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Paychex (FRA:PCX) Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 28.36 (As of Jun. 20, 2025)


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What is Paychex Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-06-20), Paychex's share price is €130.54. Paychex's Cash Flow from Operations per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 was €4.60. Hence, Paychex's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 28.36.

The historical rank and industry rank for Paychex's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:PCX' s Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.43   Med: 22.78   Max: 36.36
Current: 30.58

During the past 13 years, Paychex's highest Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Ratio was 36.36. The lowest was 14.43. And the median was 22.78.

FRA:PCX's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
68.04% of 1871 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 18.14 vs FRA:PCX: 30.58

Paychex's Cash Flow from Operations per share for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was €1.90. Its Cash Flow from Operations per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 was €4.60.

During the past 12 months, the average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Paychex was -14.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 14.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, Paychex's highest 3-Year average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 70.20% per year. The lowest was -0.50% per year. And the median was 14.40% per year.


Paychex Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Paychex's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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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Paychex Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Paychex Annual Data
Trend May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24
Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.11 29.05 28.28 22.28 22.93

Paychex Quarterly Data
May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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 21.22 22.93 27.11 30.50 30.85

Competitive Comparison of Paychex's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Application subindustry, Paychex's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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.


Paychex's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Paychex's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Paychex's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Paychex Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Paychex's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/Cash Flow from Operations per share (TTM)
=130.54/4.603
=28.36

Paychex's Share Price of today is €130.54.
Paychex's Cash Flow from Operations per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €4.60.

* 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.

Note: Cash Flow from Operations per share is calculated as Cash Flow from Operations divided by Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average).

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Cash Flow from Operations

Paychex Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Related Terms

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Paychex Business Description

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911 Panorama Trail South, Rochester, NY, USA, 14625-2396
Paychex is a technology company providing human capital management solutions, enabling clients to better implement payroll, talent, time, tax, and benefits administration. It has a diverse set of product offerings addressing client needs. Aside from its traditional cloud-based payroll and HCM software offering, which accounts for close to half of total revenue, the company provides outsourcing options. Paychex's administrative service organization and professional employer organization accounts generate over 40% of sales. The balance of revenue is generated through retirement services, insurance solutions, and other products. In fiscal 2024, the company had 745,000 clients and over 2.3 million worksite employees across its ASO and PEO.