PAYXPaychex Inc
+1.3% today · +8.9% over a year
8/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 74% of the instruments we score
Stability: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 4.00%.
Paychex Inc (PAYX) valuation against sector peers: P/E 22.9 (sector median 25.3), P/B 11.2, EV/EBIT 17.4, free-cash-flow yield 4.9%, P/S 6.3.
Ratios vs sector
Medians of Industrials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).
| Metric | PAYX | Sector median | vs median |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 22.9 | 25.3 · n=262 | 9% below |
| P/B | 11.2 | 3.8 · n=295 | 196% above |
| P/S | 6.3 | 2.0 · n=306 | 218% above |
| EV/EBIT | 17.4 | 19.8 · n=247 | 12% below |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.9% | 4.0% · n=288 | 22% above |
| Dividend yield | 4.00% | 0.46% · n=334 | 770% above |
| Return on equity | 47.1% | 14.5% · n=305 | 225% above |
| Return on invested capital | 24.9% | 11.6% · n=284 | 114% above |
| Gross margin | 74.4% | 33.1% · n=255 | 125% above |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.20 | 1.48 · n=254 | 19% below |
Value factor: 55 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →
Sector peers
The largest companies of the same sector and region.
| GEGE Aerospace | 38.4 | 19.9 | — | 2.3% | 0.5% | —/10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTXRTX Corporation | 32.2 | 3.9 | 26.5 | 3.5% | 1.4% | 5/10 |
| CATCaterpillar | 22.6 | 12.5 | 18.2 | 4.2% | 1.3% | 7/10 |
| GEVGE Vernova | 20.3 | 18.5 | 70.1 | 8.1% | 0.2% | 8/10 |
| DEDeere & Company | 38.0 | 6.6 | — | 3.2% | 0.9% | —/10 |
| UNPUnion Pacific Corporation | 23.5 | 8.1 | 19.5 | 3.7% | 1.8% | 10/10 |
| UBERUber | 41.3 | 5.2 | 21.1 | 7.3% | 0.0% | 7/10 |
| LMTLockheed Martin | 21.4 | 13.8 | 16.6 | 6.0% | 2.3% | 8/10 |
| ETNEaton Corporation | 35.3 | 6.6 | — | 2.8% | 1.2% | 4/10 |
| BABoeing | 18.8 | 21.0 | 16.7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1/10 |
Fiscal-year history
From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.
Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 31 Aug 2026 · filed 24 Sep 2026
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