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Paychex PAYX EV / sales

EV / sales at other companies

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3.8×-2.3×
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4.3×-1.9×
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5.7×-4.0×
Global Payments logo
Global PaymentsGPN
-0.9×
Corpay logo
CorpayCPAY
5.8×-1.9×
PayPal Holdings, Inc. logo
PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL
0.9×-1.3×

Other financials

Income statement

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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

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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

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

Valuation

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

Profitability

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

Returns & leverage

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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 the most recent quarter.

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 EV / sales?
Paychex (PAYX) reported EV / sales of 5.8× in Q4 2025.
How has Paychex's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
Paychex's EV / sales decreased by 41.9% year-over-year, from 9.9× to 5.8×.
What is the long-term trend for Paychex's EV / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Paychex's EV / sales has grown at a 5.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 32× to 39.3×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.