Paychex (PAYX) Price to FCF (2009 - 2026)
Paychex's (PAYX) Price to FCF came in at 22.48 for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 16.6% from 26.97 a year earlier but up 51.3% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Price to FCF (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Paychex's Price to FCF stood at 14.85, down 55.4% from FY2025.
- In prior fiscal years, Paychex's Price to FCF was 33.31 in FY2025 (+33.7%), 24.92 in FY2024 (+3.0%), 24.20 in FY2023 (-20.9%) and 30.61 in FY2022 (-3.9%).
- Quarterly Price to FCF has run from a low of 14.85 in fiscal Q4 2026 to a high of 34.23 in fiscal Q2 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to FCF has declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average decline of 6.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Price to FCF in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2025, with growth of 48.5%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2026, with a decline of 55.4%.
- According to Business Quant data, Price to FCF for the three prior fiscal quarters was 14.85 (Q4 2026), 16.05 (Q3 2026) and 20.09 (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 449.07 Bn | 418.02 Bn | 1.64 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 383.87 Bn | 256.01 Bn | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 259.07 Bn | 186.85 Bn | 8.40 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 195.58 Bn | 151.45 Bn | 8.70 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 144.38 Bn | 122.84 Bn | 2.82 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 115.25 Bn | 97.38 Bn | 2.51 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 89.11 Bn | 68.46 Bn | 3.44 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 71.35 Bn | 70.44 Bn | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 48.57 Bn | 41.56 Bn | 81.55 Mn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.25 Bn | 34.33 Bn | 1.20 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 22.87 |
| May 31, 2026 | 15.13 |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 16.29 |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 20.44 |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 27.44 |
| May 31, 2025 | 33.90 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 34.63 |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 34.09 |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 30.34 |
| May 31, 2024 | 25.36 |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 23.20 |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 24.22 |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 23.58 |
| May 31, 2023 | 24.36 |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 25.40 |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 27.83 |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 31.32 |
| May 31, 2022 | 30.84 |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 30.44 |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 34.61 |
API Access
Paychex Price to FCF 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-fcf&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-fcf", "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-fcf&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();