Paychex
About the company
Paychex, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides human capital management solutions (HCM) for human resources, payroll processing, employee benefits, and insurance services for small to medium-sized businesses in the United States, Europe, Canada, India, and Israel. It offers technology and advisory solutions; and payroll tax administration services. The company also provides retirement solutions, such as plan implementation, ongoing compliance with government regulations, employee and employer reporting, participant and employer online access, electronic funds transfer, and other administrative services; HCM solutions from recruiting and hiring to retirement; and talent management and talent acquisition services. In addition, it offers payroll solutions, including calculation, preparation, and delivery of employee payroll checks; production of internal accounting records and management reports; preparation of federal, state, and local payroll tax returns; and collection and remittance of clients' payroll obligations. Further, the company provides workforce management solutions; benefits administration solutions; digital marketplace for earned wages, financial wellness solutions, and voluntary lifestyle benefits; administrative services organization HR outsourcing solutions; solutions to payroll and non-payroll customers; retirement and funding solutions; and insurance services for property and casualty coverage, such as workers' compensation, business-owner policies, cyber security protection, and commercial auto, as well as health and benefits coverage, including health, dental, vision, and life. Additionally, it offers payroll, HR, employee benefits administration, retirement, insurance, risk management outsourcing, and access to professionally trained HR representatives, virtually and on-site. It markets and sells its solutions primarily through its direct sales force. Paychex, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.
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Why: Free cash flow is positive and in line with earnings, and the dividend is small, so a cash-flow DCF fits best.
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Showing the EV/Sales (Rule of 40) you selected on the company card, using 6.54% growth, 2.7% terminal growth and 10% discount. The range varies these assumptions slightly; it is illustrative, not investment advice.
Assumptions: growth 6.54%, discount rate 10%, terminal growth 2.70% (sector defaults). See a worked example.
Blended growth assumption: 6.5% (sector default 6.2%, own revenue history 9.0%, analyst revenue consensus 5.5%).
5-year outlook: relative outlook of about 8.6% a year (High confidence), anchored to a 7% market return and adjusted for how this company ranks against others. A ranking aid, not a prediction. See the full forecast.
Analyst consensus expects revenue growth of 5.5% a year; the growth assumption used is 6.5%.
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DCF (trailing free cash flow)
— USD 83.19 (-30.4%)
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FCFF (steady state)
— USD 69.22 (-42.1%)
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EV/EBITDA (12x)
— USD 93.08 (-22.1%)
Not used: Used only when free cash flow is far below earnings even after averaging three years; a fixed 12x multiple also ignores sector differences.
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Fade DCF (10-year growth fade)
— USD 82.69 (-30.8%)
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EV/Sales (Rule of 40)
— USD 186.25 (+55.9%)
Not used: Used only for technology and communication companies whose cash-flow value is far below the price.
| Bear USD 137.10 | 12.8% |
| Base USD 186.25 | 35.8% |
| Bull USD 235.40 | 49.2% |
Margin = (value − price) / value, so it is measured against the value and reads lower than the upside to value, which is measured against the price. Positive means the price is below that case.
Track record: see the methodology page for how this model has performed historically, including its limits. Treat it as a screen, not a forecast.
Price history and fair value
5 years price change: +13.83% · USD 119.50 · Market data through 05 Nov 2026 ; dashed line is today’s model base value (USD 186.25). The fair value is today’s estimate, not what the model said in the past.
Saved price history is current through 05 Nov 2026; last refreshed 06 Nov 2026 18:33 (1 hour, 15 minutes ago).
08 Nov 2021Range USD 82.77 – 149.9105 Nov 2026
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More detail: quality, peers, price history, dividends and financials
Quality score: 100 / 100
Five equal checks on reported history: profitability, cash generation, revenue growth, balance sheet and margins. It describes business quality, not whether the price is attractive.
| Profitability | 5 of 5 years profitable | 20 / 20 |
| Cash generation | free cash flow positive in 5 of 5 years | 20 / 20 |
| Growth | revenue +7.2% a year | 20 / 20 |
| Balance sheet | net debt 1.2x EBITDA | 20 / 20 |
| Margins | EBITDA margin 47% | 20 / 20 |
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| Peer median | 9.3 | 1.9 | ||||
Dividends
Paid in the last 12 months: USD 5.73 per share · yield 4.79% at the current price.
| Year | Dividends per share |
|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 4.650 |
| 2025 | 4.220 |
| 2024 | 3.830 |
| 2023 | 3.460 |
| 2022 | 3.030 |
| 2021 | 2.600 |
Trailing 12-month financials
TTM through 31 Aug 2026 · quarterly EODHD data · data downloaded 06 Nov 2026 13:10
| Revenue | USD 6,602,500,000 |
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| EBITDA | USD 3,073,400,000 |
| EBIT | USD 2,630,300,000 |
| Net income | USD 1,806,000,000 |
| Free cash flow | USD 2,016,700,000 |
| Capital expenditures | USD 235,100,000 |
| Debt | USD 4,620,900,000 |
| Cash | USD 934,200,000 |
| Working capital | USD 1,753,600,000 |
| Shares outstanding | 356,600,000 |
| Reported dividends per share | USD 4.5558 |