Paychex PAYX Ratios (2009-2026)

NASDAQ PAYX
$101.37 -0.22 (-0.22%)
At close: Sep 25, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT
Reported Financials

Paychex Quarterly Ratios

Periods 71 quarters
Latest Aug 2026

Paychex reported a gross margin of 73.62% and a net margin of 26.35% for the quarter ended Aug 2026. These financial ratios cover 71 quarters of results from Feb 2009 through Aug 2026, standardized by Business Quant from the company’s SEC filings.

Ratios Feb2009 May2009 Aug2009 Nov2009 Feb2010 May2010 Aug2010 Nov2010 Feb2011 May2011 Aug2011 Nov2011 Feb2012 May2012 Aug2012 Nov2012 Feb2013 May2013 Aug2013 Nov2013 Feb2014 May2014 Aug2014 Nov2014 Feb2015 May2015 Aug2015 Nov2015 Feb2016 May2016 Aug2016 Nov2016 Feb2017 May2017 Aug2017 Nov2017 Feb2018 May2018 Aug2018 Nov2018 Feb2019 May2019 Aug2019 Nov2019 Feb2020 May2020 Aug2020 Nov2020 Feb2021 May2021 Aug2021 Nov2021 Feb2022 May2022 Aug2022 Nov2022 Feb2023 May2023 Aug2023 Nov2023 Feb2024 May2024 Aug2024 Nov2024 Feb2025 May2025 Aug2025 Nov2025 Feb2026 May2026 Aug2026
Profitability
Gross Margin
70.09%72.40%68.54%70.90%69.81%73.00%69.93%71.99%71.05%73.61%71.03%71.18%71.21%74.33%72.40%73.13%73.54%76.16%74.01%73.62%
EBT Margin
39.48%43.44%33.98%40.79%39.92%44.71%37.70%42.70%41.17%45.80%37.97%42.25%41.29%45.45%27.28%32.31%33.40%40.85%34.52%34.65%
EBIT Margin
39.72%44.11%34.43%41.09%39.68%44.31%36.87%41.70%40.24%45.15%37.20%41.46%40.86%45.84%30.20%35.19%36.72%43.78%37.66%37.98%
EBITDA Margin
40.15%44.39%43.26%49.13%39.37%43.97%45.01%49.35%39.73%44.67%45.22%48.86%40.07%45.22%40.40%46.21%36.45%43.60%48.74%48.76%
Operating Margin
39.72%44.11%34.43%41.09%39.68%44.31%36.87%41.70%40.24%45.15%37.20%41.46%40.86%45.84%30.20%35.19%36.72%43.78%37.66%37.98%
Net Margin
29.96%33.75%25.90%31.44%30.27%33.85%28.50%32.60%31.22%34.64%29.33%32.42%31.39%34.41%20.82%24.92%25.39%30.97%26.20%26.35%
FCF Margin
12.23%45.31%33.81%27.67%26.89%38.96%30.20%50.88%21.51%43.84%13.93%38.72%18.83%44.22%19.85%43.02%24.58%42.10%32.08%21.92%
Efficiency
Assets AverageAssets Avg.
9.53B9.99B9.96B9.38B9.17B9.91B10.57B11.37B12.13B12.54B11.70B10.44B10.52B10.89B13.89B16.61B16.59B17.02B16.84B15.92B
Equity AverageEquity Avg.
3.08B3.20B3.19B3.11B3.17B3.30B3.45B3.54B3.56B3.64B3.77B3.83B3.89B4.02B4.12B4.05B3.93B3.95B3.87B3.72B
Invested CapitalInvested Cap.
3.94B4.10B3.90B3.96B4.02B4.22B4.31B4.41B4.35B4.58B4.64B4.69B4.76B4.95B9.09B8.94B8.85B8.97B8.29B8.26B
Asset Utilization RatioAsset Util.
0.450.450.460.500.530.500.470.450.430.420.450.510.510.500.400.350.360.370.390.41
Leverage & Solvency
Interest Coverage RatioInterest Cover
47.3462.5343.3054.4651.3467.9948.2257.0559.5565.6450.7256.9556.6430.616.777.958.3511.639.359.51
Debt Ratio
