Paychex Ratios (2009-2026) | PAYX

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Profitability
Gross Margin (Quarter)																																											66.51%	66.69%	69.66%	67.22%	66.52%	67.48%	70.46%	67.44%	71.14%	70.09%	72.08%	69.68%	70.46%	69.25%	72.29%	69.30%	71.26%	70.31%	72.78%	71.03%	71.18%	70.40%	73.58%	72.40%	72.27%	72.58%	76.16%
EBT Margin (Quarter)	38.75%	36.43%	39.22%	40.21%	33.36%	36.25%	39.01%	41.08%	38.57%	35.24%	41.88%	41.01%	37.23%	36.56%	41.49%	40.73%	38.87%	36.43%	42.50%	41.21%	39.41%	35.95%	40.95%	40.16%	37.75%	37.22%	41.15%	41.59%	38.03%	37.23%	41.31%	41.05%	38.68%	38.30%	40.99%	37.96%	39.66%	36.79%	38.15%	36.01%	39.76%	31.67%	35.44%	34.71%	41.39%	32.77%	30.10%	35.54%	41.61%	35.66%	40.99%	39.48%	43.94%	32.75%	41.40%	40.66%	45.88%	38.48%	43.81%	42.23%	47.24%	37.97%	42.25%	42.45%	46.78%	27.28%	33.34%	34.60%	40.85%
EBIT Margin (Quarter)	38.54%	36.25%	39.03%	39.98%	33.12%	35.98%	38.74%	40.78%	38.28%	34.97%	41.61%	40.73%	36.94%	36.23%	41.16%	40.39%	38.63%	36.19%	42.30%	41.00%	39.18%	35.73%	40.74%	39.95%	37.53%	36.92%	40.95%	41.36%	37.80%	37.26%	41.12%	40.93%	38.53%	38.10%	40.72%	37.75%	39.42%	36.49%	37.87%	35.77%	40.11%	32.08%	35.93%	35.20%	41.92%	33.67%	30.96%	36.02%	42.15%	36.48%	40.90%	39.72%	44.61%	33.18%	41.71%	40.42%	45.47%	37.63%	42.79%	41.28%	46.57%	37.20%	41.46%	42.01%	47.19%	30.20%	36.31%	38.04%	43.78%
EBITDA Margin (Quarter)	38.54%	36.25%	39.03%	39.98%	33.12%	35.98%	38.74%	40.78%	38.28%	34.97%	41.61%	24.34%	25.39%	21.81%	26.41%	26.40%	23.61%	19.27%	22.53%	29.24%	26.72%	22.35%	26.77%	25.05%	23.97%	21.56%	29.79%	27.51%	26.68%	22.90%	28.95%	19.22%	28.14%	28.00%	27.57%	20.57%	37.36%	25.14%	28.85%	26.10%	32.95%	25.48%	29.91%	25.11%	34.61%	26.07%	25.58%	27.04%	30.10%	26.56%	30.19%	26.23%	30.11%	17.65%	28.76%	28.53%	34.29%	32.76%	31.60%	33.32%	37.31%	29.34%	37.33%	31.37%	35.58%	23.34%	27.64%	26.79%	31.80%
Operating Margin (Quarter)	38.54%	36.25%	39.03%	39.98%	33.12%	35.98%	38.74%	40.78%	38.28%	34.97%	41.61%	40.73%	36.94%	36.23%	41.16%	40.39%	38.63%	36.19%	42.30%	41.00%	39.18%	35.73%	40.74%	39.95%	37.53%	36.92%	40.95%	41.36%	37.80%	37.26%	41.12%	40.93%	38.53%	38.10%	40.72%	37.75%	39.42%	36.49%	37.87%	35.77%	40.11%	32.08%	35.93%	35.20%	41.92%	33.67%	30.96%	36.02%	42.15%	36.48%	40.90%	39.72%	44.61%	33.18%	41.71%	40.42%	45.47%	37.63%	42.79%	41.28%	46.57%	37.20%	41.46%	42.01%	47.19%	30.20%	36.31%	38.04%	43.78%
