87/100B117.030
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Fair value141.10Plus-17%117Price 117.03195
Q2 FY2027 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 1.30Revenue estimate 1.62B
Q2 FY2027 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 1.30Revenue estimate 1.62B
If you had invested in Paychex ago, it would be worth $2,982 today, against $4,128 in SPY and $6,186 in QQQ.
Arincen ScoreWhat is the Arincen Score? The Arincen Score grades a company out of 100 from 30 checks on its own reported figures, five checks in each of six parts.Beta
87/100
Six parts of the company, five checks each, from its own reported figures. A part scores the checks it passes out of 10; the score is their average out of 100.
Profitability8
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Cash10
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Valuation8
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Growth10
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Financial strength10
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Shareholders6
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Figures to FY2026; the price as of today.
Paychex key facts
- StyleWhat does a stock's style mean? The style label sorts a stock as growth, value, dividend, blend or speculative, with a 1 to 10 meter showing how strongly it fits.
- Dividend stock · 9.1/10Growth 4.5 · Value 6.9 · Dividend 9.1
- Day range
- 115.470 – 117.630
- 52-week range
- 85.450 – 127.980
- Market capitalizationWhat is market capitalization? Market cap is what the stock market values a whole company at: its share price times the number of its shares outstanding.
- 41.66B USD
- P/EWhat is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 23.17
- PEG ratioWhat is the PEG ratio? The PEG ratio divides the P/E by the yearly earnings growth analysts expect, to show how much you pay for each point of growth.
- 1.93
- EPSWhat is EPS (earnings per share)? EPS (earnings per share) is a company's net income divided by its number of shares: the profit that belongs to each share over a period.
- 5.05
- Div YieldWhat is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- 4.07%
- EPS growth forecast (FY2027)
- +8.2%
- Volume
- 0
- BetaWhat is beta in stocks? Beta measures how much a stock tends to move when the whole market moves: 1 moves with it, under 1 is calmer, over 1 swings more.
- 0.80
- ESG scoreWhat is an ESG score? An ESG score rates how a company handles the environment, its people and its governance, out of 100. Higher is better.
- 58.8/100Environment 52 · Social 57 · Governance 68
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Staffing & Employment Services
- CEO
- John Gibson Jr.
- Employees
- 18K
- Website
- paychex.com
- IPO date
- 26 Aug 1983
Paychex earningsWhat is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.
Next earnings · Q2 FY2027
EPS estimate
1.30 USD
Revenue estimate
1.62B USD
Last quarter · Q1 FY2027
EPS1.34Beat +1.5%Revenue1.63BBeat +0.2%
Revenue
ReportedEstimate
EPS
ReportedEstimate
| Period | Report date | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2028 | 1.44 | — | — | +7.54% | 1.72B | — | — | +5.55% | |
| Q4 FY2027 | 1.47 | — | — | +11.11% | 1.70B | — | — | +5.94% | |
| Q3 FY2027 | 1.87 | — | — | +9.52% | 1.91B | — | — | +5.60% | |
| Q2 FY2027 | 1.30 | — | — | +3.17% | 1.62B | — | — | +4.13% | |
| Q1 FY2027 | 1.32 | 1.34 | +1.52% | +9.84% | 1.63B | 1.63B | +0.24% | +5.88% | |
| Q4 FY2026 | 1.31 | 1.32 | +0.76% | +10.92% | 1.60B | 1.61B | +0.31% | +12.49% | |
| Q3 FY2026 | 1.67 | 1.71 | +2.40% | +14.77% | 1.78B | 1.81B | +1.50% | +19.87% | |
| Q2 FY2026 | 1.23 | 1.26 | +2.44% | +10.53% | 1.55B | 1.56B | +0.28% | +18.28% | |
| Q1 FY2026 | 1.20 | 1.22 | +1.67% | +5.17% | 1.54B | 1.54B | +0.10% | +16.80% | |
| Q4 FY2025 | 1.19 | 1.19 | 0.00% | +6.25% | 1.44B | 1.43B | -1.08% | +10.21% |
| Period | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2029 | 6.87 | — | — | +7.17% | 7.61B | — | — | +5.12% |
| FY2028 | 6.41 | — | — | +7.54% | 7.24B | — | — | +5.49% |
| FY2027 | 5.96 | — | — | +8.18% | 6.86B | — | — | +5.39% |
| FY2026 | 5.49 | 5.51 | +0.30% | +10.64% | 6.51B | 6.51B | +0.08% | +16.88% |
| FY2025 | 4.99 | 4.98 | -0.22% | +5.51% | 5.59B | 5.57B | -0.28% | +5.56% |
| FY2024 | 4.72 | 4.72 | +0.07% | +10.28% | 5.31B | 5.28B | -0.61% | +5.42% |
| FY2023 | 4.28 | 4.28 | -0.02% | +13.83% | 5.00B | 5.01B | +0.15% | +8.57% |
Paychex analyst forecastWhat is the analyst rating? The analyst rating sums up what the analysts covering a stock recommend, from strong buy to strong sell, by the share of them rating it a buy.
