Paychex (PAYX) EPS (Basic) (2009 - 2026)

Paychex (PAYX) posted EPS (Basic) of $1.17 for Q2 2026, down 24.97% sequentially from $1.56 in Q1 2026, and up 42.03% YoY from $0.83 in Q2 2025.

Paychex (PAYX) EPS (Basic) (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex has reported EPS (Basic) for 18 years, with the latest figure at $1.17 in Q2 2026.

Quarterly EPS (Basic) rose 42.03% year-over-year to $1.17 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was $4.9 (up 6.59% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at $4.9, up 6.59% from the prior year.
EPS (Basic) eased to $1.17 in Q2 2026 per PAYX's latest filing, from $1.56 in the prior quarter.
Over five years, EPS (Basic) peaked at $1.56 in Q1 2026 and troughed at $0.82 in Q2 2022.
A 5-year average of $1.14 and a median of $1.12 in 2024 frame the typical range for EPS (Basic).
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: EPS (Basic) tumbled 61.27% in 2022, then jumped 42.03% in 2026.
Over 5 years, EPS (Basic) stood at $1.0 in 2022, then gained by 8.99% to $1.09 in 2023, then increased by 5.42% to $1.15 in 2024, then retreated by 4.19% to $1.1 in 2025, then grew by 6.52% to $1.17 in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, EPS (Basic) over the past three periods registered $1.17, $1.56, and $1.1 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	EPS (Basic) (Qtr)
1	Sap Se	255.48 Bn	234.41 Bn	16.51 Bn	4.10
2	Shopify	198.95 Bn	194.00 Bn	1.71 Bn	1.16
3	Salesforce	160.70 Bn	148.86 Bn	8.56 Bn	2.43
4	Uber Technologies	154.94 Bn	149.73 Bn	6.38 Bn	1.20
5	ServiceNow	128.25 Bn	123.58 Bn	2.82 Bn	0.29
6	Snowflake	114.00 Bn	111.05 Bn	926.45 Mn	-0.86
7	Automatic Data Processing	108.58 Bn	104.35 Bn	2.51 Bn	2.43
8	Adobe	105.34 Bn	99.72 Bn	5.90 Bn	4.25
9	Intuit	94.55 Bn	87.77 Bn	7.24 Bn	11.10
10	Paychex	43.39 Bn	42.27 Bn	1.14 Bn	1.17

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