Net Margin (Quarter)	25.54%	23.66%	25.41%	26.07%	22.06%	23.94%	25.45%	26.78%	25.13%	22.75%	26.97%	26.24%	23.78%	22.80%	26.48%	25.97%	24.81%	21.10%	26.99%	26.17%	25.02%	22.83%	26.09%	25.58%	24.05%	23.66%	28.92%	26.60%	24.36%	24.02%	27.68%	26.59%	25.45%	24.89%	27.00%	24.76%	39.23%	26.29%	28.80%	27.45%	30.33%	23.50%	27.20%	26.65%	31.61%	24.80%	23.07%	27.69%	31.53%	78.76%	30.81%	29.96%	34.14%	24.96%	31.91%	30.83%	34.73%	29.09%	33.45%	32.02%	35.73%	29.33%	32.42%	32.28%	35.42%	20.82%	25.72%	26.30%	30.97%
FCF Margin (Quarter)	44.96%	16.40%	37.51%	18.10%	37.75%	28.48%	37.37%	16.28%	52.87%	12.44%	30.25%	24.34%	46.44%	26.56%	33.85%	22.80%	47.36%	11.77%	40.06%	18.42%	53.98%	26.74%	36.28%	17.88%	37.16%	25.18%	35.56%	22.20%	41.34%	38.83%	34.93%	17.68%	44.24%	24.33%	44.05%	17.57%	59.64%	16.93%	32.27%	26.00%	40.98%	33.80%	27.63%	24.34%	48.13%	30.28%	21.18%	18.48%	36.66%	48.24%	35.49%	9.61%	52.89%	35.47%	30.19%	25.25%	39.98%	30.83%	54.78%	24.24%	47.76%	6.65%	40.46%	17.57%	45.52%	19.85%	44.39%	32.02%	44.61%
Efficiency
Assets Average (Quarter)			4.92B	4.68B	5.22B	5.51B	5.13B	5.03B	5.49B	5.68B	5.19B	4.96B	5.51B	6.29B	6.10B	5.72B	6.62B	6.84B	6.10B	6.03B	6.54B	6.72B	6.33B	6.28B	6.81B	6.91B	6.23B	6.00B	6.54B	6.75B	6.27B	5.94B	6.54B	7.07B	7.23B	7.65B	7.26B	7.38B	7.48B	7.03B	8.68B	9.52B	8.66B	8.67B	9.08B	9.01B	8.46B	8.50B	9.14B	9.45B	9.30B	9.53B	9.99B	9.96B	9.38B	9.17B	9.91B	10.57B	11.37B	12.13B	12.54B	11.70B	10.44B	10.52B	10.89B	13.89B	16.61B	16.59B	17.02B
Equity Average (Quarter)			1.35B	1.38B	1.39B	1.40B	1.42B	1.44B	1.46B	1.48B	1.52B	1.55B	1.58B	1.60B	1.63B	1.68B	1.65B	1.69B	1.76B	1.75B	1.77B	1.78B	1.78B	1.81B	1.85B	1.83B	1.79B	1.82B	1.87B	1.89B	1.95B	1.90B	1.86B	2.06B	2.09B	2.07B	2.30B	2.37B	2.37B	2.41B	2.51B	2.61B	2.57B	2.54B	2.66B	2.77B	2.78B	2.83B	2.93B	2.96B	3.00B	3.08B	3.20B	3.19B	3.11B	3.17B	3.30B	3.45B	3.54B	3.56B	3.64B	3.77B	3.83B	3.89B	4.02B	4.12B	4.05B	3.93B	3.95B
Invested Capital (Quarter)		1.34B	1.36B	1.39B	1.40B	1.40B	1.44B	1.45B	1.47B	1.50B	1.54B	1.56B	1.60B	1.60B	1.66B	1.70B	1.61B	1.77B	1.75B	1.76B	1.79B	1.78B	1.79B	1.83B	1.87B	1.79B	1.79B	1.86B	1.87B	1.91B	2.04B	1.92B	1.95B	2.23B	2.00B	2.34B	2.45B	2.36B	2.44B	2.48B	2.65B	2.62B	2.58B	2.62B	2.81B	2.79B	2.78B	2.90B	2.98B	2.96B	3.05B	3.13B	3.29B	3.09B	3.15B	3.22B	3.41B	3.50B	3.60B	3.54B	3.77B	4.60B	3.87B	3.94B	4.13B	9.08B	8.92B	8.83B	8.97B
Asset Utilization Ratio (Quarter)			0.41	0.42	0.37	0.36	0.39	0.40	0.37	0.36	0.40	0.43	0.40	0.35	0.36	0.39	0.34	0.34	0.38	0.39	0.37	0.37	0.40	0.42	0.39	0.39	0.45	0.47	0.44	0.43	0.48	0.51	0.47	0.44	0.43	0.41	0.45	0.45	0.46	0.49	0.41	0.39	0.45	0.46	0.45	0.44	0.46	0.46	0.43	0.42	0.45	0.45	0.44	0.47	0.51	0.52	0.49	0.46	0.44	0.41	0.41	0.44	0.50	0.50	0.49	0.40	0.34	0.35	0.37
