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Also trades as: 0KGE.L (LSE) · $vol 0M · PCX.DE (XETRA) · $vol 0M

PAYX NASDAQ

Paychex, Inc.
1W: -2.0% 1M: +10.0% 3M: -10.6% YTD: +4.0% 1Y: -8.5% 3Y: +4.3% 5Y: +4.7%
$109.26
-6.44 (-5.57%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±4.0%
$109 $113 $118 $123 $127
NASDAQ · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services · Tech Score Buy · Power 68 · $38.9B mcap · 320M float · 0.988% daily turnover · Short 58% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 81% of companies Debt: 10.6% of company value Bonds: $169.4M held by 250 funds, 80 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.87 (down 99.2%), Paychex, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $4.62B against a stock market value of $38.89B.
Distance to default 9.83 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-08-31, debt counted $2.28B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 31.1%; Altman Z'' 2.56. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.
#1 of 38
Staffing & Employment Services
Industrials · Large Cap · 1 peers
Market Share
63.8%
Top 4 Concentration: 79.7%

Technical Signal Map

2 Bullish
0 Neutral
0 Bearish

Peer Comparison

Symbol Mkt Cap P/E ROE % ROIC % Net Mgn % Rev Grw % Piotroski Signal 1Y Ret %
PAYX Paychex, Inc. $42B 21.6 47.1 26.6 26.4 14.0 9 BULLISH -8.5
RANJY Randstad N.V. $16B 20.9 8.7 6.8 1.8 -0.1 6 BULLISH 11.5

Profile Radar

Valuation vs Profitability

Performance Comparison

Industry Market Share

PAYX vs Benchmarks

ROIC
PAYX
26.6
Industry
7.0
Gross Margin
PAYX
73.6
Industry
28.1
Op Margin
PAYX
38.0
Industry
1.7
Net Margin
PAYX
26.4
Industry
0.9
Sector
10.1
Revenue Growth
PAYX
14.0
Sector
5.4
P/E Ratio
PAYX
21.6
Sector
29.8
ROE
PAYX
47.1
Sector
19.2
Piotroski F
PAYX
9.0
Sector
7.0

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