Growth Metrics

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

Paylocity Holding's quarterly Operating Margin came in at 33.4% in Q1 2026, up 324.0% year-on-year from 7.88% in Q1 2025, and up 97.51% quarter-over-quarter from 16.91% in Q4 2025.

Paylocity Holding has reported Operating Margin for 14 years, with the latest figure at 33.4% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 324.0% year-over-year to 33.4%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 22.1% (up 102.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 20.66%, up 36.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 33.4%, up from 16.91% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 33.4% in Q1 2026, with the low at 2.8% in Q3 2022.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 17.69%, with a median of 17.9% recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Margin soared 1132 bps in 2023 and tumbled 325 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing PCTY's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 7.1% in 2022, then soared by 135 bps to 16.66% in 2023, then decreased by 20 bps to 13.41% in 2024, then advanced by 26 bps to 16.91% in 2025, then surged by 98 bps to 33.4% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 33.4% (Q1 2026), 16.91% (Q4 2025), and 18.18% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating 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 12.05%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 13.34%
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 33.40%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 33.40%
Dec 31, 2025 16.91%
Sep 30, 2025 18.18%
Jun 30, 2025 17.90%
Mar 31, 2025 30.17%
Dec 31, 2024 13.41%
Sep 30, 2024 19.26%
Jun 30, 2024 19.37%
Mar 31, 2024 26.49%
Dec 31, 2023 16.66%
Sep 30, 2023 14.12%
Jun 30, 2023 13.76%
Mar 31, 2023 23.65%
Dec 31, 2022 7.10%
Sep 30, 2022 2.80%
Jun 30, 2022 8.22%
Mar 31, 2022 19.26%
Dec 31, 2021 4.15%
Sep 30, 2021 5.67%
Jun 30, 2021 5.43%
Mar 31, 2021 21.17%
Dec 31, 2020 4.34%
Sep 30, 2020 2.54%
Jun 30, 2020 4.89%
Mar 31, 2020 28.57%
Dec 31, 2019 4.78%
Sep 30, 2019 4.73%
Jun 30, 2019 7.65%
Mar 31, 2019 27.15%
Dec 31, 2018 6.55%
Sep 30, 2018 3.89%
Jun 30, 2018 -5.34%
Mar 31, 2018 18.05%
Dec 31, 2017 0.15%
Sep 30, 2017 0.63%
Jun 30, 2017 -4.51%
Mar 31, 2017 16.48%
Dec 31, 2016 -2.39%
Sep 30, 2016 -3.86%
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%