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

Paychex has disclosed EPS (Basic) across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $1.56 for Q1 2026.

• EPS (Basic) for Q1 2026 came in at $1.56, up 8.33% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $4.55 (down 5.8% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.6, down 1.92% from the prior year.
• EPS (Basic) came in at $1.56 for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from $1.1 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, EPS (Basic) ranged from a high of $1.56 in Q1 2026 to a low of $0.82 in Q2 2022.
• The 5-year median for EPS (Basic) is $1.1 (2025), against an average of $1.14.
• Across the five-year window, EPS (Basic) grew 22.68% in 2022 and declined 21.9% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Paychex's EPS (Basic) stood at $1.0 in 2022, then grew by 9.0% to $1.09 in 2023, then increased by 5.5% to $1.15 in 2024, then retreated by 4.35% to $1.1 in 2025, then soared by 41.82% to $1.56 in 2026.
• The last three EPS (Basic) figures came in at $1.56 (Q1 2026), $1.1 (Q4 2025), and $1.07 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.