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.
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 Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 372.99 Bn | 337.93 Bn | 1.93 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 347.94 Bn | 220.50 Bn | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 299.08 Bn | 227.06 Bn | 8.64 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 183.01 Bn | 138.88 Bn | 8.70 Bn |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 121.50 Bn | 108.30 Bn | 2.53 Bn |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 106.24 Bn | 85.50 Bn | 2.90 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 95.23 Bn | 74.58 Bn | 3.44 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 75.40 Bn | 74.52 Bn | - |
| 9 | Thomson Reuters | 52.55 Bn | 48.52 Bn | - |
| 10 | Paychex | 42.54 Bn | 37.62 Bn | 1.20 Bn |
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 |
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_KEY
import 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();