Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026)

Paylocity Holding (PCTY) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 16.94% in Q1 2026, up 103.69% quarter-over-quarter from 459.06% in Q4 2025, and down 178.0% on a YoY basis from 21.72% in Q1 2025.

Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paylocity Holding's Return on Capital Employed history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 16.94% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 178.0% year-over-year to 16.94%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 16.94% (down 178.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 21.53%, down 896.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 16.94% for Q1 2026 at Paylocity Holding, up from 459.06% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 34.11% in Q4 2023 to a low of 459.06% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 10.55% across 5 years, with a median of 17.51% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed soared 4576 bps in 2022, then slumped 48842 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 27.95% in 2022, then increased by 22 bps to 34.11% in 2023, then slipped by 14 bps to 29.36% in 2024, then sank by 1664 bps to 459.06% in 2025, then jumped by 104 bps to 16.94% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 16.94% (Q1 2026), 459.06% (Q4 2025), and 22.97% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 40.19%
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - 9.54%
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 12.81%
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.40%
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 10.65%
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 17.43%
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 12.32%
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn -20.99%
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 51.24%
10 Paylocity Holding 5.66 Bn 5.36 Bn 363.19 Mn 16.94%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 16.94%
Dec 31, 2025 -459.06%
Sep 30, 2025 22.97%
Jun 30, 2025 16.23%
Mar 31, 2025 18.73%
Dec 31, 2024 29.36%
Sep 30, 2024 17.32%
Jun 30, 2024 17.55%
Mar 31, 2024 25.74%
Dec 31, 2023 34.11%
Sep 30, 2023 18.93%
Jun 30, 2023 13.25%
Mar 31, 2023 17.51%
Dec 31, 2022 27.95%
Sep 30, 2022 5.29%
Jun 30, 2022 10.27%
Mar 31, 2022 -12.38%
Dec 31, 2021 5.58%
Sep 30, 2021 -40.47%
Jun 30, 2021 8.63%