Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026)
Paylocity Holding's (PCTY) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 16.94% in Q1 2026, down 178.0% year-on-year from 21.72% in Q1 2025, and up 103.69% quarter-over-quarter from 459.06% in Q4 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.
- On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 178.0% year-over-year to 16.94% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 16.94%, a 178.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 21.53%, down 896.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed grew to 16.94% in Q1 2026 per PCTY's latest filing, from 459.06% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 34.11% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 459.06% in Q4 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 17.51% (2023), against an average of 10.55%.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 4576 bps in 2022 and slumped 48842 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
- Year by year, Return on Capital Employed 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 tumbled by 1664 bps to 459.06% in 2025, then jumped by 104 bps to 16.94% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest PCTY Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 16.94% (Q1 2026), 459.06% (Q4 2025), and 22.97% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 208.91 Bn | 189.27 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 40.19% |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 188.77 Bn | 186.13 Bn | - | 9.52% |
| 3 | Shopify | 145.98 Bn | 140.23 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.40% |
| 4 | Uber Technologies | 141.48 Bn | 140.44 Bn | 5.95 Bn | 12.81% |
| 5 | Salesforce | 128.51 Bn | 116.67 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 10.65% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 98.38 Bn | 93.20 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.59% |
| 7 | Automatic Data Processing | 97.56 Bn | 94.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -7.29% |
| 8 | Snowflake | 91.55 Bn | 88.59 Bn | 926.45 Mn | -25.94% |
| 9 | Cadence Design Systems | 89.91 Bn | 88.50 Bn | 1.41 Bn | 17.43% |
| 10 | Paylocity Holding | 6.48 Bn | 6.18 Bn | 363.19 Mn | 16.94% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |