
Paychex, Inc.
PAYXNASDAQIndustrialsStaffing & Employment Services
Previous close
$124.48
+$1.565 · +1.27%
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Buy
Favorable setup — positive multi-factor alignment
Valuation
81
Deep Value
Momentum
51
Neutral
Sentiment
59
Mixed
Risk resilience
63
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Company profile
Company websiteFounded in 1971 and headquartered in Rochester, New York, Paychex, Inc. delivers comprehensive human capital management (HCM) solutions. The company primarily serves small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the United States, Europe, and India, addressing their needs in human resources, payroll administration, employee benefits, and insurance. Its diverse service portfolio includes: Payroll Management: Encompassing core payroll processing, payroll tax administration, employee payment facilitation, and ensuring compliance with regulations like new-hire reporting and garnishment processing. Human Resources Solutions: Providing support for employer compliance, HR and employee benefits administration, risk management outsourcing, and even the availability of professionally trained on-site HR representatives. Retirement Services: Offering full administration for retirement plans, which covers implementation, ongoing adherence to government regulations, reporting for both participants and employers, online access capabilities, electronic funds transfers, and other administrative tasks. Cloud-based HR Software: A suite of software products designed for efficient HR administration, including tools for benefits management, time and attendance tracking, digital communication, recruitment, and onboarding processes. Additional Business Services: This category features plan administration outsourcing, state unemployment insurance services, and various support functions for SMBs such as payroll funding and outsourcing (including payroll processing, invoicing, and tax preparation), payment processing solutions, financial wellness programs, and a resource center for small business loans. Insurance Offerings: Providing both property and casualty coverage, which includes workers' compensation, business-owner policies, cybersecurity protection, and commercial auto insurance, alongside health and benefits coverage like medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. Paychex primarily distributes its services through its dedicated direct sales team.
- Industry
- Staffing & Employment Services
- Sector
- Industrials
- Headquarters
- US
- CEO
- John Gibson Jr.
- Listed since
- Aug 26, 1983
- Employees
- 17,600
Market position
Day range
Current $124.48
52-week range
Current $124.48
- Open
- $122.93
- Previous close
- $122.91
- Volume
- 2.07M
- 0.64× average
- Average volume
- 3.22M
- Average daily volume
- Market cap
- 44.27B USD
- Beta
- 0.8
- Market reference 1
- 50-day average
- $110.99
- +12.15% above average
- 200-day average
- $103.39
- +20.40% above average
Financials
Financial snapshot
Latest / TTMValuation & yield
- Enterprise value
- 40.26B USD
- P/E (TTM)
- 25.35×
- P/B (TTM)
- 11.92×
- P/S (TTM)
- 6.8×
- EV / EBITDA
- 13.35×
- Earnings yield
- 4.79%
- Free cash flow yield
- 6.32%
- Dividend yield
- 3.65%
Profitability & efficiency
- Gross margin
- 74.29%
- Operating margin
- 38.55%
- Net margin
- 27.03%
- Return on equity
- 47.12%
- Return on assets
- 10.88%
- Return on invested capital
- 20.44%
Financial health
- Debt / equity
- 1.24×
- Current ratio
- 1.26×
- Altman Z-score
- 3.35
- Piotroski F-score
- 6 of 9
Financial statements
Margin trends
Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.
Income trends
Revenue
Operating income
Net income
| Metric (USD) | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 6.51B USD | 5.57B USD | 5.28B USD | 5.01B USD | 4.61B USD |
| Cost of goods sold | 1.67B USD | 1.54B USD | 1.48B USD | 1.45B USD | 1.36B USD |
| Gross profit | 4.84B USD | 4.03B USD | 3.8B USD | 3.55B USD | 3.26B USD |
| Selling, general, and administrative | 2.33B USD | 1.82B USD | 1.62B USD | 1.52B USD | 1.42B USD |
| Operating expenses | 2.33B USD | 1.82B USD | 1.62B USD | 1.52B USD | 1.42B USD |
| Interest income | 63.4M USD | 72.8M USD | 82.7M USD | 49.1M USD | 2.9M USD |
| Interest expense | 269.5M USD | 105.4M USD | 37.3M USD | 36.7M USD | 36.6M USD |
| Depreciation and amortization | 442.6M USD | 209.5M USD | 176.5M USD | 176.6M USD | 191.8M USD |
| Operating income | 2.51B USD | 2.21B USD | 2.17B USD | 2.03B USD | 1.84B USD |
| Net income | 1.76B USD | 1.66B USD | 1.69B USD | 1.56B USD | 1.39B USD |
Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.
