PAYX (PAYX) Stock

About PAYX

PAYX is led by CEO John Gibson Jr., employs 16,500 people, headquartered in Rochester, US, publicly traded since 1983.

PAYX stock trades at $124.00 with a market capitalization of $44.10B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.93, price-to-book of 12.19, price-to-sales of 6.96. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $85.45 and $139.06, and currently trades 10.8% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 3.74%.

On profitability, PAYX generates a return on equity (ROE) of 45.13% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 26.90%, an operating margin of 36.90%, a net profit margin of 27.03%.

In its most recent fiscal year, PAYX reported annual revenue of $6.5B, net profit of $1.8B, revenue has compounded at 9.9% a year over the last five years, profit at 9.9% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.24, a current ratio of 1.28, total assets of $16.2B, $1.1B in cash and equivalents.

PAYX has a beta of 0.80 (less volatile than the overall market).