory.
Cash flow
Cash from operations, capital spending and free cash flow
US$ billions, fiscal years. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; negative years in red.
Cash from operationsCapital spendingFree cash flow
Stock-based compensation and buybacks
US$ billions, fiscal years. Shares paid to employees (stock-based compensation, a cost that uses no cash) against cash spent buying shares back. Buybacks that only match it leave the share count roughly where it was.
Stock-based compensationShare buybacks
Dividends and buybacks
US$ billions, cash paid in each fiscal year
DividendsShare buybacks
Diluted share count
Weighted-average diluted shares, millions
Indicators
Four widely used measures, worked out from the company's filings. The cutoffs are the ones their authors or users go by, not a verdict of ours.
| Indicator | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piotroski F-score | 5 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 5 of 9 |
| Rule of 40 | 20.8% | 20.4% | 12.9% |
| Altman Z'' | −0.75 | −0.78 | −0.92 |
| Accruals ratio | −4.5% | −4.6% | −8.7% |
Piotroski F-score: how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency the company passed in the year (Piotroski, 2000); 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Rule of 40: revenue growth plus free cash flow margin; software investors treat 40% or more as the bar. Altman Z'': working capital, retained earnings, operating income and equity weighed against assets and liabilities (Altman, 1995); Altman puts above 2.6 in the safe zone and below 1.1 in the distress zone. Accruals ratio: net income minus cash from operations, over average total assets; lower means profit is backed by cash.
The nine F-score tests
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Fail | Pass | Fail |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | 5 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 5 of 9 |
Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
Compare
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paysafe | FY25 | −0.2% | 4.2% | 13.1% | 1.9% | 6.8x | 5 | |
| Remitly | FY25 | 29.4% | 4.7% | 18.1% | 18.7% | −3.8x | 6 | Compare |
| Jack Henry & Associates | FY26 | 7.1% | 25.0% | 27.3% | 23.8% | 0.0x | 7 | Compare |
| WEX | FY25 | 1.2% | 24.9% | 11.8% | — | −0.3x | 7 | Compare |
| Payoneer Global | FY25 | 7.7% | 11.8% | 19.6% | — | — | — | Compare |
Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so the periods don't line up exactly. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow as a share of revenue. Net debt to EBITDA is explained under the balance sheet, and the F-score under Indicators.
7 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||||
| Revenue | 1,418 | 1,426 | 1,487 | 1,496 | 1,601 | 1,705 | 1,701 |
| Revenue growth | — | 0.6% | 4.2% | 0.6% | 7.0% | 6.5% | −0.2% |
| Gross profit | 909 | 892 | 887 | 882 | 938 | 989 | 960 |
| Research and development | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | 52 | 20 | −269 | −1,872 | 159 | 133 | 72 |
| Net income | −110 | −127 | −111 | −1,863 | −20 | 22 | −182 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | −0.15 | −2.10 | −1.84 | −30.78 | −0.33 | 0.36 | −3.14 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 724 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 58 |
| Cash flow | |||||||
| Cash from operations | 289 | 409 | 262 | 237 | 234 | 254 | 236 |
| Capital expenditure | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 13 |
| Free cash flow | 279 | 404 | 256 | 233 | 221 | 238 | 224 |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 9 | 264 | 425 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 0 | 0 | 102 | 62 | 29 | 38 | 32 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | |||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 235 | 388 | 313 | 260 | 202 | 217 | 250 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | 3,278 | 2,769 | 2,654 | 2,512 | 2,374 | 2,625 |
| Total assets | — | 7,409 | 7,267 | 5,957 | 5,228 | 4,809 | 4,804 |
| Total liabilities | — | 5,476 | 4,560 | 5,097 | 4,344 | 3,930 | 4,149 |
| Shareholders' equity | 2,064 | 1,922 | 2,570 | 860 | 883 | 879 | 655 |
| Margins and ratios | |||||||
| Gross margin | 64.1% | 62.5% | 59.7% | 59.0% | 58.6% | 58.0% | 56.4% |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 1.4% | −18.1% | −125.1% | 9.9% | 7.8% | 4.2% |
| Net margin | −7.8% | −8.9% | −7.5% | −124.5% | −1.3% | 1.3% | −10.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 19.7% | 28.3% | 17.2% | 15.6% | 13.8% | 13.9% | 13.1% |
| Rule of 40 (growth + FCF margin) | — | 28.9% | 21.4% | 16.2% | 20.8% | 20.4% | 12.9% |
| Return on capital | — | — | −4.3% | −35.1% | 2.5% | 4.3% | 1.9% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −4.9% | −108.6% | −2.3% | 2.5% | −23.8% |
| Return on assets | — | — | −1.5% | −28.2% | −0.4% | 0.4% | −3.8% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | 10.0x | — | — | 5.5x | 5.3x | 6.8x |
US$ millions unless stated. Where a later 10-K restated a year, the latest filed figure is shown. Download all figures (CSV, US$ millions)
Source: Paysafe's Form 20-F filings, from SEC EDGAR. For information only, not investment advice. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with Paysafe.