Leverage has climbed to a D/E of 4.47 with $2.5B of debt against eroding equity of $570.2M (down 35% from $873.9M), and goodwill of $2.1B constitutes 46% of the $4.6B asset base, exposing the balance sheet to impairment risk.
Paysafe Limited (PSFE) balance sheet — 8-year assets, liabilities & shareholders' equity history
| Metric | TTM | Dec'25 | Dec'24 | Dec'23 | Dec'22 | Dec'21 | Dec'20 | Dec'19 | Dec'18 |
|---|
| Total Current Assets | 1.63B | 1.75B | 1.68B | 1.91B | 2.5B | 2.34B | 2.2B | 1.89B | 1.7B |
| Cash & Short-Term Investments | 226.16M | 1.35B | 216.68M | 202.32M | 260.22M | 313.44M | 387.62M | 234.62M | 122.97M |
| Cash Only | 226.16M | 1.35B | 216.68M | 202.32M | 260.22M | 313.44M | 387.62M | 234.62M | 122.97M |
| Short-Term Investments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accounts Receivable | 310.15M | 290.58M | 296.76M | 333.31M | 307.1M | 306.97M | 373.43M | 120.38M | 138.18M |
| Days Sales Outstanding | 63.93 | 62.34 | 63.54 | 75.98 | 74.92 | 75.35 | 95.55 | 30.98 | 44.21 |
| Inventory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.87B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Days Inventory Outstanding | - | - | - | - | 1.11K | - | - | - | - |
| Other Current Assets | 1.09B | 597K | 1.16B | 1.37B | 1.93B | 1.66B | 1.44B | 1.47B | 1.44B |
| Total Non-Current Assets | 2.95B | 3.05B | 3.13B | 3.32B | 3.46B | 4.92B | 5.21B | 5.44B | 5.68B |
| Property, Plant & Equipment | 61.8M | 68.63M | 64.92M | 39.33M | 47.46M | 48.02M | 58.88M | 63.56M | 64.44M |
| Fixed Asset Turnover | 26.89x | 24.79x | 26.26x | 40.71x | 31.53x | 30.96x | 24.23x | 22.31x | 17.70x |
| Goodwill | 2.05B | 2.08B | 1.98B | 2.02B | 2B | 3.65B | 3.48B | 3.44B | 3.45B |
| Intangible Assets | 792.56M | 874.05M | 981.32M | 1.16B | 1.29B | 1.2B | 1.52B | 1.8B | 2.01B |
| Long-Term Investments | 6.98M | 3.31M | 5.5M | 10.43M | 17.32M | 0 | 125.11M | 0 | 0 |
| Other Non-Current Assets | 21.04M | 16.92M | 12.81M | 6.84M | 2.05M | 1.86M | 508K | 133.78M | 149.13M |
| Total Assets | 4.57B | 4.8B | 4.81B | 5.23B | 5.96B | 7.27B | 7.41B | 7.33B | 7.38B |
| Asset Turnover | 0.38x | 0.35x | 0.35x | 0.31x | 0.25x | 0.20x | 0.19x | 0.19x | 0.15x |
| Asset Growth % | -12.78% | -0.12% | -8% | -12.24% | -18.03% | -1.92% | 1.13% | -0.77% | - |
| Total Current Liabilities | 1.39B | 1.41B | 1.45B | 1.71B | 2.3B | 1.66B | 1.82B | 1.61B | 1.54B |
| Accounts Payable | 242.94M | 209.43M | 57.64M | 49.67M | 45.97M | 18.6M | 27.16M | 237.67M | 32.86M |
| Days Payables Outstanding | 69.12 | 75.29 | 29.39 | 27.34 | 27.33 | 11.32 | 18.54 | 170.52 | 30.69 |
| Short-Term Debt | 19.28M | 19.21M | 10.19M | 10.19M | 10.19M | 10.19M | 24.37M | 24.79M | 23.61M |
