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) 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

Against its own ten years

Low 4.4× High 11.4×
Ten-year median 7.6×
Current reading's percentile 7

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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