Paychex Statistics
NASDAQ: PAYXIndustrialsDiversified Commercial ServicesUSD
101.55+0.53 (+0.52%)
At close: Oct 7, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Paychex by the numbers
Paychex has a market capitalization of $36.15 billion based on 355.98M shares outstanding. Its trailing P/E ratio is 20.1, below the 7-company peer median of 22.6, and its forward P/E is 15.9. The stock trades 12.8% below its 50-day average and 2.0% below its 200-day average.
Average daily trading volume is 3.01M shares, or about $305.5 million in dollar volume.
Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology
PAYX valuation vs. peer median
| Metric | PAYX | Peer median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $36.15B | $19.89B | +82% |
| P/E (TTM) | 20.1 | 22.6 | -11% |
| Forward P/E | 15.9 | 16.1 | -1% |
| Dividend yield | 4.47% | 1.23% | +263% |
| Avg. volume | 3.01M | 2.18M | +38% |
Peer median across 8 companies: SUNB, PYPL, AER, APG, ROL, ALLE, WSE, URI.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $36.15B
- P/E (TTM)
- 20.15
- Forward P/E
- 15.90
- Price / sales (latest FY)
- 5.55
- EPS (TTM)
- $5.04
- Shares outstanding
- 355.98M
Price and trading
- Previous close
- 101.02
- Open
- 101.53
- Day range
- 101.09 – 102.42
- 52-week range
- 85.45 – 129.24
- 52-week change
- -20.05%
- 50-day moving average
- 116.49
- 200-day moving average
- 103.65
- Beta
- —
- Volume
- 2.43M
- Average volume
- 3.01M
Dividends and events
- Annual dividend
- $4.54
- Dividend yield
- 4.47%
- Next earnings date
- Sep 23, 2026
Additional statistics
- Market Cap
- 36.15B
- Pe
- 20.15
- Forward Pe
- 15.90
- Eps
- 5.04
- Dividend Yield
- 4.71%
- Dividend Rate
- 4.54
- Week52 High
- 129.24
- Week52 Low
- 85.45
- Avg Volume
- 3.01M
- Shares Outstanding
- 355.98M
- Ma50
- 116.49
- Ma200
- 103.65
- Earnings Date
- Sep 23, 2026
- Pct From52w High
- -21.43%
- Pct From52w Low
- 18.84%