Paychex, Inc. PAYX

101.37 (0.22) (0.22%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$36.0B
P/E
20.1×
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Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) Book value per share

Paychex, Inc.'s book value per share at the end of fiscal 2026 was 10.4×, down 9.19% from 11.5× in fiscal 2025. At the end of the quarter to 31 August 2026 it was 10.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.9× (fiscal 2015) to 11.5× (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 83% of that period. Paychex, Inc. ranks 51st of 237 Software Application companies by book value per share.

Book value per share, annual

Annual

Period Book value per share Change
FY2026 10.4× (9.19%)
FY2025 11.5× 8.63%
FY2024 10.5× 8.84%
FY2023 9.7× 13.29%
FY2022 8.6× 4.45%
FY2021 8.2× 5.58%
FY2020 7.8× 6.39%
FY2019 7.3× 11.08%
FY2018 6.6× 20.80%
FY2017 5.4× 2.54%

Quarterly

Period Book value per share Change
Aug 2026 10.4× 0.07%
May 2026 10.4× (6.99%)
Feb 2026 11.2× 3.64%
Nov 2025 10.8× (2.09%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.9× High 11.5×
Ten-year median 8.0×
Current reading's percentile 83

Book value per share against peers

What Book value per share is

BV per Share tells an investor how much of a company’s accounting net worth stands behind each share.

(Shareholders Equity (Total) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted))

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