Growth Metrics

Paylocity Holding (PCTY) EBITDA Margin (2013 - 2026)

Paylocity Holding's quarterly EBITDA Margin came in at 22.58% in Q1 2026, up 3.0% year-on-year from 21.92% in Q1 2025, and up 86.94% quarter-over-quarter from 12.08% in Q4 2025.

Paylocity Holding has reported EBITDA Margin for 14 years, with the latest figure at 22.58% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin rose 3.0% year-over-year to 22.58%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 15.36% (down 89.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 15.88%, down 54.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 22.58%, up from 12.08% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBITDA Margin was 22.58% in Q1 2026, with the low at 6.28% in Q4 2022.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 13.86%, with a median of 13.65% recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, EBITDA Margin plunged 618 bps in 2022 and surged 814 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing PCTY's EBITDA Margin over 5 years: stood at 6.28% in 2022, then jumped by 130 bps to 14.42% in 2023, then slumped by 37 bps to 9.15% in 2024, then soared by 32 bps to 12.08% in 2025, then soared by 87 bps to 22.58% in 2026.
  • The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 22.58% (Q1 2026), 12.08% (Q4 2025), and 11.92% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 28.69%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 16.69%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 14.56%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn -18.49%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 12.12%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 29.26%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 37.79%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -22.99%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 46.97%
10 Paylocity Holding 6.07 Bn 5.77 Bn 363.19 Mn 22.58%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 22.58%
Dec 31, 2025 12.08%
Sep 30, 2025 11.92%
Jun 30, 2025 13.65%
Mar 31, 2025 22.55%
Dec 31, 2024 9.15%
Sep 30, 2024 16.93%
Jun 30, 2024 14.96%
Mar 31, 2024 20.95%
Dec 31, 2023 14.42%
Sep 30, 2023 11.87%
Jun 30, 2023 9.75%
Mar 31, 2023 17.52%
Dec 31, 2022 6.28%
Sep 30, 2022 11.05%
Jun 30, 2022 6.29%
Mar 31, 2022 13.67%
Dec 31, 2021 4.86%
Sep 30, 2021 17.06%
Jun 30, 2021 7.05%
Mar 31, 2021 19.85%
Dec 31, 2020 6.46%
Sep 30, 2020 9.01%
Jun 30, 2020 4.43%
Mar 31, 2020 23.91%
Dec 31, 2019 4.24%
Sep 30, 2019 10.98%
Jun 30, 2019 8.58%
Mar 31, 2019 21.14%
Dec 31, 2018 5.31%
Sep 30, 2018 10.17%
Jun 30, 2018 -1.57%
Mar 31, 2018 34.49%
Dec 31, 2017 0.38%
Sep 30, 2017 0.66%
Jun 30, 2017 -5.05%
Mar 31, 2017 16.40%
Dec 31, 2016 -2.43%
Sep 30, 2016 -3.95%
Jun 30, 2016 -8.42%
Mar 31, 2016 8.79%
Dec 31, 2015 -2.34%
Sep 30, 2015 -7.58%
Jun 30, 2015 -10.66%
Mar 31, 2015 3.61%
Dec 31, 2014 -18.84%
Sep 30, 2014 -15.74%
Jun 30, 2014 -22.01%
Mar 31, 2014 6.32%
Dec 31, 2013 -10.09%
Sep 30, 2013 -1.94%
Jun 30, 2013 -4.29%
Mar 31, 2013 10.85%