paycom software inc. - PAYC

PAYC

Close Chg Chg %
122.99 -5.94 -4.83%

Closed Market

117.05

-5.94 (4.83%)

Volume: 1.11M

Last Updated:

Mar 27, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: paycom software inc. - PAYC

PAYC Key Data

Open

$120.58

Day Range

116.31 - 120.98

52 Week Range

106.76 - 267.76

Market Cap

$6.68B

Shares Outstanding

54.28M

Public Float

47.57M

Beta

0.80

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

15.23

EPS

$8.13

Yield

121.92%

Dividend

$0.38

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Mar 9, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

2.27M

 

PAYC Performance

1 Week
 
-6.22%
 
1 Month
 
-6.97%
 
3 Months
 
-27.02%
 
1 Year
 
-46.49%
 
5 Years
 
-68.58%
 

PAYC Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 22
Full Ratings ➔

About paycom software inc. - PAYC

Paycom Software, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based human capital management software solutions delivered as software-as-a-service. It offers functionality and data analytics that businesses need to manage the complete employment life cycle from recruitment to retirement. The company was founded by Chad R. Richison in 1998 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK.

PAYC At a Glance

Paycom Software, Inc.
7501 West Memorial Road
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73142
Phone 1-405-722-6900 Revenue 2.05B
Industry Packaged Software Net Income 453.40M
Sector Technology Services 2025 Sales Growth 8.948%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 5,770
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PAYC Valuation

P/E Current 15.227
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 19.724
Price to Sales Ratio 4.359
Price to Book Ratio 5.044
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 13.17
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 9.674
Enterprise Value to Sales 4.222
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.01

PAYC Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 355,580.589
Income Per Employee 78,578.856
Receivables Turnover 16.667
Total Asset Turnover 0.305

PAYC Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.058
Quick Ratio 1.058
Cash Ratio 0.069

PAYC Profitability

Gross Margin 71.18
Operating Margin 27.645
Pretax Margin 30.19
Net Margin 22.099
Return on Assets 6.738
Return on Equity 27.417
Return on Total Capital 24.887
Return on Invested Capital 26.42

PAYC Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 5.215
Total Debt to Total Capital 4.957
Total Debt to Total Assets 1.188
Long-Term Debt to Equity 3.575
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 3.398
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Annual Financials for Paycom Software Inc. - PAYC

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.38B 1.69B 1.88B 2.05B
Sales Growth
+30.29% +23.16% +11.19% +8.95%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
348.86M 445.04M 543.30M 591.30M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
179.05M 221.34M 275.90M 328.30M
Depreciation
88.70M 110.05M 142.00M 167.50M
Amortization of Intangibles
4.00M 3.90M 3.90M 8.80M
COGS Growth
+31.31% +27.57% +22.08% +8.83%
Gross Income
1.03B 1.25B 1.34B 1.46B
Gross Income Growth
+29.94% +21.66% +7.31% +8.99%
Gross Profit Margin
+74.63% +73.72% +71.15% +71.18%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
647.68M 797.31M 705.60M 893.20M
Research & Development
239.13M 198.95M 242.60M 283.40M
Other SG&A
408.55M 598.36M 463.00M 609.80M
SGA Growth
+20.77% +23.10% -11.50% +26.59%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- - (1.56M) (35.60M)
-
EBIT after Unusual Expense
380.24M 451.32M 634.30M 602.80M
Non Operating Income/Expense
11.88M 23.00M 18.10M 20.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
2.54M 1.93M 3.40M 3.40M
Interest Expense Growth
- - -24.01% +76.44%
-
Gross Interest Expense
3.44M 5.33M 3.40M 3.40M
Interest Capitalized
- - 900.00K 3.40M
-
Pretax Income
389.58M 472.40M 649.00M 619.40M
Pretax Income Growth
+52.20% +21.26% +37.38% -4.56%
Pretax Margin
+28.33% +27.89% +34.46% +30.19%
Income Tax
108.19M 131.61M 147.00M 166.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
111.40M 126.02M 141.20M 11.90M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(3.21M) 5.59M 5.80M 154.10M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
281.39M 340.79M 502.00M 453.40M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
281.39M 340.79M 502.00M 453.40M
Net Income Growth
+43.60% +21.11% +47.31% -9.68%
Net Margin Growth
+20.46% +20.12% +26.66% +22.10%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
281.39M 340.79M 502.00M 453.40M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
281.39M 340.79M 502.00M 453.40M
EPS (Basic)
4.8576 5.9055 8.9311 8.1306
EPS (Basic) Growth
+43.49% +21.57% +51.23% -8.96%
Basic Shares Outstanding
57.93M 57.71M 56.21M 55.77M
EPS (Diluted)
4.8369 5.8783 8.9172 8.0797
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+43.63% +21.53% +51.70% -9.39%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
58.17M 57.97M 56.30M 56.12M
EBITDA
557.73M 672.66M 910.20M 895.50M
EBITDA Growth
+43.46% +20.61% +35.31% -1.62%
EBITDA Margin
+40.56% +39.72% +48.33% +43.65%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 148.00
Number of Ratings 22 Current Quarters Estimate 2.955
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 10.338
Last Quarter’s Earnings 2.45 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 9.24 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 11.446
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 19 19 19 18
Mean Estimate 2.96 2.27 10.34 11.45
High Estimates 3.24 2.51 11.40 12.59
Low Estimate 2.63 2.11 9.85 10.65
Coefficient of Variance 5.09 4.82 3.67 4.87

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 6 6 6
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 4
HOLD 14 14 14
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Paycom Software Inc. - PAYC

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Feb 13, 2026 Chad R. Richison CEO, President and Chairman; Director 2,690,594 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $124.94 per share 336,162,814.36
Feb 13, 2026 Randy Peck Chief Operating Officer 48,215 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $124.94 per share 6,023,982.10
Feb 13, 2026 Randy Peck Chief Operating Officer 51,895 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 13, 2026 Robert D. Foster Chief Financial Officer 19,852 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $124.94 per share 2,480,308.88
Feb 13, 2026 Robert D. Foster Chief Financial Officer 23,367 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 13, 2026 Chad R. Richison CEO, President and Chairman; Director 2,709,515 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Nov 20, 2025 Robert D. Foster Chief Financial Officer 16,047 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $166.12 per share 2,665,727.64
May 12, 2025 Chad R. Richison CEO, President and Chairman; Director 3,381,221 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $240.74 per share 813,995,143.54
May 12, 2025 Chad R. Richison CEO, President and Chairman; Director 3,368,672 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $241.82 per share 814,612,263.04
May 12, 2025 Chad R. Richison CEO, President and Chairman; Director 3,368,231 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $243.08 per share 818,749,591.48
May 12, 2025 Chad R. Richison CEO, President and Chairman; Director 3,367,449 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $243.9 per share 821,320,811.10
May 12, 2025 Chad R. Richison CEO, President and Chairman; Director 3,337,811 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $245.21 per share 818,464,635.31
May 12, 2025 Chad R. Richison CEO, President and Chairman; Director 3,337,249 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $246.44 per share 822,431,643.56
May 12, 2025 Chad R. Richison CEO, President and Chairman; Director 3,307,249 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $250.16 per share 827,341,409.84
May 12, 2025 Chad R. Richison CEO, President and Chairman; Director 3,398,030 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $239.37 per share 813,386,441.10
May 12, 2025 Chad R. Richison CEO, President and Chairman; Director 3,399,617 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $238.28 per share 810,060,738.76
May 12, 2025 Chad R. Richison CEO, President and Chairman; Director 3,408,281 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $237.52 per share 809,534,903.12

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