Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Gross Margin (2013 - 2026)
Paylocity Holding (PCTY) reported Gross Margin of 67.54% for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), down 0.30 percentage points from 67.84% a year earlier and down 4.76 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Gross Margin (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Paylocity Holding posted Gross Margin of 69.19%, up 0.42 percentage points from FY2025.
- Gross Margin has a five-year change of +3.69 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Gross Margin came in at 68.77% in FY2025 (+0.26 pp), 68.50% in FY2024 (-0.25 pp), 68.75% in FY2023 (+2.41 pp) and 66.34% in FY2022 (+0.84 pp).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Gross Margin since fiscal Q2 2025.
- Year over year, Gross Margin gained in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.33 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Gross Margin in five years was fiscal Q2 2023 (a gain of 3.13 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2024 (a drop of 1.36 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 came in at 72.31% (Q3 2026), 67.80% (Q2 2026) and 68.55% (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 84.66% |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 73.17% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 76.65% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 70.68% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 45.88% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 79.10% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 66.64% |
| 10 | Paylocity Holding | 7.60 Bn | 6.70 Bn | 300.38 Mn | 67.54% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
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Paylocity Holding Gross Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=PCTY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "gross-margin", "ticker": "PCTY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=PCTY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();