Paychex, Inc.
General ticker "PAYX" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Professional Services
- Capitalization: $51.3B (TTM average)
Paychex, Inc. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -14.0%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.1%: low 110.83$, high 113.28$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2025-12-18 bmo
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company included in NASDAQ-100 index
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-11-07, amount 1.08$ (Y3.87%)
- Total employees count: 16500 (-0.6%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Cybersecurity threats, Economic downturns and volatility, Third-party risks, Acquisition/divestiture risks, Litigation risks
- Current price 14.0% below estimated low
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 are below 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: [129.93$, 176.50$]
- 2026-05-31 to 2027-05-31 estimated range: [128.97$, 177.68$]
Financial Metrics affecting the PAYX estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 31.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 39.62 > 18.64
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 9.10 > 6.04
- Positive: 18.93 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 24.92 <= 41.86
- Negative: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 0 <= 0
- Negative: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 5.41 <= 5.52
- Positive: -8.75 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 0.66
- Positive: -14.38 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -6.49
- Negative: 0.01 < Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.19
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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 | $0.00MM | $0.00MM | $105.40MM |
| Income(Loss) | $2,048.20MM | $2,218.00MM | $2,175.90MM |
| Taxes | $490.90MM | $527.60MM | $518.60MM |
| Profit(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 | $1,951.10MM |
| Capital expenditure | $143.00MM | $161.40MM | $191.80MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $211.70MM | $-260.90MM | $-3,676.70MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-711.40MM | $-1,874.70MM | $2,562.90MM |
| 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.