Paychex PAYX Earnings yield
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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 →
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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.