Skip to content

Paychex PAYX Earnings yield

Earnings yield at other companies

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. logo
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.ADP
5.3%+2.1pp
Equifax logo
EquifaxEFX
3.2%+1.2pp
ROP
Roper Technologies, Inc.ROP
4.7%+2.3pp
Global Payments logo
Global PaymentsGPN
-3.8%-10.3pp
Corpay logo
CorpayCPAY
5.9%+1.8pp
PayPal Holdings, Inc. logo
PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL
12.1%+5.1pp

Other financials

Income statement

See full
Revenue$1.8B+19.9%
Gross profit$1.4B+22.8%
Operating income$792.0M+14.5%
Net income$560.3M+7.9%
EPS (diluted)$1.56+9.1%

Balance sheet

See full
Cash & equivalents$1.7B+11.4%
Total debt$4.6B+434%
Total equity$4.0B-2.5%
Total assets$17.5B+56.1%

Cash flow

See full
Operating cash flow$812.5M+13.5%
CapEx$51.0M+4.7%
Free cash flow$761.5M+14.1%

Valuation

See full
Market cap$34.96B-38.4%
Enterprise value$37.83B-32.3%
P/E21.4×-11.3×
P/S5.5×-4.9×

Profitability

See full
Gross margin73.9%+1.9pp
Operating margin36.9%-4.6pp
Net margin25.8%-6.1pp

Returns & leverage

See full
Return on equity40.3%-4.0pp
Debt / equity1.1×+0.9×
Current ratio1.3×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Paychex’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Paychex’s 10-Q, filed March 26, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Ask your AI about Paychex's earnings yield.

Connect your AI assistant and compare it to peers, right in your chat.

Connect your AI
Harbor at dusk
Claude

Questions, answered.

What is Paychex's earnings yield?
Paychex (PAYX) reported earnings yield of 4.9% in Q4 2025.
How has Paychex's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
Paychex's earnings yield increased by 52.8% year-over-year, from 3.2% to 4.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Paychex's earnings yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Paychex's earnings yield has grown at a -2.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 14.5% to 12.9%.
What does earnings yield mean?
The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
How do you interpret earnings yield?
Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
How does earnings yield compare across companies?
Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.