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

Paylocity Holding (PCTY) recorded quarterly Gross Margin of 77.29% in Q1 2026, up 13.99% quarter-over-quarter from 67.8% in Q4 2025, and up 18.0% on a YoY basis from 65.5% in Q1 2025.

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

Paylocity Holding's Gross Margin history runs 14 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 77.29% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 18.0% year-over-year to 77.29%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 71.93% (down 276.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 74.53%, down 43.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 77.29% for Q1 2026 at Paylocity Holding, up from 67.8% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 77.29% in Q1 2026 to a low of 59.05% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 71.07% across 5 years, with a median of 71.84% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Gross Margin sank 715 bps in 2023, then jumped 1498 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 71.34% in 2022, then gained by 3 bps to 73.37% in 2023, then retreated by 1 bps to 72.6% in 2024, then dropped by 7 bps to 67.8% in 2025, then climbed by 14 bps to 77.29% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 77.29% (Q1 2026), 67.8% (Q4 2025), and 68.55% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 72.98%
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - -
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 89.96%
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 48.77%
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 76.92%
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 85.65%
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 75.07%
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 48.28%
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 89.20%
10 Paylocity Holding 5.66 Bn 5.36 Bn 363.19 Mn 77.29%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 77.29%
Dec 31, 2025 67.80%
Sep 30, 2025 68.55%
Jun 30, 2025 73.50%
Mar 31, 2025 77.11%
Dec 31, 2024 72.60%
Sep 30, 2024 74.45%
Jun 30, 2024 74.03%
Mar 31, 2024 71.10%
Dec 31, 2023 73.37%
Sep 30, 2023 74.09%
Jun 30, 2023 59.05%
Mar 31, 2023 71.84%
Dec 31, 2022 71.34%
Sep 30, 2022 66.62%
Jun 30, 2022 66.20%
Mar 31, 2022 69.29%
Dec 31, 2021 63.87%
Sep 30, 2021 65.50%
Jun 30, 2021 64.74%