Paylocity Holding PCTY
NASDAQ PCTY
$152.25 -2.18 (-1.41%)
At close: Sep 4, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Paylocity Holding (PCTY) posted Gross Margin of 67.54% for Q2 2026, down 6.59% on a QoQ basis from 72.31% in Q1 2026, and down 30.0% year-over-year from 96.49% in Q2 2025.

Analysis

Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Gross Margin (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paylocity Holding has reported Gross Margin for 14 years, with the latest figure at 67.54% in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 30.0% year-over-year to 67.54% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 69.19%, a 42.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 69.19%, up 42.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 67.54% for Q2 2026 at Paylocity Holding, down from 72.31% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Gross Margin was 72.31% in Q1 2026, with the low at 66.2% in Q2 2022.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 68.55%, with a median of 67.95% recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Gross Margin surged 313 bps in 2022, then tumbled 136 bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Gross Margin stood at 67.01% in 2022, then climbed by 0 bps to 67.09% in 2023, then retreated by 0 bps to 66.96% in 2024, then rose by 1 bps to 67.8% in 2025, then retreated by 0 bps to 67.54% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 67.54% (Q2 2026), 72.31% (Q1 2026), and 67.8% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Automatic Data Processing 110.44 Bn 106.21 Bn 2.51 Bn 45.88%
2 Paychex 43.28 Bn 42.14 Bn 1.19 Bn 74.01%
3 Paycom Software 10.27 Bn 10.07 Bn 412.40 Mn 77.64%
4 Paylocity Holding 8.11 Bn 7.84 Bn 300.38 Mn 67.54%
5 Kanzhun 7.88 Bn 5.57 Bn 306.38 Mn 86.67%
6 Alight 393.98 Mn 180.98 Mn 142.00 Mn 27.79%
7 Asure Software 267.49 Mn 247.81 Mn 25.06 Mn 67.51%
8 Dhi 194.97 Mn 191.20 Mn 25.04 Mn 79.90%
9 CXApp 5.71 Mn 5.71 Mn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 67.54%
Mar 31, 2026 72.31%
Dec 31, 2025 67.80%
Sep 30, 2025 68.55%
Jun 30, 2025 67.84%
Mar 31, 2025 71.43%
Dec 31, 2024 66.96%
Sep 30, 2024 68.33%
Jun 30, 2024 67.29%
Mar 31, 2024 71.10%
Dec 31, 2023 67.09%
Sep 30, 2023 68.05%
Jun 30, 2023 68.65%
Mar 31, 2023 71.84%
Dec 31, 2022 67.01%
Sep 30, 2022 66.62%
Jun 30, 2022 66.20%
Mar 31, 2022 69.29%
Dec 31, 2021 63.87%
Sep 30, 2021 65.19%