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PCTY (Paylocity Holding) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 13.02 (As of May. 30, 2025)


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What is Paylocity Holding Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-30), Paylocity Holding's current share price is $189.885. Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $14.58. Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 13.02.

The historical rank and industry rank for Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

PCTY' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.68   Med: 15.5   Max: 32.11
Current: 13.01

During the past years, Paylocity Holding's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 32.11. The lowest was 10.68. And the median was 15.50.

PCTY's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
90.97% of 1373 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.12 vs PCTY: 13.01

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Paylocity Holding's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $8.005. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $14.58 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Paylocity Holding Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Paylocity Holding Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Paylocity Holding Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
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Paylocity Holding Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.33 10.45 12.56 14.53 12.85

Competitive Comparison of Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.


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Paylocity Holding Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=189.885/14.58
=13.02

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Paylocity Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Paylocity Holding's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=8.005/134.9266*134.9266
=8.005

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Paylocity Holding Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201506 0.790 100.684 1.059
201509 0.889 100.392 1.195
201512 1.084 99.792 1.466
201603 1.321 100.470 1.774
201606 1.172 101.688 1.555
201609 1.269 101.861 1.681
201612 1.336 101.863 1.770
201703 1.672 102.862 2.193
201706 1.402 103.349 1.830
201709 1.492 104.136 1.933
201712 1.569 104.011 2.035
201803 2.061 105.290 2.641
201806 1.744 106.317 2.213
201809 1.811 106.507 2.294
201812 1.946 105.998 2.477
201903 2.516 107.251 3.165
201906 2.157 108.070 2.693
201909 2.275 108.329 2.834
201912 2.371 108.420 2.951
202003 3.068 108.902 3.801
202006 2.334 108.767 2.895
202009 2.423 109.815 2.977
202012 2.597 109.897 3.188
202103 3.298 111.754 3.982
202106 2.979 114.631 3.506
202109 3.216 115.734 3.749
202112 3.472 117.630 3.983
202203 4.364 121.301 4.854
202206 4.054 125.017 4.375
202209 4.470 125.227 4.816
202212 4.834 125.222 5.209
202303 6.009 127.348 6.367
202306 5.440 128.729 5.702
202309 6.451 129.860 6.703
202312 5.740 129.419 5.984
202403 7.034 131.776 7.202
202406 6.271 132.554 6.383
202409 5.583 133.029 5.663
202412 6.644 133.157 6.732
202503 8.005 134.927 8.005

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Paylocity Holding  (NAS:PCTY) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Paylocity Holding Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1400 American Lane, Schaumburg, IL, USA, 60173
Founded in 1997, Paylocity is a cloud-based human capital management and payroll platform servicing midmarket customers. The company's average client size is around 150 employees, and its products help with recruiting and onboarding, payroll, time and labor, human resources, benefits, learning, and performance and compensation workflows. As of fiscal 2024, the company generated over $1.4 billion in revenue across more than 39,000 customers.
Executives
Steven I Sarowitz director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman 3850 N. WILKE ROAD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004
Nicholas Rost officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 1400 AMERICAN LANE, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Steven R Beauchamp director, officer: President and CEO 3850 N. WILKE ROAD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004
Bernard Robinson Kenneth director 9417 FOX CREEK LANE, MASON OH 45040
Joshua Scutt officer: Senior Vice President Sales 1400 AMERICAN LANE, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Andrew Cappotelli officer: Chief Accounting Officer 3850 N. WILKE RD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004
Ryan Glenn officer: CFO and Treasurer 1400 AMERICAN LANE, SCHAUMBERG IL 60173
Jeffrey T Diehl director, 10 percent owner ONE NORTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 2200, CHICAGO IL 60606-2823
Rachit Lohani officer: Chief Technology Officer 1400 AMERICAN LANE, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Ronald V Waters director 75 EAST ELM STREET, CHICAGO IL 60611
Toby J. Williams officer: Chief Financial Officer 3850 N. WILKE ROAD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004
Katherine Ross officer: Sr Vice President Operations 1400 AMERICAN LANE, SCHAUMBURG IL 60173
Linda M. Breard director 3600 136 PLACE SE, SUITE 300, BELLEVUE WA 98006
Mark S Kinsey officer: Senior VP of Operations 3850 N WILKE ROAD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004
Michael R Haske officer: Senior VP of Sales & Marketing 3850 N. WILKE ROAD, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004