
Paychex, Inc. (PAYX)
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125.08 - Open
123.47 - Bid 115.92 x 100
- Ask 128.85 x 100
- Day's Range
121.65 - 123.58 - 52 Week Range
85.45 - 136.05 - Volume
1,841,302 - Avg. Volume
3,099,184 - Market Cap (intraday)
43.326B - Beta (5Y Monthly) --
- PE Ratio (TTM)
25.57 - EPS (TTM)
4.76 - Earnings Date Sep 29, 2026
- Forward Dividend & Yield 4.76 (3.81%)
- Ex-Dividend Date Jul 28, 2026
- 1y Target Est
114.93
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Trailing total returns as of 9/4/2026, which may include dividends or other distributions. Benchmark is S&P 500 (^GSPC) .
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Market Cap
44.10B
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Enterprise Value
47.59B
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Trailing P/E
25.36
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Forward P/E
20.75
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PEG Ratio (5yr expected)
2.18
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Price/Sales (ttm)
6.86
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Price/Book (mrq)
11.81
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Enterprise Value/Revenue
7.31
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Enterprise Value/EBITDA
15.74
Financial Highlights
Profitability and Income Statement
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Profit Margin
26.63%
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Return on Assets (ttm)
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Return on Equity (ttm)
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Revenue (ttm)
3.97B
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Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)
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Diluted EPS (ttm)
4.76
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
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Total Cash (mrq)
1.14B
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Total Debt/Equity (mrq)
123.97%
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Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)
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Paychex Earnings: Paycor-Led Large Deal Momentum Drives Growth Despite Challenging Macro
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 800,000 clients and manages payroll for one in 11 workers in the United States.
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Daily – Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers for 07/22/2026
The Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers is a daily report that identifies the five companies the largest insider purchase transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions as well as the five companies the largest insider sales transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions.
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Paychex Earnings: Paycor-Led Large Deal Momentum Drives Growth Despite Challenging Macro
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 800,000 clients and manages payroll for one in 11 workers in the United States.
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Paychex Inc. is a provider of payroll, human resource, retirement, and insurance services to small- and medium-size firms. Paychex's operations are primarily domestic; however, the company does have some offices in Europe. The company has approximately 19,000 employees. The shares are a component of the S&P 500 Index.
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