0.080.080.080.090.090.080.080.070.070.060.080.080.080.070.300.300.300.280.280.29
Times Interest Earned
47.3462.5343.3054.4651.3467.9948.2257.0559.5565.6450.7256.9556.6430.616.777.958.3511.639.359.51
Dividends & Payouts
Dividend Coverage RatioDiv. Cover
1.391.811.041.331.271.641.091.301.231.561.081.211.171.470.760.991.021.440.991.01
FCF Payout RatioFCF Cover
1.760.410.740.850.890.530.870.491.180.511.960.691.420.531.370.591.010.510.831.19
Dividend YieldDiv. Yield
2.18%2.22%2.24%2.35%2.44%2.86%3.11%2.75%2.84%2.91%3.04%2.85%2.62%2.58%2.54%2.96%3.79%4.63%4.61%3.58%
Payout Ratio
0.530.510.720.730.750.760.750.760.770.770.780.790.800.810.870.920.950.950.900.90
Valuation
Price to EarningsP/E
24.1623.1032.0030.9030.4926.4724.2927.6426.9326.5825.6027.8030.6431.4034.3531.1025.1320.5019.5925.10
Price to SalesP/S
9.939.569.669.399.288.097.558.688.518.478.208.899.8110.0410.228.666.655.305.306.87
Price to BookP/B
13.7913.0814.4514.1713.9511.7010.8312.3112.4511.7811.3812.2613.4213.2713.7912.6410.338.369.2312.23
Enterprise Value
42.37B42.71B43.34B43.27B43.62B38.48B36.61B42.50B42.52B42.45B41.80B45.76B51.47B53.07B55.30B49.38B38.61B31.81B33.40B44.73B
EV to EBIT
24.8423.7323.5622.8622.6619.5018.0020.5020.1719.7819.2320.9523.2223.5025.0522.4217.2613.6113.3017.29
EV to EBITDA
22.2421.3721.2020.6120.5517.7916.4718.7718.5318.2117.6919.2921.4421.7522.7519.7715.2112.0311.7215.25
Market Capitalization
43.01B42.98B44.57B44.45B44.71B39.80B37.83B44.15B43.88B44.14B43.27B47.22B52.67B54.63B56.93B50.19B40.10B33.55B34.49B45.33B
Price to FCFP/FCF
34.2330.1230.6130.9927.6225.2124.2023.4423.9222.9024.9229.6533.5534.0133.3126.9720.0916.0514.8522.48
EV to FCF
33.7229.9329.7730.1626.9424.3823.4222.5623.1822.0324.0728.7332.7933.0432.3626.5319.3515.2214.3822.18
EV to CFO
30.5927.4227.2627.5924.8722.5021.4520.8921.3620.2822.0326.1429.6729.8329.0923.8217.3713.7113.0619.87
Return Ratios
Return on Sales [ROS]ROS
39.72%44.11%34.43%41.09%39.68%44.31%36.87%41.70%40.24%45.15%37.20%41.46%40.86%45.84%30.20%35.19%36.72%43.78%37.66%37.98%
Return on Capital Employed [ROCE]ROCE
39.61%41.88%39.23%40.46%43.58%49.96%42.63%51.46%43.26%47.29%34.00%42.90%42.68%44.38%31.83%23.23%23.42%25.58%25.10%27.02%
Return on Invested Capital [ROIC]ROIC
33.14%34.18%35.11%37.01%37.04%36.48%36.24%36.07%36.50%36.43%35.94%35.76%35.82%35.52%23.94%18.63%19.17%20.01%22.16%23.74%
Return on Assets [ROA]ROA
13.43%13.61%13.98%15.33%15.99%15.17%14.73%14.04%13.44%13.25%14.44%16.28%16.34%15.98%11.93%9.71%9.62%9.62%10.45%11.35%
Return on Equity [ROE]ROE
41.51%42.44%43.72%46.23%46.25%45.51%45.18%45.12%45.83%45.68%44.79%44.40%44.22%43.27%40.20%39.85%40.65%41.47%45.43%48.54%

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