Paychex, Inc. (PAYX)

Paychex Ratios and Metrics

Market cap in millions USD. Fiscal year is June - May.

Fiscal Quarter	Current	Q2 2026	Q1 2026	Q4 2025	Q3 2025	Q2 2025	Q1 2025	Q4 2024	Q3 2024	Q2 2024	Q1 2024	Q4 2023	Q3 2023	Q2 2023	Q1 2023	Q4 2022	Q3 2022	Q2 2022	Q1 2022	Q4 2021
Period Ending	Mar 20, 2026	Nov 30, 2025	Aug 31, 2025	May 31, 2025	Feb 28, 2025	Nov 30, 2024	Aug 31, 2024	May 31, 2024	Feb 29, 2024	Nov 30, 2023	Aug 31, 2023	May 31, 2023	Feb 28, 2023	Nov 30, 2022	Aug 31, 2022	May 31, 2022	Feb 28, 2022	Nov 30, 2021	Aug 31, 2021	May 31, 2021
Market Cap	33,222	40,093	50,191	56,927	54,630	52,666	47,219	43,270	44,139	43,887	44,153	37,901	39,800	44,709	44,452	44,542	42,983	43,002	41,277	36,390
Market Cap Growth	-39.19%	-23.87%	6.30%	31.56%	23.77%	20.00%	6.94%	14.17%	10.90%	-1.84%	-0.67%	-14.91%	-7.40%	3.97%	7.69%	22.40%	31.00%	28.01%	50.15%	40.32%
Enterprise Value	36,736	43,207	53,142	59,886	53,893	52,289	46,588	42,633	43,277	43,355	43,329	37,171	39,114	44,321	44,101	44,199	42,515	42,883	41,032	36,255
Last Close Price	92.55	111.69	139.46	157.91	151.67	146.27	131.20	120.16	122.62	121.97	122.23	104.93	110.40	124.03	123.34	123.83	119.06	119.20	114.47	101.14
PE Ratio	20.94	25.33	31.34	34.48	31.60	30.79	27.97	25.73	26.71	27.10	27.72	24.40	26.60	30.62	31.07	32.25	31.75	33.77	33.97	33.38
Forward PE	16.29	20.20	25.56	30.00	29.46	28.97	26.32	24.55	25.33	25.60	26.14	23.25	25.31	29.19	29.89	31.21	31.96	34.28	33.88	31.95
PEG Ratio	-	2.49	2.49	3.59	4.20	4.16	3.58	3.56	3.27	3.30	3.29	2.87	3.36	2.74	2.90	3.07	3.30	4.32	4.90	4.28
PS Ratio	5.51	6.64	8.66	10.22	10.04	9.81	8.89	8.20	8.47	8.51	8.68	7.57	8.09	9.28	9.39	9.66	9.56	9.93	9.81	8.97
PB Ratio	8.48	10.33	12.64	13.79	13.27	13.42	12.26	11.38	11.78	12.45	12.31	10.85	11.70	13.95	14.17	14.44	13.08	13.78	13.56	12.34
P/TBV Ratio	8.63	10.37	12.71	13.86	13.34	13.48	12.33	11.44	11.84	12.53	12.36	10.88	11.76	14.02	14.25	14.58	13.17	13.87	13.65	12.44
P/FCF Ratio	16.65	20.09	26.97	33.31	34.01	33.55	28.97	24.92	22.47	23.02	23.42	24.25	26.61	29.79	32.92	30.59	30.04	34.12	31.59	31.87
P/OCF Ratio	14.94	18.03	24.21	29.95	30.71	30.36	26.41	22.80	20.72	21.27	21.68	22.21	24.46	27.33	29.95	28.02	27.59	31.05	28.85	28.87
EV/Sales Ratio	6.09	7.16	9.17	10.75	9.91	9.74	8.77	8.08	8.30	8.41	8.52	7.42	7.95	9.20	9.31	9.58	9.45	9.90	9.75	8.94
EV/EBITDA Ratio	12.81	15.16	19.36	22.37	20.22	20.02	18.03	16.55	16.99	17.25	17.46	15.19	16.35	18.89	19.04	19.53	19.16	20.21	20.16	19.29
EV/EBIT Ratio	14.58	19.32	24.12	27.13	23.86	23.59	21.33	19.61	20.17	20.57	20.89	18.28	19.82	23.03	23.30	24.02	23.62	25.14	25.33	24.82
EV/FCF Ratio	18.41	21.65	28.55	35.04	33.55	33.31	28.59	24.55	22.03	22.74	22.98	23.78	26.15	29.53	32.66	30.36	29.71	34.02	31.40	31.75
