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Paychex (PAYX) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Equity for Paychex (PAYX) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.4%.

  • Paychex's Return on Equity fell 300.0% to 0.4% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Nov 2025 it was 0.4%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 300.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.41% for FY2025, which is 400.0% down from last year.
  • As of Q4 2025, Paychex's Return on Equity stood at 0.4%, which was down 300.0% from 0.39% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Paychex's 5-year Return on Equity high stood at 0.46% for Q4 2022, and its period low was 0.36% during Q1 2021.
  • Its 5-year average for Return on Equity is 0.42%, with a median of 0.44% in 2024.
  • Its Return on Equity has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first plummeted by -600bps in 2021, then surged by 700bps in 2022.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Paychex's Return on Equity stood at 0.41% in 2021, then increased by 13bps to 0.46% in 2022, then fell by -4bps to 0.45% in 2023, then dropped by -3bps to 0.43% in 2024, then dropped by -7bps to 0.4% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 0.4% in Q4 2025, 0.39% for Q3 2025, and 0.4% during Q2 2025.