Leverage & Solvency
Interest Coverage Ratio (Quarter)																											0.00B	980.67	0.00B	690.75	461.43	518.50	511.00	498.17	396.63	233.15	335.45	431.57	355.89	384.00	64.07	34.18	33.89	33.83	50.55	32.92	31.56	39.37	53.25	39.31	48.14	47.34	62.53	43.30	54.46	51.34	67.99	48.22	57.05	59.55	65.64	50.72	56.95	56.64	30.61	6.77	7.95	8.35	11.63
Debt to Equity (Quarter)																															0.03	0.06	0.03		0.03	0.06	0.02		0.02	0.02	0.33	0.30	0.34	0.33	0.31	0.29	0.29	0.28	0.27	0.27	0.26	0.26	0.25	0.26	0.26	0.25	0.24	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.22	0.22	0.21	0.21	0.20	1.20	1.25	1.28	1.23
Debt Ratio (Quarter)																															0.01	0.02	0.01		0.01	0.02	0.01		0.01	0.01	0.08	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.09	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.28
Equity Ratio (Quarter)		0.26	0.29	0.30	0.24	0.27	0.29	0.29	0.25	0.28	0.31	0.32	0.26	0.25	0.29	0.30	0.21	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.25	0.28	0.28	0.29	0.25	0.28	0.30	0.31	0.27	0.30	0.33	0.31	0.26	0.33	0.26	0.29	0.35	0.30	0.34	0.35	0.25	0.30	0.29	0.30	0.29	0.33	0.33	0.34	0.31	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.34	0.35	0.32	0.33	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.25	0.24	0.23	0.23
Times Interest Earned (Quarter)																											0.00B	980.67	0.00B	690.75	461.43	518.50	511.00	498.17	396.63	233.15	335.45	431.57	355.89	384.00	64.07	34.18	33.89	33.83	50.55	32.92	31.56	39.37	53.25	39.31	48.14	47.34	62.53	43.30	54.46	51.34	67.99	48.22	57.05	59.55	65.64	50.72	56.95	56.64	30.61	6.77	7.95	8.35	11.63
Dividends & Payouts
FCF Payout Ratio (Quarter)	0.49	1.42	0.61	1.28	0.59	0.82	0.58	1.38	0.41	1.73	0.67	0.89	0.44	0.81	0.59	0.92	0.87		0.53	1.14	0.37	0.74	0.58	1.14	0.53	0.80	0.59	0.96	0.49	0.53	0.61	1.23	0.47	0.87	0.52	1.27	0.32	1.43	0.74	0.90	0.46	0.67	0.83	0.94	0.41	0.83	1.15	1.23	0.55	0.51	0.62	2.24	0.36	0.68	0.79	0.96	0.53	0.87	0.47	1.08	0.48	4.10	0.66	1.57	0.53	1.37	0.59	0.81	0.48
Valuation
Enterprise Value (Quarter)	-0.43B	-0.49B	-0.33B	-0.29B	-0.40B	-0.37B	-0.45B	-0.46B	-0.47B	-0.46B	-0.49B	-0.41B	-0.50B	-0.32B	-0.39B	-0.30B	-0.57B	-0.51B	-0.56B	-0.46B	-0.59B	-0.55B	-0.56B	-0.53B	-0.62B	-0.54B	-0.54B	-0.48B	-0.33B	-0.35B	-0.50B	-0.29B	-0.40B	-0.32B	-0.37B	-0.34B	-0.42B	-0.42B	-0.52B	-0.76B	-0.77B	-0.72B	-0.63B	-0.64B	-0.84B	-0.93B	-0.89B	-0.87B	-0.84B	-1.03B	-1.15B	-0.69B	-0.32B	-0.42B	-1.24B	-1.15B	-1.37B	-1.27B	-1.70B	-1.41B	-1.73B	-1.52B	-1.51B	-1.27B	-1.61B	-1.68B	-0.86B	-1.54B	-1.79B
