TL;DR: Financial Overview - Revenue, Profits & Key Metrics

Latest Quarterly: May 2025

Income Metrics

Revenue 1.4B
Gross Profit 1.0B 72.40%
Operating Income 431.1M 30.20%
Net Income 297.2M 20.82%

Balance Sheet Metrics

Total Assets 16.6B
Total Liabilities 12.4B
Shareholders Equity 4.1B
Debt to Equity 3.01

Cash Flow Metrics

Operating Cash Flow 329.5M
Free Cash Flow 283.3M

Revenue & Profitability Trend

Quarter Income Flow i

Annual Income Flow i

Paychex Income Statement From 2021 to 2025

Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Revenue i 5.6B 5.3B 5.0B 4.6B 4.1B
Cost of Goods Sold i 1.5B 1.5B 1.5B 1.4B 1.3B
Gross Profit i 4.0B 3.8B 3.6B 3.3B 2.8B
Gross Margin % i 72.4% 72.0% 71.0% 70.6% 68.7%
Operating Expenses
Research & Development i - - - - -
Selling, General & Administrative i 1.8B 1.6B 1.5B 1.4B 1.3B
Other Operating Expenses i - - - - -
Total Operating Expenses i 1.8B 1.6B 1.5B 1.4B 1.3B
Operating Income i 2.2B 2.2B 2.0B 1.8B 1.5B
Operating Margin % i 39.6% 41.2% 40.6% 39.9% 36.0%
Non-Operating Items
Interest Income i 72.8M 82.7M 49.1M 2.9M 2.3M
Interest Expense i 105.4M 37.3M 36.7M 36.6M 35.8M
Other Non-Operating Income 800.0K -1.5M 2.7M 18.3M 7.0M
Pre-tax Income i 2.2B 2.2B 2.0B 1.8B 1.4B
Income Tax i 518.6M 527.6M 490.9M 431.8M 336.7M
Effective Tax Rate % i 23.8% 23.8% 24.0% 23.7% 23.5%
Net Income i 1.7B 1.7B 1.6B 1.4B 1.1B
Net Margin % i 29.7% 32.0% 31.1% 30.2% 27.1%
Key Metrics
EBITDA i 2.5B 2.4B 2.3B 2.1B 1.7B
EPS (Basic) i $4.60 $4.69 $4.32 $3.86 $3.05
EPS (Diluted) i $4.58 $4.67 $4.30 $3.84 $3.03
Basic Shares Outstanding i 360200000 360300000 360400000 360600000 359900000
Diluted Shares Outstanding i 360200000 360300000 360400000 360600000 359900000

Income Statement Trend

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Paychex Balance Sheet From 2021 to 2025

Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Assets
Current Assets
Cash & Equivalents i 1.6B 1.5B 1.2B 370.0M 995.2M
Short-term Investments i 34.5M 33.9M 373.4M 853.9M 36.7M
Accounts Receivable i 1.3B 1.1B 873.3M 723.8M 578.3M
Inventory i - - - - -
Other Current Assets 378.3M 321.9M 289.8M 272.3M 249.2M
Total Current Assets i 8.9B 7.3B 7.5B 6.6B 6.2B
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment i 306.6M 260.2M 276.0M 296.1M 314.4M
Goodwill i 11.0B 4.0B 3.9B 3.9B 3.9B
Intangible Assets i 1.9B 194.5M 187.4M 224.6M 275.8M
Long-term Investments - - - - -
Other Non-Current Assets 610.9M 592.1M 535.3M 512.5M 455.3M
Total Non-Current Assets i 7.6B 3.1B 3.0B 3.1B 3.1B
Total Assets i 16.6B 10.4B 10.5B 9.6B 9.2B
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable i 129.8M 104.3M 84.7M 105.7M 89.0M
Short-term Debt i 418.4M 18.7M 10.2M 8.7M 7.4M
Current Portion of Long-term Debt - - - - -
Other Current Liabilities 5.4B 4.3B 4.7B 4.2B 4.0B
Total Current Liabilities i 7.0B 5.3B 5.8B 5.3B 4.9B
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt i 4.6B 847.6M 855.5M 872.5M 889.7M
Deferred Tax Liabilities i 444.7M 86.0M 112.1M 165.5M 218.0M
Other Non-Current Liabilities 312.2M 236.8M 197.2M 184.7M 207.5M
Total Non-Current Liabilities i 5.5B 1.3B 1.2B 1.3B 1.3B
Total Liabilities i 12.4B 6.6B 7.1B 6.6B 6.3B
Equity
Common Stock i 3.6M 3.6M 3.6M 3.6M 3.6M
Retained Earnings i 2.3B 2.2B 2.0B 1.7B 1.4B
Treasury Stock i - - - - -
Other Equity - - - - -
Total Shareholders Equity i 4.1B 3.8B 3.5B 3.1B 2.9B
Key Metrics
Total Debt i 5.0B 866.3M 865.7M 881.2M 897.1M
Working Capital i 2.0B 1.9B 1.7B 1.3B 1.2B

Balance Sheet Composition

Paychex Cash Flow Statement From 2021 to 2025

Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Operating Activities
Net Income i 1.7B 1.7B 1.6B 1.4B 1.1B
Depreciation & Amortization i 209.5M 176.5M 176.6M 191.8M 192.0M
Stock-Based Compensation i 111.8M 61.1M 62.6M 52.8M 52.5M
Working Capital Changes i -318.9M -255.2M -294.6M -284.0M -278.9M
Operating Cash Flow i 1.9B 1.9B 1.7B 1.6B 1.2B
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures i -191.8M -161.4M -126.3M -132.6M -114.6M
Acquisitions i -3.0B -208.3M -2.7M -24.9M -19.5M
Investment Purchases i -14.3B -6.9B -14.6B -17.8B -6.1B
Investment Sales i 14.3B 7.2B 14.9B 16.6B 5.8B
Investing Cash Flow i -3.4B -260.9M 211.7M -1.5B -460.6M
Financing Activities
Share Repurchases i -104.5M -169.2M 0 -145.2M -155.7M
Dividends Paid i -1.4B -1.3B -1.2B -999.6M -908.7M
Debt Issuance i 4.2B - - - 0
Debt Repayment i - - - - -
Financing Cash Flow i 2.3B -1.9B -701.0M -1.0B -722.1M
Free Cash Flow i 1.7B 1.7B 1.6B 1.5B 1.1B
Net Change in Cash i 793.8M -287.0M 1.2B -949.2M 50.8M

Cash Flow Trend

Paychex Key Financial Ratios

Valuation Ratios

P/E Ratio (TTM) 20.68
Forward P/E 15.87
Price to Book 8.36
Price to Sales 8.46
PEG Ratio 2.48

Profitability Ratios

Profit Margin 26.63%
Operating Margin 44.38%
Return on Equity 40.15%
Return on Assets 10.01%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 1.15
Debt to Equity 124.91

Per Share Data

EPS (TTM) $4.53
Book Value per Share $11.20
Revenue per Share $10.88

Peer Financial Comparison

Company Market Cap P/E Ratio P/B Ratio ROE Profit Margin Debt/Equity
PAYX 33.5B 20.68 8.36 40.15% 26.63% 124.91
Salesforce 160.0B 23.99 2.94 12.40% 17.96% 29.95
Uber Technologies 153.6B 15.78 5.71 39.93% 19.33% 43.81
Shopify 134.7B 67.28 11.68 19.58% 22.74% 9.74
Intuit 106.7B 26.59 5.95 23.46% 21.57% 36.15
Adobe 96.6B 13.93 8.49 58.77% 29.48% 58.34
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