Paychex (PAYX) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026)
Paychex (PAYX) recorded Return on Equity [ROE] of 48.54% in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 8.69 percentage points from 39.85% a year earlier and up 3.11 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Paychex reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 44.77%, up 2.97 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] has a five-year change of +6.46 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 41.80% in FY2025 (-4.55 pp), 46.35% in FY2024 (-1.00 pp), 47.35% in FY2023 (+1.17 pp) and 46.17% in FY2022 (+7.86 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] in data going back to fiscal Q1 2010.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] rose in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.58 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Equity [ROE] in the last five years was a gain of 8.69 percentage points in fiscal Q1 2027, against a drop of 4.59 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 45.43% (Q4 2026), 41.47% (Q3 2026) and 40.65% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 373.01 Bn | 337.83 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 34.75% |
| 2 | Oracle | 343.83 Bn | 215.96 Bn | - | 34.32% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 284.17 Bn | 211.56 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 18.52% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 182.25 Bn | 138.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 26.65% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 123.04 Bn | 109.84 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 81.37% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 105.90 Bn | 85.16 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 11.28% |
| 7 | Intuit | 97.51 Bn | 76.85 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 23.05% |
| 8 | Relx | 75.90 Bn | 74.99 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Thomson Reuters | 52.87 Bn | 48.84 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Paychex | 42.46 Bn | 37.54 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 48.54% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 48.54% |
| May 31, 2026 | 45.43% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 41.47% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 40.65% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 39.85% |
| May 31, 2025 | 40.20% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 43.27% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 44.22% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 44.40% |
| May 31, 2024 | 44.79% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 45.68% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 45.83% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 45.12% |
| May 31, 2023 | 45.18% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 45.51% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 46.25% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 46.23% |
| May 31, 2022 | 43.72% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 42.44% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 41.51% |
API Access
Paychex Return on Equity [ROE] 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=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();