Paychex (PAYX) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Paychex has disclosed EBT Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 40.85% for Q1 2026.

• EBT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 40.85%, down 592.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 34.44% (down 807.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 39.05%, down 297.0% from the prior year.
• EBT Margin came in at 40.85% for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from 34.6% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 47.24% in Q1 2024 to a low of 27.28% in Q2 2025.
• The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 41.4% (2022), against an average of 40.11%.
• Across the five-year window, EBT Margin soared 574 bps in 2023 and plunged 1070 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Paychex's EBT Margin stood at 40.66% in 2022, then gained by 4 bps to 42.23% in 2023, then increased by 1 bps to 42.45% in 2024, then dropped by 18 bps to 34.6% in 2025, then climbed by 18 bps to 40.85% in 2026.
• The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 40.85% (Q1 2026), 34.6% (Q4 2025), and 33.34% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.