Paychex, Inc. PAYX
- Market cap
- $36.0B
- P/E
- 20.1×
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Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) EV/Sales
As of 25 September 2026, Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) trades at a EV/Sales of 6.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.4× (March 2020) to 11.4× (December 2021); the current reading is higher than 7% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 2.6× and above the Technology sector median of 2.9×.
EV/Sales, daily
Annual
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 6.2× | (42.17%) |
| FY2025 | 10.8× | 33.52% |
| FY2024 | 8.1× | 9.18% |
| FY2023 | 7.4× | (22.92%) |
| FY2022 | 9.6× | 7.77% |
| FY2021 | 8.9× | 40.25% |
| FY2020 | 6.3× | (22.61%) |
| FY2019 | 8.2× | 19.38% |
| FY2018 | 6.9× | 2.81% |
| FY2017 | 6.7× | 2.58% |
Quarterly
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 7.5× | 19.87% |
| May 2026 | 6.2× | 6.78% |
| Feb 2026 | 5.8× | (18.42%) |
| Nov 2025 | 7.1× | (20.69%) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/Sales against peers
| Company | EV/Sales |
|---|---|
| ZM Zoom Communications, Inc. compare | 3.8× |
| SSNC SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. compare | 3.9× |
| WDAY Workday, Inc. compare | 4.5× |
| ADSK Autodesk, Inc. compare | 5.4× |
| ROP Roper Technologies, Inc. compare | 5.7× |
| PAYX Paychex, Inc. | 6.1× |
| TEAM Atlassian Corporation PLC compare | 7.4× |
| FICO Fair Isaac Corporation compare | 10.4× |
| MSTR Strategy Inc compare | 121× |
| Software Application industry median | 2.6× |
| Technology sector median | 2.9× |
| Market median | 2.2× |
What EV/Sales is
EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.
((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)
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- Revenue
- Net income
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
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