Paylocity Holding Corp (PCTY) Operating Margin (2013 - 2026)
Paylocity Holding's Operating Margin was 18.98% in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 2.46 percentage points from 16.53% a year earlier but down 12.27 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Paylocity Holding Corp (PCTY) Operating Margin (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Operating Margin at Paylocity Holding came in at 21.79%, up 2.73 percentage points from FY2025.
- Operating Margin has now increased for five consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +12.66 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Operating Margin was 19.06% in FY2025 (+0.51 pp), 18.54% in FY2024 (+5.35 pp), 13.20% in FY2023 (+3.28 pp) and 9.92% in FY2022 (+0.79 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has moved between 2.80% (fiscal Q1 2023) and 31.25% (fiscal Q3 2026) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Margin has increased for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.63 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin over five years was fiscal Q1 2024 (a gain of 10.17 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q2 2025 (a drop of 2.86 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, PCTY's Operating Margin in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 was 31.25% (Q3 2026), 16.91% (Q2 2026) and 18.18% (Q1 2026).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 18.98% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 31.25% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 16.91% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 18.18% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 16.53% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 27.95% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 12.37% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 17.67% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 17.61% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 26.49% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 15.23% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.97% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 16.00% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 23.65% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.67% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.80% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.22% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 19.26% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.15% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.64% |
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Paylocity Holding Corp Operating Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=PCTY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-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=operating-margin&ticker=PCTY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();