Paychex, Inc. (PAYX)

Last Closing Price: 139.67 (2025-01-03)

Company Description

Paychex, Inc. is a recognized leader in the payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing industry, with a steadfast commitment to success and a record of achievement that continues a tradition of delivering excellence. The company offers an ever-growing variety of payroll and human resource products and services that help clients do what they do best - run their business. With a wide range of services - including payroll processing, retirement services, insurance, and a fully outsourced human resource solution - Paychex customizes its offering to the client's business, whether it is small or large, simple or complex.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $5.28B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $1.69B
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 27.78
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 28.85
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) 3.78
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 9.29
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 12.70
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 23.62
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 41.94%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 32.02%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 45.28%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 15.61%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.39
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.39
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.20
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) --
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $10.90
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $1.14
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $4.72
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $4.75
Stock
Exchange NASDAQ
Sector Industrials
Industry Staffing & Employment Services
Common Shares Outstanding 360.06M
Free Float 319.02M
Market Capitalization $49.87B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 2.15M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 1.00
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 11.40%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 83.47%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $3.92
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 2.83%