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

Historic Return on Sales for Paychex (PAYX) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.25%.

  • Paychex's Return on Sales fell 600.0% to 0.25% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Nov 2025 it was 0.26%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 500.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.29% for FY2025, which is 200.0% down from last year.
  • As of Q4 2025, Paychex's Return on Sales stood at 0.25%, which was down 600.0% from 0.25% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Paychex's Return on Sales registered a high of 0.35% during Q1 2024, and its lowest value of 0.2% during Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Paychex's median Return on Sales value was 0.31% (recorded in 2021), while the average stood at 0.29%.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Paychex's Return on Sales surged by 800bps in 2021, and later plummeted by -700bps in 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Paychex's Return on Sales (Quarter) stood at 0.3% in 2021, then rose by 1bps to 0.3% in 2022, then increased by 3bps to 0.31% in 2023, then grew by 1bps to 0.31% in 2024, then dropped by -19bps to 0.25% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 0.25% in Q4 2025, 0.25% for Q3 2025, and 0.2% during Q2 2025.