Return Ratios
Return on Sales (Quarter)	0.26%	0.24%	0.25%	0.26%	0.22%	0.24%	0.25%	0.27%	0.25%	0.23%	0.27%	0.26%	0.24%	0.23%	0.26%	0.26%	0.25%	0.21%	0.27%	0.26%	0.25%	0.23%	0.26%	0.26%	0.24%	0.24%	0.29%	0.27%	0.24%	0.24%	0.28%	0.27%	0.25%	0.25%	0.27%	0.25%	0.39%	0.36%	0.29%	0.27%	0.30%	0.24%	0.27%	0.27%	0.32%	0.25%	0.23%	0.28%	0.32%	0.27%	0.31%	0.30%	0.34%	0.25%	0.32%	0.31%	0.35%	0.29%	0.33%	0.32%	0.36%	0.29%	0.32%	0.32%	0.35%	0.21%	0.26%	0.26%	0.31%
Return on Capital Employed (Quarter)			0.47%	0.50%	0.80%	0.41%	0.46%	0.48%	0.71%	0.42%	0.44%	0.48%	0.74%	0.55%	0.40%	0.48%	1.03%	0.35%	0.47%	0.49%	0.69%	0.43%	0.50%	0.51%	0.71%	0.45%	0.50%	0.56%	0.75%	0.48%	0.50%	0.55%	0.96%	0.53%	0.70%	0.57%	0.49%	0.62%	0.42%	0.48%	0.64%	0.29%	0.37%	0.37%	0.40%	0.32%	0.33%	0.34%	0.37%	0.32%	0.37%	0.40%	0.42%	0.39%	0.40%	0.44%	0.50%	0.43%	0.51%	0.43%	0.47%	0.34%	0.43%	0.43%	0.44%	0.32%	0.23%	0.23%	0.26%
Return on Invested Capital (Quarter)			0.37%	0.36%	0.34%	0.34%	0.34%	0.34%	0.35%	0.35%	0.35%	0.35%	0.34%	0.34%	0.34%	0.33%	0.34%	0.33%	0.33%	0.33%	0.34%	0.35%	0.36%	0.36%	0.35%	0.37%	0.40%	0.40%	0.39%	0.40%	0.39%	0.39%	0.41%	0.39%	0.38%	0.37%	0.40%	0.45%	0.46%	0.46%	0.43%	0.39%	0.41%	0.42%	0.41%	0.40%	0.38%	0.38%	0.37%	0.38%	0.41%	0.42%	0.43%	0.44%	0.47%	0.47%	0.45%	0.45%	0.44%	0.45%	0.45%	0.40%	0.39%	0.43%	0.43%	0.25%	0.19%	0.19%	0.20%
Return on Assets (Quarter)			0.10%	0.11%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.10%	0.09%	0.09%	0.10%	0.11%	0.10%	0.09%	0.09%	0.10%	0.09%	0.08%	0.09%	0.10%	0.09%	0.09%	0.10%	0.10%	0.10%	0.10%	0.11%	0.12%	0.11%	0.11%	0.12%	0.13%	0.12%	0.12%	0.11%	0.11%	0.13%	0.15%	0.15%	0.16%	0.13%	0.11%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.13%	0.13%	0.14%	0.14%	0.15%	0.16%	0.15%	0.15%	0.14%	0.13%	0.13%	0.14%	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%	0.12%	0.10%	0.10%	0.10%
Return on Equity (Quarter)			0.38%	0.36%	0.34%	0.34%	0.34%	0.34%	0.35%	0.35%	0.35%	0.35%	0.34%	0.34%	0.34%	0.33%	0.34%	0.34%	0.33%	0.34%	0.34%	0.35%	0.36%	0.36%	0.36%	0.37%	0.40%	0.40%	0.40%	0.40%	0.39%	0.41%	0.43%	0.40%	0.39%	0.39%	0.42%	0.45%	0.47%	0.48%	0.44%	0.40%	0.41%	0.42%	0.42%	0.40%	0.38%	0.37%	0.36%	0.37%	0.41%	0.42%	0.42%	0.44%	0.46%	0.46%	0.46%	0.45%	0.45%	0.46%	0.46%	0.45%	0.44%	0.44%	0.43%	0.40%	0.40%	0.41%	0.41%

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