| Deferred Revenue (Current) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Current Liabilities | 1.12B | 1.09B | 25.35M | 31.32M | 2.19B | 1.57B | 1.73B | 1.34B | 1.49B |
| Current Ratio | 1.17x | 1.24x | 1.16x | 1.11x | 1.09x | 1.41x | 1.21x | 1.18x | 1.10x |
| Quick Ratio | 1.17x | 1.24x | 1.16x | 1.11x | 0.27x | 1.41x | 1.21x | 1.18x | 1.10x |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | -5.19 | - | - | - | 1.16K | - | - | - | - |
| Total Non-Current Liabilities | 2.62B | 2.73B | 2.48B | 2.63B | 2.8B | 2.9B | 3.65B | 3.65B | 3.67B |
| Long-Term Debt | 2.5B | 2.61B | 2.35B | 2.49B | 2.63B | 2.75B | 3.25B | 3.45B | 3.45B |
| Capital Lease Obligations | 126.02M | 33.81M | 35.57M | 16.96M | 29.91M | 28.01M | 34.54M | 29.64M | 0 |
| Deferred Tax Liabilities | 357.06M | 92.47M | 91.57M | 111.7M | 118.79M | 64.89M | 122.52M | 0 | 0 |
| Other Non-Current Liabilities | 2.17M | 3.4M | 3.99M | 11.41M | 17.01M | 59.38M | 247.49M | 170.4M | 216.49M |
| Total Liabilities | 4B | 4.15B | 3.93B | 4.34B | 5.1B | 4.56B | 5.48B | 5.26B | 5.21B |
| Total Debt | 2.55B | 2.66B | 2.41B | 2.53B | 2.68B | 2.8B | 3.31B | 3.52B | 3.48B |
| Net Debt | 2.32B | 1.31B | 2.19B | 2.32B | 2.42B | 2.48B | 2.92B | 3.28B | 3.35B |
| Debt / Equity | 4.47x | 4.06x | 2.74x | 2.86x | 3.12x | 1.03x | 1.71x | 1.70x | 1.60x |
| Debt / EBITDA | 6.97x | 6.67x | 5.90x | 5.98x | - | - | 11.48x | 10.61x | 9.93x |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | 6.35x | 3.29x | 5.37x | 5.50x | - | - | 10.14x | 9.90x | 9.58x |
| Interest Coverage | 0.41x | 0.47x | 0.98x | 1.08x | 0.21x | 0.49x | 0.95x | 0.27x | 0.79x |
| Total Equity | 570.22M | 655.04M | 879.26M | 883.31M | 859.64M | 2.71B | 1.93B | 2.06B | 2.17B |
| Equity Growth % | -102.33% | -25.5% | -0.46% | 2.75% | -68.25% | 40.08% | -6.33% | -4.9% | - |
| Book Value per Share | 10.90 | 11.27 | 14.21 | 14.38 | 14.20 | 44.90 | 32.05 | 34.22 | 35.98 |
| Total Shareholders' Equity | 570.22M | 655.04M | 879.26M | 883.31M | 859.64M | 2.57B | 1.92B | 2.06B | 2.16B |
| Common Stock | 788K | 764K | 750K | 741K | 730K | 723K | 1.25M | 1.25M | 1.25M |
| Retained Earnings | -2.52B | -2.42B | -2.24B | -2.26B | -2.24B | -376.79M | -265.83M | -131.61M | -21.41M |
| Treasury Stock | -145M | -132.76M | -42.59M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accumulated OCI | -18.8M | -15.89M | -40.49M | -23.75M | -38.08M | -3.83M | -2.42M | -602K | -4.46M |
| Minority Interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138M | 11.3M | 5.96M | 5.9M |
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying PSFE stock.
As of 2025, Paysafe Limited (PSFE) had total assets of $4.80B including $1.75B in current assets.
