Paychex Inc. (PAYX)$97.00

Market Cap: 53.83 BCurrency: USD

Research Snapshot

Static fundamentals, valuation context, and investor signals for Paychex Inc. (PAYX).

TECHNOLOGY

SOFTWARE - APPLICATION

DCF ready

Valuation

33.4x

EV/FCF, 3.0% FCF yield

Quality

18.3%

ROIC, 31.6% FCF margin

Growth

6.5%

5Y sales (revenue) CAGR

Balance sheet

1.2x

Debt/equity, 1.3x current ratio

Superinvestors

Top: Thomas Gayner (0.1%)

Strengths to research

Return on equity is strong at 40.1%.
Free cash flow margin is healthy at 31.6%.
10 annual periods are available for trend analysis.

Watchouts

No major valuation, balance sheet, or growth watchouts were detected by the static screen.

Annual data: 10 periods

Quarterly data: 24 periods

Stock snapshot: May 25, 2026

Static dataset: May 25, 2026

Quality Scorecard

Build-time composite score for PAYX.

Grade B

/ 100

Peer Comparison

Target stock against 8 market-cap comparable peers.

Heat map: red worst to green best


PAYX Target	Paychex Inc.	$53.8B	21.2x	33.4x	18.3%	6.5%	31.6%	N/A	1.4x	N/A
TEAM	Atlassian Corp.	$54.4B	-87.2x	36.7x	-19.1%	N/A	27.1%	82.8%	N/A	N/A
SNOW	Snowflake Inc.	$56.1B	-43.6x	47.5x	-69.1%	51.2%	23.9%	67.2%	N/A	N/A
FICO	Fair Isaac Corp.	$50.6B	46.7x	69.6x	49.8%	9.0%	38.7%	N/A	3.1x	N/A
ADSK	Autodesk Inc.	$59.7B	46.1x	24.9x	20.3%	13.7%	33.4%	91.0%	0.2x	N/A
ROP	Roper Technologies Inc.	$61.4B	23.0x	27.7x	5.3%	14.5%	32.1%	69.2%	2.9x	N/A
CNSWF	Constellation Software Inc.	$76.6B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
DDOG	DATADOG Inc.	$36.5B	717.2x	36.1x	2.9%	41.5%	29.2%	80.0%	-83.1x	N/A
CDNS	Cadence Design Systems	$84.7B	92.0x	51.5x	20.3%	14.6%	30.0%	N/A	-1.7x	N/A

Financial Charts

No financial data available for PAYX (annual).

1 superinvestors own PAYX

Current quarter ownership and quarter-over-quarter share changes.

Superinvestor ownership

Fund	Shares	Value	% Portfolio	QoQ Change
Thomas Gayner Markel Group	150,000	$14M	0.12%	0.0%