Paychex (PAYX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Paychex has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 25.58% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 25.58%, down 1880.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 25.58% (down 1880.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 33.87%, down 829.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 25.58% for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from 23.42% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 51.46% in Q3 2023 to a low of 23.23% in Q3 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 42.63% (2023), against an average of 39.28%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 1101 bps in 2023 and tumbled 1967 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Paychex's Return on Capital Employed stood at 43.58% in 2022, then decreased by 1 bps to 43.26% in 2023, then dropped by 1 bps to 42.68% in 2024, then sank by 45 bps to 23.42% in 2025, then increased by 9 bps to 25.58% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 25.58% (Q1 2026), 23.42% (Q4 2025), and 23.23% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.