Debt / Equity Ratio	1.20	1.20	1.16	1.12	0.21	0.22	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.25	0.24	0.25	0.26	0.27	0.28	0.29	0.27	0.29	0.29	0.30
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	1.77	6.80	7.08	8.44	1.07	1.36	1.35	1.49	1.16	1.43	1.37	1.56	1.22	1.52	1.47	1.76	1.32	1.64	1.64	1.96
Debt / FCF Ratio	2.52	13.16	7.58	17.73	1.29	3.48	1.70	4.80	1.38	2.81	1.33	2.33	1.52	3.06	2.63	2.91	1.53	6.59	2.53	2.48
Net Debt / Equity Ratio	0.91	0.91	0.84	0.81	-0.18	-0.10	-0.16	-0.17	-0.23	-0.15	-0.23	-0.21	-0.20	-0.12	-0.11	-0.11	-0.14	-0.04	-0.08	-0.05
Net Debt / EBITDA Ratio	1.23	4.75	4.72	5.65	-0.92	-0.59	-0.98	-1.09	-1.15	-0.88	-1.30	-1.31	-0.96	-0.67	-0.59	-0.68	-0.70	-0.22	-0.45	-0.29
Net Debt / FCF Ratio	1.76	9.18	5.06	11.86	-1.10	-1.52	-1.24	-3.53	-1.36	-1.73	-1.26	-1.96	-1.20	-1.35	-1.05	-1.13	-0.81	-0.88	-0.69	-0.37
Asset Turnover	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.12
Quick Ratio	0.50	0.50	0.52	0.52	0.60	0.59	0.60	0.59	0.43	0.42	0.44	0.52	0.50	0.56	0.55	0.48	0.45	0.46	0.45	0.42
Current Ratio	1.27	1.27	1.27	1.28	1.39	1.39	1.38	1.37	1.24	1.23	1.24	1.30	1.27	1.30	1.29	1.25	1.27	1.27	1.27	1.25
Return on Equity (ROE)	10.13%	10.13%	9.81%	7.50%	13.21%	11.10%	11.49%	10.42%	13.95%	11.67%	12.47%	10.65%	13.98%	11.39%	12.27%	9.83%	13.76%	11.05%	11.46%	9.18%
Return on Assets (ROA)	3.21%	3.21%	3.08%	2.44%	4.32%	3.62%	3.70%	3.56%	4.16%	3.61%	3.84%	3.40%	4.44%	3.79%	4.13%	3.18%	4.38%	3.65%	3.75%	3.03%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	3.90%	3.90%	3.79%	3.02%	5.60%	4.55%	4.76%	4.69%	5.43%	4.64%	4.97%	4.48%	5.80%	4.87%	5.31%	4.08%	5.52%	4.53%	4.67%	3.79%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	7.78%	7.78%	7.38%	5.87%	13.25%	10.74%	10.93%	9.82%	13.44%	10.94%	11.56%	9.95%	13.24%	10.58%	11.22%	9.10%	12.64%	10.12%	10.39%	8.41%
Earnings Yield	4.80%	3.95%	3.19%	2.90%	3.16%	3.25%	3.57%	3.89%	3.74%	3.69%	3.61%	4.10%	3.76%	3.27%	3.22%	3.10%	3.15%	2.96%	2.94%	3.00%
FCF Yield	6.01%	4.98%	3.71%	3.00%	2.94%	2.98%	3.45%	4.01%	4.45%	4.34%	4.27%	4.12%	3.76%	3.36%	3.04%	3.27%	3.33%	2.93%	3.17%	3.14%
Dividend Yield	4.67%	0.97%	0.77%	0.68%	0.65%	0.67%	0.75%	0.82%	0.73%	0.73%	0.73%	0.85%	0.72%	0.64%	0.64%	0.64%	0.56%	0.55%	0.58%	0.65%
Payout Ratio	97.73%	98.10%	101.38%	130.99%	67.98%	85.34%	82.69%	92.87%	64.26%	81.54%	76.79%	91.58%	60.93%	79.02%	75.05%	96.05%	55.37%	71.76%	71.37%	90.57%
Buyback Yield / Dilution	0.85%	0.85%	0.40%	0.18%	0.15%	0.15%	0.54%	0.33%	0.35%	0.36%	-0.03%	0.03%	0.01%	-0.01%	-0.02%	0.28%	0.11%	0.22%	0.15%	0.19%
Total Shareholder Return	5.52%	1.82%	1.18%	0.86%	0.79%	0.82%	1.29%	1.15%	1.07%	1.09%	0.70%	0.88%	0.73%	0.63%	0.62%	0.91%	0.66%	0.77%	0.73%	0.85%

Updated Dec 19, 2025. Data Source: Fiscal.ai. Standard template. Financial Sources.

SEC Filings: 10-K · 10-Q