Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Price to Earnings (2017 - 2026)
Paylocity Holding's Price to Earnings was 20.64 in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), down 53.3% from 44.17 a year earlier and down 7.9% from the prior quarter.
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Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Price to Earnings (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
From fiscal Q3 2017 onward, Paylocity Holding has reported Price to Earnings for 38 quarters.
- In earlier fiscal years, Price to Earnings was 44.17 in FY2025 (+24.8%), 35.40 in FY2024 (-51.7%), 73.27 in FY2023 (-30.9%) and 106.04 in FY2022 (-27.9%).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Price to Earnings in data going back to fiscal Q3 2017.
- Compared with a year earlier, Price to Earnings has declined for four straight quarters, with an average decline of 22.1% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Price to Earnings over five years was fiscal Q4 2025 (growth of 24.8%); the worst was fiscal Q4 2026 (a decline of 53.3%).
- Per Business Quant data, PCTY's Price to Earnings in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 was 22.42 (Q3 2026), 34.48 (Q2 2026) and 38.40 (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 453.55 Bn | 422.61 Bn | 1.64 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 430.98 Bn | 303.54 Bn | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.23 Bn | 177.31 Bn | 8.40 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 193.08 Bn | 148.96 Bn | 8.70 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.94 Bn | 117.40 Bn | 2.82 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.51 Bn | 84.63 Bn | 2.51 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 75.44 Bn | 54.79 Bn | 3.44 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 60.79 Bn | 57.76 Bn | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 56.32 Bn | 49.31 Bn | 81.55 Mn |
| 10 | Paylocity Holding | 7.70 Bn | 6.80 Bn | 300.38 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 20.64 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 22.42 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 34.48 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 38.40 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 44.17 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 45.77 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 50.40 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 41.45 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 35.40 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 49.68 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 55.42 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 70.39 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 73.27 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 93.45 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 112.91 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 149.09 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 106.04 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 129.60 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 145.40 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 172.78 |
API Access
Paylocity Holding Price to Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=PCTY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "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=price-to-earnings&ticker=PCTY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();