Growth Metrics

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

Paylocity Holding's quarterly Gross Margin came in at 77.29% in Q1 2026, up 18.0% year-on-year from 65.5% in Q1 2025, and up 13.99% quarter-over-quarter from 67.8% in Q4 2025.

Paylocity Holding has reported Gross Margin for 14 years, with the latest figure at 77.29% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 18.0% year-over-year to 77.29%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 71.93% (down 276.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 74.53%, down 43.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 77.29%, up from 67.8% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Gross Margin was 77.29% in Q1 2026, with the low at 59.05% in Q2 2023.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 71.07%, with a median of 71.84% recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Gross Margin sank 715 bps in 2023 and soared 1498 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing PCTY's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 71.34% in 2022, then advanced by 3 bps to 73.37% in 2023, then decreased by 1 bps to 72.6% in 2024, then declined by 7 bps to 67.8% in 2025, then grew 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 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 72.98%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 77.61%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 89.96%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 48.77%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 75.07%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 85.65%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 89.62%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 48.28%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 79.05%
10 Paylocity Holding 6.07 Bn 5.77 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%
Mar 31, 2021 69.61%
Dec 31, 2020 63.41%
Sep 30, 2020 63.64%
Jun 30, 2020 65.54%
Mar 31, 2020 73.95%
Dec 31, 2019 67.94%
Sep 30, 2019 66.36%
Jun 30, 2019 66.69%
Mar 31, 2019 74.84%
Dec 31, 2018 64.49%
Sep 30, 2018 66.56%
Jun 30, 2018 59.90%
Mar 31, 2018 65.92%
Dec 31, 2017 57.16%
Sep 30, 2017 57.11%
Jun 30, 2017 56.40%
Mar 31, 2017 64.46%
Dec 31, 2016 55.74%
Sep 30, 2016 56.39%
Jun 30, 2016 55.58%
Mar 31, 2016 61.44%
Dec 31, 2015 56.33%
Sep 30, 2015 55.23%
Jun 30, 2015 54.71%
Mar 31, 2015 59.21%
Dec 31, 2014 47.41%
Sep 30, 2014 50.33%
Jun 30, 2014 47.28%
Mar 31, 2014 55.80%
Dec 31, 2013 44.29%
Sep 30, 2013 47.49%
Jun 30, 2013 46.32%
Mar 31, 2013 55.29%