Paychex, Inc.
General ticker "PAYX" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Staffing & Employment Services
- Capitalization: $45.0B (TTM average)
Paychex, Inc. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -32.5%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.5%: low 97.88$, high 100.84$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company included in NASDAQ-100 index
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-05-13, amount 1.19$ (Y4.83%)
- Total employees count: 19000 (+15.2%) as of 2025
- Top business risk factors: Cybersecurity threats, Data protection, Regulatory and compliance, Bankruptcy risk, Acquisition/divestiture risks
- Current price 27.9% below estimated low
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-05-31 to 2027-05-31
- 2025-05-31 to 2026-05-31 estimated range: [132.65$, 173.27$]
- 2026-05-31 to 2027-05-31 estimated range: [136.54$, 178.39$]
Financial Metrics affecting the PAYX estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 31.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 39.62 > 18.39
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 9.10 > 6.06
- Positive: -0.02 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 3.36
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.19 <= 0.73
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.04 <= 0.28
- Positive: -9.55 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -0.88
- Positive: 19.24 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 24.92 <= 42.59
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.29 <= 0
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -5.92 <= -4.41
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Long-term PAYX plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $5,007.10MM | $5,278.30MM | $5,571.70MM |
| Operating Expenses | $2,974.00MM | $3,104.20MM | $3,364.00MM |
| Operating Income | $2,033.10MM | $2,174.10MM | $2,207.70MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $15.10MM | $43.90MM | $-31.80MM |
| Interest Expense | $36.70MM | $37.30MM | $105.40MM |
| Income(Loss) | $2,048.20MM | $2,218.00MM | $2,175.90MM |
| Taxes | $490.90MM | $527.60MM | $518.60MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $1,557.30MM | $1,690.40MM | $1,657.30MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $3,493.20MM | $3,801.00MM | $4,128.00MM |
| Assets | $10,546.40MM | $10,383.10MM | $16,564.10MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $1,706.20MM | $1,897.70MM | $1,900.90MM |
| Capital expenditure | $143.00MM | $161.40MM | $191.80MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $211.70MM | $-260.90MM | $-3,356.80MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-711.40MM | $-1,874.70MM | $2,293.20MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $4.32 | $4.69 | $4.60 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.