Stock Research: Paychex

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Paychex

NasdaqGS:PAYX US7043261079
30
  • Value
    60
  • Growth
    33
  • Safety
    Safety
    32
  • Combined
    25
  • Sentiment
    55
  • 360° View
    360° View
    30
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Company Description

Paychex, Inc. is a human capital management (HCM) company offering technology and advisory services. It operates in human resources, employee benefit solutions, insurance, and payroll. Paychex serves small- to medium-sized businesses in the United States and parts of Europe. In the last fiscal year, the company had 19000 employees, a market cap of $50708 millions, profits of $5052 millions, and revenue of $5572 millions.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 30 (better than 30% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Paychex are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half below and half above average for Paychex. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 55, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 55% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 60 or better than 60% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 32, meaning that the share price of Paychex is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 33. ...read more

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Index
Dividends USA
Employee Focus US
SDG 1
SDG 3
SDG 4
SDG 8
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 30-Oct-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
32 41 26 37
Growth
33 25 59 51
Safety
Safety
60 98 86 84
Sentiment
55 70 79 81
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360° View
30 61 78 79
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
1 7 9 19
Opinions Change
80 50 50 99
Pro Holdings
n/a 86 90 30
Market Pulse
73 100 87 94
Sentiment
55 70 79 81
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
32 41 26 37
Growth
33 25 59 51
Safety Safety
60 98 86 84
Combined
25 41 52 61
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
32 38 20 23
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
11 11 5 13
Price vs. Book (P/B)
17 14 12 14
Dividend Yield
100 96 98 100
Value
32 41 26 37
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
45 45 38 25
Profit Growth
52 29 64 44
Capital Growth
24 23 44 44
Stock Returns
45 59 59 95
Growth
33 25 59 51
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
35 75 82 78
Refinancing
38 47 27 25
Liquidity
96 100 98 96
Safety Safety
60 98 86 84

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