12-month price target
111.71 USD
-4.55%
Analysts' 1-year price targets range from 107.00 to 120.00, with an average of 111.71.
Past year
1-year forecast
Strong sellStrong buy
Hold
13 ratings
| Buy | 1 | |
| Hold | 10 | |
| Sell | 2 |
12-month price target
| Highest target | 120.00 |
| Average target | 111.71 |
| Lowest target | 107.00 |
| Current price | 117.03 |
Paychex valuationWhat is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- Price to earnings ratio (TTM)What is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 23.17
- Forward P/E (FY2027)What is the forward P/E ratio? Forward P/E divides a share's price by the earnings per share analysts expect in the coming year, rather than last year's actual earnings.
- 19.63
- Price to sales (TTM)What is the P/S ratio? The price-to-sales ratio compares a company's market value with its revenue over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of sales.
- 6.31
- Price to bookWhat is the P/B ratio? The price-to-book ratio compares a company's market value with its book value, the shareholders' equity on its balance sheet.
- 11.24
- EV / EBITDA (TTM)What is EV/EBITDA? EV/EBITDA compares a company's whole value, debt included and cash taken off, with a year of its earnings before interest, tax and depreciation.
- 14.75
Capital structureWhat is enterprise value? Enterprise value is what the whole business costs: the market value of its shares plus its debt minus its cash. It is the price behind EV/EBITDA.
Market capitalization
41.66B USD
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Total debt
4.62B USD
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Cash and short-term investments
934.20M USD
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Enterprise value
45.35B USD
Valuation over time
P/EForward P/EForward P/E · EstimateEstimate
Paychex against its own historyWhat does "against its own history" show? The company's latest margins, return on equity, growth, debt and P/E against its own last 5 years: the low, the median and the high, and whether this year is better or worse than usual.
Each figure in the latest fiscal year against the same figure from FY2022 to FY2026: the range, its median (the line) and the latest (the dot, green on the good side of the median). The P/E is today's against its daily readings of five years.
Its peers: Rockwell Automation, Carrier Global, Ferguson Enterprises, HEICO, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, and Honeywell Aerospace, the US Industrials companies closest to it in size, each in its own latest fiscal year: their median (the line) and its rank among them, first being the best.
- P/E (today)Lowest in 5 years23.223.238.7
- Gross marginHighest in 5 years74.3%70.6%74.3%Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 33.2%
- Operating marginLowest in 5 years38.6%38.6%41.2%Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 17.7%
- Net marginLowest in 5 years27.0%27.0%32.0%Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 10.4%
- Return on equityHighest in 5 years47.1%40.1%47.1%Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 13.4%
- Free cash flow marginHighest in 5 years35.7%29.8%35.7%Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 15.9%
- Revenue growthHighest in 5 years16.9%5.4%16.9%Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 7.6%
- EPS growthBelow its median6.8%-1.9%26.7%Against its peers: 4 of 7Peers' median -11.9%
- Debt to EBITDAAbove its median1.54×0.36×2.02×Against its peers: 2 of 7Peers' median 2.12×
- Current ratioBelow its median1.261.251.37Against its peers: 5 of 7Peers' median 1.50
Peers: US companies of the same industry (of its sector when the industry has too few) from a tenth to ten times its market value, the six closest in size. Updated weekly.
Paychex growth and profitabilityWhat are gross, operating and net profit margins? A profit margin is the share of revenue kept as profit: gross margin after the cost of sales, operating margin after running costs, net margin after all costs.
- Revenue (TTM)What does TTM (trailing twelve months) mean? TTM (trailing twelve months) is a figure over the latest twelve months of reports: usually the last four quarters added together.
