PAYX

PAYCHEX INC

Ticker: PAYXIndustrialsProfessional ServicesS&P 500
HQ ROCHESTER, NYCIK 723531FY end 05-31Book / share $10.38Shares 360M
Revenue (FY)
$6.51B+16.88%
Op. margin
38.55%-1.07%
Net income
$1.76B+6.20%
Operating cash
$2.56B+34.50%
Free cash flow
$2.28B+35.74%
Return on equity
47.12%+6.98%
Debt / equity
1.22+0.02%
Shares outstanding
360.0M-0.55%

The business

Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) is an industry-leading human capital management company providing comprehensive technology and advisory solutions in human resources, payroll processing, employee benefits, and insurance. The company serves approximately 840,000 total customers across the United States and parts of Europe, of which approximately 800,000 are payroll clients. More information about the company is available at www.paychex.com.

The company operates through two primary business segments: Management Solutions and PEO and Insurance Solutions. Management Solutions generates over 60% of revenue from solutions beyond payroll processing and includes HCM technology platforms, payroll processing, HR management, talent acquisition and management, workforce management, benefits administration, partner marketplaces, administrative services organization solutions, and retirement solutions. The company serves approximately 2.6 million worksite employees through its HR Outsourcing Solutions and manages $66 billion in retirement assets through its 401(k) recordkeeper business, serving over 130,000 retirement customers. PEO and Insurance Solutions provide comprehensive HR outsourcing through co-employment arrangements and licensed insurance agency services covering workers' compensation, business-owner policies, cybersecurity protection, and health and benefits coverage.

Paychex processes payroll for approximately one in eleven U.S. private sector workers and moved approximately $1.3 trillion in payroll last fiscal year. The company employs approximately 17,600 people, primarily in the United States on a full-time basis. The company operates three primary HCM technology platforms: SurePayroll for digitally driven small businesses, Paychex Flex for small and medium-sized businesses, and Paycor for larger businesses with complex needs. In April 2025, Paychex completed its acquisition of Paycor HCM, Inc., which expanded the company's presence in the upmarket segment and enhanced its suite of AI-driven HCM solutions.

The company leverages WISE, its AI-powered workforce intelligence engine, which powers approximately 600 AI features and agents across its solutions and operations, drawing on more than 26 trillion data points. Paychex maintains approximately 250 compliance experts and over 650 HR business professionals dedicated to helping customers navigate regulatory requirements and HR best practices. The company markets its solutions through direct and virtual sales forces, channel partnerships with CPAs and insurance brokers, and digital marketing initiatives.

Sector
Industrials
Industry
Professional Services
HQ
ROCHESTER, NY
FY end
05-31
CIK
723531
SIC
8700
Financial performance · annual
20122026
$-651.20M$1.30B$3.26B$5.21B$7.16B201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Ownership

Who holds PAYCHEX INC — across funds, superinvestors and bonds · N-PORT 2026Q2 · 13F 2026-06-30

746
funds hold it
2 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$13.41B
fund-held value
39.1%
of shares held by funds
3
bond issues held by funds

Top fund holders

Fund% of fundValue
Washington Mutual Investors Fund
AWSHX
0.61%$1.31B
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.04%$1.01B
American Funds Fundamental Investors
ANCFX
0.48%$861.27M
VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND
VOO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.05%$821.61M
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
SCHD · SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST
0.79%$748.31M

Superinvestors in PAYCHEX INC

Chris BloomstranNEW
Semper Augustus Investments Group
2.4%
Tom GaynerUNCHANGED
Markel Group (Markel-Gayner)
0.1%

Share of each manager's reported 13F portfolio.

Bonds held by funds

Funds report holding 3 issues of PAYCHEX INC's debt, $971.88M at fund-held market value — what funds hold, not the company's debt outstanding. Weighted-average coupon 5.33%, maturing 20302035.

IssueCouponMaturesFundsFund-held
PAYCHEX INC5.350%2032-04-15123$359.00M
Paychex Inc5.100%2030-04-15144$355.60M
PAYCHEX INC5.600%2035-04-15109$257.29M

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.

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