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Paychex, Inc.

PAYX Technology Software Application

Paychex, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $6.5 billion, up 16.9% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue grew 5.88%, EPS grew 13.1%, free cash flow fell 46.1% and total debt fell 8.27%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for ten, operating cash flow growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

111.63 0.85 +0.77%
Market cap
$39.4B
P/E
22.1×
Fwd P/E
17.9×
Dividend yield
4.07%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.88
Beneish M
−2.65
Dividend safety
60/100
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Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) Net income

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Paychex, Inc.'s net income for fiscal 2026 was $1.8B, up 6.20% from $1.7B in fiscal 2025. Over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 it was $1.8B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $674.9M (fiscal 2015) to $1.8B (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. Paychex, Inc. ranks 11th of 235 Software Application companies by net income.

Net income, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net income Change
FY2026 $1.8B 6.20%
FY2025 $1.7B (1.96%)
FY2024 $1.7B 8.55%
FY2023 $1.6B 11.81%
FY2022 $1.4B 26.91%
FY2021 $1.1B (0.05%)
FY2020 $1.1B 6.16%
FY2019 $1.0B 4.05%
FY2018 $994.1M 20.31%
FY2017 $826.3M 9.18%

Quarterly newest first

Period Net income Change
Aug 2026 $429.7M 2.16%
May 2026 $420.6M (24.93%)
Feb 2026 $560.3M 41.70%
Nov 2025 $395.4M 3.02%
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Against its own ten years

Low $674.9M High $1.8B
Ten-year median $1.1B
Current reading's percentile 100

Net income against peers

Company Net income
ZM Zoom Communications, Inc. compare $3.3B
ROP Roper Technologies, Inc. compare $2.5B
PAYX Paychex, Inc. $1.8B
ADSK Autodesk, Inc. compare $1.6B
WDAY Workday, Inc. compare $1.3B
PTC PTC Inc. compare $1.2B
SSNC SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. compare $866.0M
TEAM Atlassian Corporation PLC compare −$53.8M
MSTR Strategy Inc compare −$30.4B

What Net income is

Net Income tells an investor how much profit a company kept in a period after every cost, interest charge and tax.

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