Paysafe Limited (PSFE) carries total debt of $2.66B, offset by $1.35B in cash and short-term investments. Comparing total debt to cash helps evaluate the company's debt burden and net leverage.
Paysafe Limited (PSFE) has total shareholders' equity (book value) of $655.0M ($11.27 book value per share). Book value represents the net worth of the company belonging to common stock holders.
Paysafe Limited (PSFE) reported a current ratio of 1.24x. A current ratio above 1.0x indicates that the company has more current assets than current liabilities, suggesting sufficient short-term liquidity.
Key Metrics
Top Statement Risk
Goodwill impairment risk with high leverage
Equity Erosion Accelerates as Losses Compound
Book equity has fallen 35% from $873.9M in 2024Q1 to $570.2M in 2026Q2, per Paysafe's quarterly balance sheets, as cumulative net losses of $255.7M and share repurchases of $173.6M have eroded capital while total debt has remained locked near $2.5B.
The equity decline accelerated through 2026, with two consecutive quarterly drops of roughly $40–46M even as revenue stabilized per the income statement analysis—suggesting losses are consuming capital faster than operations can replenish it. Total assets shrank from $5.1B to $4.6B over the same period, reflecting a balance sheet that is contracting from the equity side while the liability base remains largely fixed.
Leverage Climbs Against a Static Debt Load
With $2.5B in total debt against only $570.2M of equity, Paysafe's debt-to-equity ratio reached 4.47 in 2026Q2—its highest in the ten-quarter series and well above peer EVERTEC's 1.58, as reported in both companies' balance sheets, indicating structural rather than cyclical leverage.
Debt has stayed essentially flat near $2.5B across all ten quarters while equity eroded by roughly $304M, meaning the rising D/E has been driven by denominator shrinkage rather than incremental borrowing—an unfavorable dynamic for any future refinancing discussions. The current ratio holding in the 1.12–1.17 range also implies limited near-term liquidity cushion relative to the scale of the debt load, warranting closer attention to maturity profiles.
Goodwill Dominates a Thin Tangible Asset Base
Goodwill of $2.1B constitutes approximately 46% of Paysafe's $4.6B total asset base in 2026Q2, per its balance sheet, while net property, plant, and equipment of just $61.8M accounts for 1.3%—an asset profile heavily dependent on the carrying value of prior acquisitions.
Goodwill has crept up from $2.0B to $2.1B over the ten-quarter period, potentially reflecting tuck-in acquisitions or purchase accounting adjustments, though the specific drivers are not visible in the balance sheet alone. With tangible PPE of only $61.8M, any material goodwill impairment would flow almost directly to the already-thin $570.2M equity base, amplifying book value sensitivity.
Retained Losses Deepen Despite Buybacks and Growth
Paysafe's accumulated deficit widened from -$2.3B to -$2.5B through 2026Q2, per its balance sheets, while book equity fell 35%—meaning the $173.6M in cumulative buybacks and $100M goodwill increase have not translated into retained earnings or equity accretion.
Book equity of $570.2M now represents only about 12% of total assets, leaving a thin buffer against any material impairment, adverse working-capital swing, or further margin compression. The combination of persistent net losses and active repurchases has placed shareholders' equity on a clear downward trajectory with no visible inflection point in the reported data.
Goodwill Impairment Would Invert Equity Overnight
A 27% writedown of Paysafe's $2.1B goodwill would consume its entire $570.2M book equity per its 2026Q2 balance sheet, and the $690M cumulative D&A add-back vastly exceeding $125.2M of capex suggests intangible asset carrying values warrant close scrutiny.
The $690M in cumulative depreciation and amortization against only $125.2M in cumulative capital expenditure over the ten-quarter period—per Paysafe's cash flow statements—implies the company's amortizing intangible assets are wearing down far faster than they are being replenished. Investors should monitor whether management's impairment testing assumptions remain supportable, particularly given the operating margin compression to 2.7% and recurring net losses documented in the prior income statement analysis.