Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2014 - 2026)
Paylocity Holding (PCTY) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 22.13% for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 5.90 percentage points from 16.23% a year earlier and up 5.19 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Paylocity Holding's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 31.73%, up 10.20 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +14.31 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Paylocity Holding's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 21.53% in FY2025 (-8.96 pp), 30.48% in FY2024 (+19.99 pp) and 10.49% in FY2023.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has run from a low of 5.29% in fiscal Q1 2023 to a high of 34.11% in fiscal Q2 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] increased in two of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.70 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2023, with a gain of 22.37 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2022, with a drop of 35.18 percentage points.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 453.55 Bn | 422.61 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 28.02% |
| 2 | Oracle | 430.98 Bn | 303.54 Bn | - | 9.81% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.23 Bn | 177.31 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 33.74% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 193.08 Bn | 148.96 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 10.68% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.94 Bn | 117.40 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.59% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.51 Bn | 84.63 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.62% |
| 7 | Intuit | 75.44 Bn | 54.79 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 21.09% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.79 Bn | 57.76 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 56.32 Bn | 49.31 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -68.70% |
| 10 | Paylocity Holding | 7.70 Bn | 6.80 Bn | 300.38 Mn | 22.13% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 22.13% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 16.94% |
| 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% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.58% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 8.63% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 8.93% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 40.77% |
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Paylocity Holding Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] 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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=PCTY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=PCTY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();