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Market Cap
$41.19B
Shares
355.68M

PAYX metrics

96 of 115 screener metrics currently available.

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Market overview

2 metrics
Share price
$115.80
Market cap
$41.19B

Price action

20 metrics
Price change (1W)
-4.9%
Price change (30D)
-2.3%
Price change (3M)
+15.1%
Price change (6M)
+25.0%
Price change (YTD)
+3.2%
Price change (1Y)
-14.5%
Trailing year
Price change (5Y)
+5.0%
52-week high
$135.46
52-week low
$85.57
Change from 52-week high
-14.5%
Change from 52-week low
+35.3%
Annualized volatility
28.3%
Annualized volatility (3M)
31.4%
Beta
0.0
RSI (14D)
40.2
Price vs SMA 50
-1.5%
Price vs SMA 200
+11.2%
Avg volume (3M)
3.05M
Relative volume
0.6
Average dollar volume
$340.56M

Company

3 metrics
Sector
Technology
Industry
Software - Application
Shares outstanding
355.68M

Valuation

12 metrics
P / E (TTM)
23.7
Trailing earnings · reciprocal yield 4.2%
PEG ratio
0.6
EV / revenue
6.9×
reciprocal yield 14.6%
EV / EBITDA
15.1×
reciprocal yield 6.6%
EV / EBIT
17.8×
reciprocal yield 5.6%
P / sales
6.3×
reciprocal yield 15.8%
P / book
11.0
reciprocal yield 9.1%
FCF yield
5.6%
TTM · current market cap
Buyback yield
1.5%
P / FCF
17.7
reciprocal yield 5.6%
P / operating cash flow
16.1
reciprocal yield 6.2%
Earnings yield
4.3%

Historical valuation

8 metrics
P / E historical average (3Y)
27.1×
reciprocal yield 3.7%
P / E historical average (5Y)
28.7×
reciprocal yield 3.5%
EV / revenue historical average (3Y)
8.3×
reciprocal yield 12.1%
EV / revenue historical average (5Y)
8.7×
reciprocal yield 11.5%
EV / EBIT historical average (3Y)
20.7×
reciprocal yield 4.8%
EV / EBIT historical average (5Y)
21.8×
reciprocal yield 4.6%
EV / EBITDA historical average (3Y)
18.8×
reciprocal yield 5.3%
EV / EBITDA historical average (5Y)
20.1×
reciprocal yield 5.0%

Dividends & buybacks

7 metrics
Dividend yield
Trailing 12 months
Payout ratio
90.3%
Shareholder yield
5.3%
Dividend / share (TTM)
Dividend growth YoY
Dividend growth streak
Last ex-dividend

Earnings calendar

2 metrics
Next earnings
2026-09-23
Last earnings
2026-06-24

Profitability

9 metrics
Gross margin
74.3%
Operating margin
38.6%
Trailing 12 months
Net margin
27.0%
Gross profit (TTM)
Operating profit (TTM)
$2.51B
Net income (TTM)
$1.76B
Trailing 12 months
Diluted EPS (TTM)
$4.89
FCF margin
35.7%
Effective tax rate
23.8%

Per share

11 metrics
Revenue per diluted share (TTM)
Gross profit per diluted share (TTM)
Operating profit per diluted share (TTM)
EBITDA per diluted share (TTM)
Net income per diluted share (TTM)
Operating cash flow per diluted share (TTM)
Free cash flow per diluted share (TTM)
Capital expenditures per diluted share (TTM)
R&D per diluted share (TTM)
Stock compensation per diluted share (TTM)
Book value per share
$10.50

Growth

11 metrics
Revenue growth YoY
+12.5%
Year over year
Net income growth YoY
+41.5%
Revenue (TTM)
$6.51B
Trailing 12 months
EPS growth YoY
+41.0%
Shares change YoY
-0.7%
Year over year · fewer shares
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
+9.2%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
+9.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y)
+4.4%
EPS CAGR (5Y)
+10.0%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
+14.1%
FCF CAGR (5Y)
+15.2%

Quality

14 metrics
Return on equity
47.1%
Return on assets
10.9%
Debt / equity
1.2
Current ratio
1.3
EBITDA (TTM)
$2.95B
Free cash flow (TTM)
$2.32B
Quick ratio
1.3
Interest coverage
9.3
Net debt / EBITDA
1.2
Return on invested capital
26.7%
Trailing 12 months
Net cash
−$3.43B
Latest balance sheet
Cash & equivalents
$1.09B
Total assets
$16.17B
Total debt
$4.56B

Cash flow & spend

7 metrics
Operating cash flow (TTM)
$2.56B
Capital expenditures (TTM)
$234.90M
R&D (TTM)
SG&A (TTM)
$2.33B
Stock compensation (TTM)
$96.10M
R&D / revenue
Stock compensation / revenue
1.5%

Ownership (13F)

3 metrics
13F filers
1,541
13F filer change QoQ
+18
Institutional ownership
84.3%

Short interest

3 metrics
Short interest
5.7%
Latest settlement · 9.7 days to cover
Days to cover
9.7d
Short-squeeze score
65 / 100

Insider activity

2 metrics
Net insider buying (90D)
−$3.73M
Insider-sentiment score
24 / 100

Risk flags

1 metrics
Going concern
Key facts CIK 723531 CUSIP 704326107 13F (30d) 61 filings 56 filers Visit website Investor relations