Paycom Software Financial Ratios
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Paycom Software ratio analysis
Paycom Software earned a net margin of 22.1% in FY 2025, down from 26.7% a year earlier. Gross margin was 83.2% compared with a median of 84.0% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 26.2%, meaning Paycom Software generated 0.26 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
At the end of FY 2025, PAYC traded at 18.9 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 18.9 to 183.8, with a median of 45.0. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Paycom Software financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 18.86 | 22.85 | 35.16 | 64.11 | 123.20 | 183.84 | 88.26 | 51.72 | 38.25 | 38.23 |
| Price / sales | 4.14 | 6.08 | 7.04 | 13.07 | 22.77 | 30.97 | 21.28 | 12.33 | 10.73 | 7.95 |
| Price / book | 4.91 | 7.27 | 9.16 | 15.20 | 26.89 | 39.75 | 29.81 | 20.86 | 16.52 | 12.73 |
| Gross margin | 83.2% | 82.2% | 83.7% | 84.5% | 84.7% | 85.3% | 85.1% | 84.0% | 83.4% | 83.6% |
| Operating margin | 27.6% | 33.7% | 26.6% | 27.5% | 24.0% | 22.1% | 30.7% | 30.7% | 30.0% | 30.9% |
| Net margin | 22.1% | 26.7% | 20.1% | 20.5% | 18.6% | 17.0% | 24.5% | 24.2% | 28.5% | 21.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 19.9% | 18.1% | 17.3% | 16.9% | 18.8% | 15.8% | 17.8% | 22.1% | 16.3% | 16.7% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 26.2% | 31.9% | 26.2% | 23.8% | 21.9% | 21.9% | 34.3% | 40.9% | 43.9% | 34.2% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 6.0% | 8.6% | 8.1% | 7.2% | 6.1% | 5.5% | 7.3% | 9.0% | 8.0% | 6.5% |
| Debt / equity | — | — | — | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
| Current ratio | 1.09 | 1.10 | 1.11 | 1.16 | 1.13 | 1.09 | 1.07 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 |
| Revenue growth | 8.9% | 11.2% | 23.2% | 30.3% | 25.4% | 14.1% | 30.3% | 30.8% | 31.6% | 46.5% |
| EPS growth | -9.4% | 51.7% | 21.5% | 43.6% | 37.0% | -20.4% | 32.1% | 11.4% | 76.5% | 230.6% |