Growth Metrics

Paycom Software (PAYC) FCF Margin (2013 - 2026)

Paycom Software's quarterly FCF Margin came in at 31.93% in Q1 2026, down 144.0% year-on-year from 72.57% in Q1 2025, and up 41.75% quarter-over-quarter from 22.52% in Q4 2025.

Paycom Software has reported FCF Margin for 14 years, with the latest figure at 31.93% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 144.0% year-over-year to 31.93%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 19.76% (down 1191.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 19.89%, down 826.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 31.93%, up from 22.52% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Margin was 60.34% in Q4 2024, with the low at 8.9% in Q3 2024.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 23.54%, with a median of 23.36% recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Margin soared 6033 bps in 2023 and tumbled 3781 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing PAYC's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 0.24% in 2022, then surged by 25063 bps to 60.08% in 2023, then increased by 0 bps to 60.34% in 2024, then slumped by 63 bps to 22.52% in 2025, then surged by 42 bps to 31.93% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 31.93% (Q1 2026), 22.52% (Q4 2025), and 1.66% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 36.77%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 47.52%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 17.31%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 15.02%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 41.64%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 20.82%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 45.65%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 36.83%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 61.18%
10 Paycom Software 7.04 Bn 6.89 Bn 454.30 Mn 31.93%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 31.93%
Dec 31, 2025 22.52%
Sep 30, 2025 -1.66%
Jun 30, 2025 24.11%
Mar 31, 2025 33.36%
Dec 31, 2024 60.34%
Sep 30, 2024 -8.90%
Jun 30, 2024 39.15%
Mar 31, 2024 20.18%
Dec 31, 2023 60.08%
Sep 30, 2023 11.39%
Jun 30, 2023 15.73%
Mar 31, 2023 23.36%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.24%
Sep 30, 2022 39.52%
Jun 30, 2022 5.83%
Mar 31, 2022 23.41%
Dec 31, 2021 30.93%
Sep 30, 2021 32.92%
Jun 30, 2021 31.05%
Mar 31, 2021 23.56%
Dec 31, 2020 24.78%
Sep 30, 2020 59.31%
Jun 30, 2020 -0.69%
Mar 31, 2020 23.23%
Dec 31, 2019 57.64%
Sep 30, 2019 -8.84%
Jun 30, 2019 32.64%
Mar 31, 2019 32.78%
Dec 31, 2018 54.20%
Sep 30, 2018 25.20%
Jun 30, 2018 22.68%
Mar 31, 2018 25.19%
Dec 31, 2017 18.98%
Sep 30, 2017 15.54%
Jun 30, 2017 2.34%
Mar 31, 2017 26.01%
Dec 31, 2016 14.47%
Sep 30, 2016 15.64%
Jun 30, 2016 11.68%
Mar 31, 2016 23.95%
Dec 31, 2015 3.75%
Sep 30, 2015 11.06%
Jun 30, 2015 14.75%
Mar 31, 2015 19.26%
Dec 31, 2014 15.25%
Sep 30, 2014 12.95%
Jun 30, 2014 0.13%
Mar 31, 2014 -9.27%
Dec 31, 2013 -19.96%
Sep 30, 2013 -0.83%
Jun 30, 2013 11.58%
Mar 31, 2013 11.96%