Paychex (PAYX) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Paychex's EBIT Margin came in at 37.98% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 2.79 percentage points from 35.19% a year earlier and up 0.31 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Paychex (PAYX) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 31, 2026, Paychex reported EBIT Margin of 39.19%, up 1.17 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it came in at 38.55%, down 1.07 percentage points from FY2025.
- EBIT Margin carries a five-year change of +2.55 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, EBIT Margin was 39.62% in FY2025 (-1.57 pp), 41.19% in FY2024 (+0.59 pp), 40.60% in FY2023 (+0.71 pp) and 39.90% in FY2022 (+3.89 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly EBIT Margin is 30.20% (fiscal Q4 2025) to 45.84% (fiscal Q3 2025).
- Year-over-year, EBIT Margin increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.99 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in EBIT Margin over five years came in fiscal Q4 2026 (a gain of 7.46 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2025 (a drop of 7.00 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows PAYX's EBIT Margin at 37.66% (Q4 2026), 43.78% (Q3 2026) and 36.72% (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBIT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 466.81 Bn | 435.76 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 47.12% |
| 2 | Oracle | 391.66 Bn | 263.79 Bn | - | 34.78% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 264.19 Bn | 191.97 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 26.76% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 198.99 Bn | 154.86 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 20.55% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 150.79 Bn | 129.25 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 4.06% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 115.74 Bn | 97.87 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -33.33% |
| 7 | Intuit | 90.06 Bn | 69.41 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 10.91% |
| 8 | Relx | 71.78 Bn | 70.87 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 51.10 Bn | 44.09 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -6,808.11% |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.54 Bn | 34.62 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 37.98% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 37.98% |
| May 31, 2026 | 37.66% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 43.78% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 36.72% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 35.19% |
| May 31, 2025 | 30.20% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 45.84% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 40.86% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 41.46% |
| May 31, 2024 | 37.20% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 45.15% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 40.24% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 41.70% |
| May 31, 2023 | 36.87% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 44.31% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 39.68% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 41.09% |
| May 31, 2022 | 34.43% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 44.11% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 39.72% |
Paychex EBIT Margin 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=ebit-margin&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebit-margin", "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=ebit-margin&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();