Paychex (PAYX) EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) (2009 - 2026)

Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) came in at $1.56 in Q1 2026, up 9.09% year-on-year from $1.43 in Q1 2025, and up 41.82% quarter-over-quarter from $1.1 in Q4 2025.

Paychex (PAYX) EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

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

  • EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) for Q1 2026 came in at $1.56, up 9.09% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $4.54 (down 5.42% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.58, down 1.93% from the prior year.
  • EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) came in at $1.56 for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from $1.1 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) 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 (Weighted Average and Diluted) is $1.1 (2025), against an average of $1.13.
  • Across the five-year window, EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) grew 22.68% in 2022 and retreated 21.9% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Paychex's EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) stood at $0.99 in 2022, then grew by 9.09% to $1.08 in 2023, then advanced by 5.56% to $1.14 in 2024, then retreated by 3.51% to $1.1 in 2025, then soared by 41.82% to $1.56 in 2026.
  • The last three EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) figures came in at $1.56 (Q1 2026), $1.1 (Q4 2025), and $1.06 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EPS (Weighted Avg. Diluted) (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn -
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - 2.86 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 0.13
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn -0.45
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 2.42
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 1.23
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 0.45
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 3.38
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 4.25
10 Paychex 36.04 Bn 34.25 Bn 1.38 Bn 1.56

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 1.56
Nov 30, 2025 1.10
Aug 31, 2025 1.06
May 31, 2025 0.82
Feb 28, 2025 1.43
Nov 30, 2024 1.14
Aug 31, 2024 1.18
May 31, 2024 1.05
Feb 29, 2024 1.38
Nov 30, 2023 1.08
Aug 31, 2023 1.16
May 31, 2023 0.97
Feb 28, 2023 1.29
Nov 30, 2022 0.99
Aug 31, 2022 1.05
May 31, 2022 0.82
Feb 28, 2022 1.19
Nov 30, 2021 0.91
Aug 31, 2021 0.92
May 31, 2021 0.72