Earnings
- Latest fiscal-year EPS
- 4.89
- FY2026 · +6.77% year over year
- Latest fiscal-year revenue
- 6.51B USD
- FY2026 · +16.88% year over year
- Next fiscal-year EPS consensus
- 5.97
- FY2027 · 12 analysts
- Next fiscal-year revenue consensus
- 6.86B USD
- FY2027 · 13 analysts
Annual EPS trend
Reported history and fiscal-year consensus
Annual revenue trend
Reported history and fiscal-year consensus
Analyst ratings
Third-party consensus; not a GoAI recommendation.
Analyst price target
Average target
$108.8
12.59% downsideRating distribution
30 ratingsRecent analyst actions
PAYX news
Corporate actions
Annual dividends per share
Cash distributions grouped by calendar year; partial years are marked.
$4.22
2025 complete year+62.3% since 2021
2026 partial: $3.46
$2.60
2,021
$3.03
2,022
$3.46
2,023
$3.83
2,024
$4.22
2,025
$3.46
2,026*
* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.
Corporate action history
| Action | Ex-dividend date | Details | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dividend | Jul 28, 2026 | $1.19Quarterly | Jul 28, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
Dividend | May 13, 2026 | $1.19Quarterly | May 13, 2026 | May 29, 2026 |
Dividend | Jan 28, 2026 | $1.08Quarterly | Jan 28, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 |
Dividend | Nov 7, 2025 | $1.08Quarterly | Nov 7, 2025 | Nov 26, 2025 |
Dividend | Jul 21, 2025 | $1.08Quarterly | Jul 21, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 |
Dividend | May 12, 2025 | $1.08Quarterly | May 12, 2025 | May 29, 2025 |
Ex-dividend Jul 28, 2026
$1.19
Quarterly
Record Jul 28, 2026 · Payment Aug 28, 2026
Ex-dividend May 13, 2026
$1.19
Quarterly
Record May 13, 2026 · Payment May 29, 2026
Ex-dividend Jan 28, 2026
$1.08
Quarterly
Record Jan 28, 2026 · Payment Feb 27, 2026
Ex-dividend Nov 7, 2025
$1.08
Quarterly
Record Nov 7, 2025 · Payment Nov 26, 2025
Ex-dividend Jul 21, 2025
$1.08
Quarterly
Record Jul 21, 2025 · Payment Aug 29, 2025
Ex-dividend May 12, 2025
$1.08
Quarterly
Record May 12, 2025 · Payment May 29, 2025
PAYX peers
ETFs holding PAYX
Funds reporting this stock among their holdings, ordered by reported position size.
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFVTI1.2B0.05%2.3T USD0.03%$378.24+0.44%
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETFSCHD1.08B0.97%112B USD0.06%$35.11+0.80%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETFVOO989.02M0.06%1.7T USD0.03%$703.71+0.39%
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1QQQ948.08M0.20%485.41B USD0.18%$713.44+0.35%
Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETFVO815.41M0.36%224.7B USD0.03%$82.97+0.53%
iShares Core S&P 500 ETFIVV534.16M0.06%891.84B USD0.03%$769.31+0.39%
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETFSPY493.02M0.06%817.87B USD0.09%$765.72+0.41%
Vanguard Morningstar Value ETFVTV359.02M0.14%256.5B USD0.03%$226.4+0.54%
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFVTI- Market value
- 1.2B
- Weight
- 0.05%
- AUM
- 2.3T USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $378.24+0.44%
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETFSCHD- Market value
- 1.08B
- Weight
- 0.97%
- AUM
- 112B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.06%
- Price / 1D
- $35.11+0.80%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETFVOO- Market value
- 989.02M
- Weight
- 0.06%
- AUM
- 1.7T USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $703.71+0.39%
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1QQQ- Market value
- 948.08M
- Weight
- 0.20%
- AUM
- 485.41B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.18%
- Price / 1D
- $713.44+0.35%
Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETFVO- Market value
- 815.41M
- Weight
- 0.36%
- AUM
- 224.7B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $82.97+0.53%
iShares Core S&P 500 ETFIVV- Market value
- 534.16M
- Weight
- 0.06%
- AUM
- 891.84B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $769.31+0.39%
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETFSPY- Market value
- 493.02M
- Weight
- 0.06%
- AUM
- 817.87B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.09%
- Price / 1D
- $765.72+0.41%
Vanguard Morningstar Value ETFVTV- Market value
- 359.02M
- Weight
- 0.14%
- AUM
- 256.5B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $226.4+0.54%
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