Paychex (PAYX) Dividend Yield (2009 - 2026)
Paychex (PAYX) reported Dividend Yield of 3.58% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 0.63 percentage points from 2.96% a year earlier but down 1.03 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Dividend Yield (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Paychex posted Dividend Yield of 4.61%, up 2.06 percentage points from FY2025.
- Dividend Yield has a five-year change of +2.11 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Dividend Yield came in at 2.54% in FY2025 (-0.50 pp), 3.04% in FY2024 (-0.07 pp), 3.11% in FY2023 (+0.86 pp) and 2.24% in FY2022 (-0.25 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Dividend Yield spans a low of 2.18% in fiscal Q2 2022 and a high of 4.63% in fiscal Q3 2026.
- Year over year, Dividend Yield has now increased in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.62 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Dividend Yield in five years was fiscal Q4 2026 (a gain of 2.06 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q3 2022 (a drop of 0.50 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at 4.61% (Q4 2026), 4.63% (Q3 2026) and 3.79% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 466.81 Bn | 435.76 Bn | 1.64 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 391.66 Bn | 263.79 Bn | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 264.19 Bn | 191.97 Bn | 8.40 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 198.99 Bn | 154.86 Bn | 8.70 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 150.79 Bn | 129.25 Bn | 2.82 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 115.74 Bn | 97.87 Bn | 2.51 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 90.06 Bn | 69.41 Bn | 3.44 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 71.78 Bn | 70.87 Bn | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 51.10 Bn | 44.09 Bn | 81.55 Mn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.54 Bn | 34.62 Bn | 1.20 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 3.58% |
| May 31, 2026 | 4.61% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 4.63% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 3.79% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 2.96% |
| May 31, 2025 | 2.54% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 2.58% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 2.62% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 2.85% |
| May 31, 2024 | 3.04% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 2.91% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 2.84% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 2.75% |
| May 31, 2023 | 3.11% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 2.86% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 2.44% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 2.35% |
| May 31, 2022 | 2.24% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 2.22% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 2.18% |
API Access
Paychex Dividend Yield API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividend-yield", "ticker": "PAYX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();