Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Paychex offers payroll and HR solutions for small to medium-sized businesses in various industries.
Paychex
Paychex is a provider of integrated human capital management solutions delivering payroll, human resources, employee benefits, and insurance services for small to enterprise-level businesses. Operating primarily across the United States and Europe, the company serves approximately 840,000 client locations. Its core platform, Paychex Flex, integrates workforce management tools, time and attendance tracking, applicant tracking, tax administration, and retirement plan administration into a unified cloud-based system. Through administrative services organization and professional employer organization options, it also provides comprehensive human resource outsourcing and advisory support across diverse commercial sectors.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of Paychex
- Payroll Processing Services: Automated payroll calculation, direct deposit, digital pay stub distribution, and tax filing solutions supporting approximately 840,000 business clients. The service handles federal, state, and local payroll tax withholding and regulatory filing across all U.S. jurisdictions.
- Professional Employer Organization Services: Co-employment and human resource outsourcing solutions providing comprehensive administration of payroll, employee health benefits, workers' compensation insurance, and risk management compliance. The operation supports approximately 2.6 million worksite employees through dedicated HR advisory professionals.
- Human Capital Management Software: A cloud-based software platform integrating workforce analytics, applicant tracking, digital employee onboarding, performance management, and document storage. The application provides self-service web and mobile interfaces for managers and employees to handle daily administrative tasks.
- Retirement and Financial Services: Plan administration and recordkeeping for 401(k) and individual retirement plans, servicing over 124,000 employer-sponsored retirement plans. Additional offerings include payment processing, automated clearing house transactions, point-of-sale merchant solutions, and short-term business financing.
- Time and Attendance Solutions: Hardware time clocks, digital employee punch systems, mobile time-tracking applications, and automated scheduling tools. The system collects employee attendance data, calculates overtime and paid time off, and directly feeds verified hours into processing systems.
- Business Insurance Services: Licensed agency brokerage delivering commercial coverage including workers' compensation, general liability, commercial auto, cyber liability, and state unemployment insurance. The service integrates payroll data with insurance carriers to manage pay-as-you-go premium calculations.
Paychex executive team
- John B. Gibson Jr.President, CEO & Director
- Robert Lewis SchraderSenior VP & CFO
- Ryan Norman BergstromChief Product & Technology Officer
- Chad ParodiSenior VP of HR & Benefits Services
- Adam Brooks AnteSenior Vice President of HCM
- Katy BunnChief Marketing Officer
- Mason ArgiropoulosChief Human Resources Officer
- Thomas J. HammondManaging Director of Emerging & Ancillary Services
- Bradley J. SchaufenbuelVP & Chief Information Security Officer
- Dave WilsonManaging Director of Engineering and Technology
Latest news about Paychex
Dividend history
Dividends per share paid by Paychex, by financial year.
| Financial year | Interim | Final | Special | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2027(to date) | — | — | — | $2.3800 |
| FY2026 | — | — | — | $4.4300 |
| FY2025 | — | — | — | $4.0200 |
| FY2024 | — | — | — | $3.6500 |
| FY2023 | — | — | — | $3.2600 |
Key financials
Reported results for Paychex, in USD.
- Market cap
- 38.5B
- Revenue (TTM)
- 6.6B
- P/E ratio
- 21.5
- EPS (diluted, TTM)
- 5.0
- Dividend yield
- 4.2%
- Profit margin
- 27.4%
| Fiscal year end | Revenue | Operating income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5B | 2.5B | 1.8B | |
| 5.6B | 2.2B | 1.7B | |
| 5.3B | 2.2B | 1.7B | |
| 5B | 2B | 1.6B |