Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Rochester, New York, Paychex, Inc. delivers comprehensive human capital management (HCM) solutions. The company primarily serves small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the United States, Europe, and India, addressing their needs in human resources, payroll administration, employee benefits, and insurance. Its diverse service portfolio includes: Payroll Management: Encompassing core payroll processing, payroll tax administration, employee payment facilitation, and ensuring compliance with regulations like new-hire reporting and garnishment processing. Human Resources Solutions: Providing support for employer compliance, HR and employee benefits administration, risk management outsourcing, and even the availability of professionally trained on-site HR representatives. Retirement Services: Offering full administration for retirement plans, which covers implementation, ongoing adherence to government regulations, reporting for both participants and employers, online access capabilities, electronic funds transfers, and other administrative tasks. Cloud-based HR Software: A suite of software products designed for efficient HR administration, including tools for benefits management, time and attendance tracking, digital communication, recruitment, and onboarding processes. Additional Business Services: This category features plan administration outsourcing, state unemployment insurance services, and various support functions for SMBs such as payroll funding and outsourcing (including payroll processing, invoicing, and tax preparation), payment processing solutions, financial wellness programs, and a resource center for small business loans. Insurance Offerings: Providing both property and casualty coverage, which includes workers' compensation, business-owner policies, cybersecurity protection, and commercial auto insurance, alongside health and benefits coverage like medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. Paychex primarily distributes its services through its dedicated direct sales team.
CEO: John Gibson Jr.. Company website
Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) trades at $116.14, down 0.32% on the day, as of Sep 20, 2026 15:01 UTC.
Paychex, Inc. has a market capitalisation of $41.31B, calculated from the live PAYX share price and shares outstanding.
PAYX trades at a trailing P/E of 23.80, from earnings per share of $4.88 over the last twelve months.
Paychex, Inc. generated revenue of $6.51B over the trailing twelve months, which puts the stock at 6.34 times sales.
Yes. Paychex, Inc. pays a dividend yielding 3.79% on the current share price.
PAYX has traded between $85.45 and $135.78 over the past 52 weeks, and the last price is 14.5% below that high.
Yes. Paychex, Inc. keeps 27.03% of revenue as net income over the trailing twelve months.
Wall Street analysts rate PAYX Hold, with an average price target of $110.40, 4.9% below the current price.
Paychex, Inc. is classified under the Industrials sector and the Staffing & Employment Services industry, and is domiciled in US.
John Gibson Jr. is the chief executive of Paychex, Inc., which employs 17,600 people.
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