Paychex (PAYX) Price to Book (2009 - 2026)
Paychex's (PAYX) Price to Book came in at 12.23 for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 3.2% from 12.64 a year earlier but up 32.5% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Price to Book (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Paychex's Price to Book stood at 9.23, down 33.0% from FY2025.
- In prior fiscal years, Paychex's Price to Book was 13.79 in FY2025 (+21.1%), 11.38 in FY2024 (+5.1%), 10.83 in FY2023 (-25.0%) and 14.45 in FY2022 (+17.0%).
- Quarterly Price to Book has run from a low of 8.36 in fiscal Q3 2026 to a high of 14.45 in fiscal Q4 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to Book has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 6.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Price to Book in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2025, with growth of 21.1%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2026, with a decline of 37.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Price to Book for the three prior fiscal quarters was 9.23 (Q4 2026), 8.36 (Q3 2026) and 10.33 (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 467.78 Bn | 436.73 Bn | 1.64 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 390.98 Bn | 263.11 Bn | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 263.14 Bn | 190.92 Bn | 8.40 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 198.23 Bn | 154.10 Bn | 8.70 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 150.00 Bn | 128.46 Bn | 2.82 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 115.45 Bn | 97.58 Bn | 2.51 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 89.81 Bn | 69.16 Bn | 3.44 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 71.52 Bn | 70.62 Bn | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 51.22 Bn | 44.21 Bn | 81.55 Mn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.39 Bn | 34.48 Bn | 1.20 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 12.23 |
| May 31, 2026 | 9.23 |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 8.36 |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 10.33 |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 12.64 |
| May 31, 2025 | 13.79 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 13.27 |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 13.42 |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 12.26 |
| May 31, 2024 | 11.38 |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 11.78 |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 12.45 |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 12.31 |
| May 31, 2023 | 10.83 |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 11.70 |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 13.95 |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 14.17 |
| May 31, 2022 | 14.45 |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 13.08 |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 13.79 |
API Access
Paychex Price to Book 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=price-to-book&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-book", "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=price-to-book&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();