- 6.60B USD
- Net income (TTM)What is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
- 1.81B USD
- Gross marginWhat are gross, operating and net profit margins? A profit margin is the share of revenue kept as profit: gross margin after the cost of sales, operating margin after running costs, net margin after all costs.
- 74.39%
- Operating margin
- 39.19%
- Net margin
- 27.35%
Revenue / Net income
Revenue Net income Net margin
Paychex revenue breakdown
By product
FY2026
77.3%Management Solutions22.7%Peo And Insurance Solutions
| Segment | Revenue | Share of revenue | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management Solutions | 4.87B | 77.3% | +19.7% |
| Peo And Insurance Solutions | 1.43B | 22.7% | +6.7% |
How Paychex makes its moneyWhat is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
Revenue6.51B 100.0%
Cost of revenue1.67B 25.7%
Gross profit4.84B 74.3%
Selling and administration2.33B 35.7%
Operating income2.51B 38.6%
Tax550.80M 8.5%
Other expense199.60M 3.1%
Net income1.76B 27.0%
FY2026, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
FY2026, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
Paychex dividendsWhat is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- Annual dividend
- 4.76 USD
- Dividend yield (indicated)What is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- 4.07%
- Payout ratioWhat is the payout ratio? The payout ratio is the share of a company's earnings paid out as dividends: dividends per share divided by earnings per share (EPS).
- 92.08%
- Years of dividend growthWhat are years of dividend growth? The years in a row a company has raised its dividend per share. 25 years make an S&P 500 company a Dividend Aristocrat; 50 make a Dividend King.
- 16
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Next payment
- 1.19 USD
- Last ex-dividend dateWhat is the ex-dividend date? The ex-dividend date is the first day a stock trades without its next dividend: buy before it to receive the payment; buy on or after it and the seller gets it.
- 26 Oct 2026
- Next payment date
- 25 Nov 2026
Dividends per share
Paychex financial health
- Cash and short-term investments
- 934.20M USD
- Total debt
- 4.62B USD
- Net cash
- -3.69B USD
- Free cash flow (TTM)What is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks.
- 2.02B USD
- Current ratioWhat is the current ratio? The current ratio is current assets divided by current liabilities: whether what a company will turn into cash within a year covers what it owes within a year.
- 1.28
- Debt to equityWhat is the debt to equity ratio? Debt to equity is a company's total debt divided by its shareholders' equity: how much it has borrowed for each dollar its owners have in the business.
- 1.25
- Piotroski scoreWhat is the Piotroski F-Score? The Piotroski F-Score rates a company's financial strength from 0 to 9: one point for each of nine tests of profit, debt and efficiency it passes.
- 7 / 9
- Altman Z-scoreWhat is the Altman Z-Score? The Altman Z-Score rolls five financial ratios into one number that signals a company's risk of bankruptcy: over 3 is safe, under 1.8 is distress.
- 3.36
Cash, debt and free cash flow
Cash and short-term investments Total debt Free cash flow
Paychex ownershipWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- InstitutionsWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 85.78%
- Institutional holders
- 1,578 (+18)
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 89.77%
Who owns the shares
Institutions 85.8% Others 14.2%
As of 30 Jun 2026
Shares free to trade
Free float 319.58M shares ·89.8% Closely held 36.40M shares ·10.2%
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Insider trading
| Quarter | Purchases | Sales | Shares acquired | Shares disposed of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2026 | 0 | 1 | 45.95K | 12.28K |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | 3 | 463.90K | 1.01M |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | 2 | 20.44K | 309.08K |
| Q1 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2.00K | 276.82K |
Shares outstanding
Basic shares Diluted shares Change in diluted shares
Source: Financial Modeling Prep
Title: Paychex
Sector: Technology
Industry: Staffing & Employment Services
Paychex is a cloud-based human capital management provider offering payroll, compliance, talent management, benefits administration, and retirement services. The firm also provides HR outsourcing services, including professional employer organization, or PEO, offerings, enabling clients to reduce HR overhead. Paychex primarily targets small and midsize businesses, although its acquisition of Paycor in 2025 signals the firm's aspirations to expand into the midmarket segment, serving firms with more than 100 employees. As of fiscal 2026, Paychex has approximately 840,000 clients and manages payroll for one in 11 workers in the United States.