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Paycom Software, Inc. (PAYC) stock

PAYCNYSEServices-Prepackaged SoftwareFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Nov 5, 2026Score 20/3024% below fair value
$248.86+0.02 (+0.01%)

Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $11.22BP/E 23.9Yield 0.15%

Paycom Software statistics

114 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.

Important dates

Next earnings
Feb 10, 2027 (estimated, during market hours)
Last ex-dividend date
Aug 24, 2026
Fundamentals through
Sep 30, 2026
Share price as of
Nov 13, 2026

Valuation ratiosIndustry

Market Cap
$11.22B
$792.38M
Enterprise Value
$11.77B
$779.89M
PE Ratio
23.86
25.88
PS Ratio
5.12
2.33
PB Ratio
15.86
2.73
P/TBV Ratio
17.86
4.73
P/FCF Ratio
17.02
15.38
P/OCF Ratio
13.85
12.99

Enterprise valuationIndustry

EV / Sales
5.37
2.10
EV / EBITDA
13.32
16.18
EV / EBIT
16.09
21.00
EV / FCF
17.86
15.48

Share statisticsIndustry

Shares Outstanding
45M
59M
Shares Change (YoY)
-12.6%
1.88%
Shares Change (QoQ)
0.00%
0.04%
Float
38M
53M
Shares Held by Insiders
15.8%
13.1%
Shares Held by Institutions
92.0%
62.6%

Short sellingIndustry

Short Interest
2M
–
Short Interest Change
-5.86%
-3.30%
Short % of Float
6.16%
5.82%
Short % of Shares Outstanding
5.18%
4.22%
Days to Cover
3.95
3.54

Stock price statisticsIndustry

52-Week High
$275.22
–
52-Week Low
$104.90
–
20-Day Moving Average
$257.03
–
50-Day Moving Average
$238.79
–
200-Day Moving Average
$169.03
–
Average True Range (14)
$9.79
–
Price Change (1 Week)
4.86%
0.50%
Price Change (1 Month)
-1.59%
-1.81%
Price Change (3 Months)
16.2%
-4.67%
Price Change (6 Months)
82.7%
0.47%
Price Change (YTD)
56.2%
-13.6%
Price Change (1 Year)
48.4%
-13.9%
Price Change (3 Years)
41.2%
-16.1%
Price Change (5 Years)
-49.2%
-57.0%
Price Change (10 Years)
495.8%
46.4%
Average Volume (10 Days)
973,982
–
Average Volume (20 Days)
780,042
–
Average Volume (90 Days)
767,238
–
Relative Volume
0.89
0.64
Relative Strength Index (14)
50.7
47.4
Volatility (1 Year)
47.0%
65.4%
Beta (5 Years)
1.27
1.19

MarginsIndustry

Gross Margin
84.0%
55.6%
Operating Margin
33.4%
-2.03%
Pretax Margin
32.7%
-0.85%
Profit Margin
23.3%
-2.58%
EBITDA Margin
40.3%
0.72%
FCF Margin
30.1%
9.88%

Returns on capitalIndustry

Return on Equity (ROE)
42.2%
1.34%
Return on Assets (ROA)
9.87%
-3.24%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
40.1%
-0.09%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
37.6%
-0.55%

Financial positionIndustry

Current Ratio
1.06
1.37
Quick Ratio
0.06
0.94
Debt / Equity
1.06
0.51
Debt / EBITDA
0.85
2.60
Debt / FCF
1.14
2.79
Net Debt / EBITDA
0.63
1.41
Interest Coverage
27.20
-0.55

GrowthIndustry

Revenue Growth (YoY)
9.49%
9.45%
Net Income Growth (YoY)
12.6%
9.41%
EPS Growth (YoY)
29.6%
12.3%
FCF Growth (YoY)
67.1%
14.3%
Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
14.3%
7.44%
Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
19.5%
12.3%
EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
18.6%
13.7%
EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
26.9%
12.4%

EfficiencyIndustry

Asset Turnover
0.42
0.64
Inventory Turnover
180.21
13.44
Revenue Per Employee
$379.76K
$394.08K
Profits Per Employee
$88.41K
-$7.02K
Employee Count
5,770
525
WACC
11.0%
10.3%

Income statement (TTM)Industry

Revenue
$2.19B
$257.79M
Gross Profit
$1.84B
$158.22M
Operating Income
$731.60M
-$638.82K
Pretax Income
$716.60M
-$315.88K
Net Income
$510.10M
-$309.55K
EBITDA
$883.80M
-$78.29K
EPS (Diluted)
$10.43
$0.00

Balance sheetIndustry

Cash & Short-Term Investments
$193.90M
$41.99M
Total Debt
$750.00M
$179.41M
Net Cash (Debt)
-$556.10M
$1.76M
Net Cash Per Share
-$12.34
$0.12
Equity (Book Value)
$707.30M
$51.00M
Book Value Per Share
$15.69
$1.98
Tangible Book Value
$628.20M
$2.87M
Working Capital
$247.90M
$16.25M

Cash flow (TTM)Industry

Operating Cash Flow
$810.00M
$5.65M
Capital Expenditures
-$150.90M
-$5.67M
Free Cash Flow
$659.10M
$35.58M
FCF Per Share
$14.62
$0.53

Dividends and yieldsIndustry

Earnings Yield
4.55%
0.37%
FCF Yield
5.88%
4.39%
Dividend Yield
0.15%
1.31%
Buyback Yield
13.4%
3.39%
Shareholder Yield
13.5%
3.74%
Dividend Per Share
$0.38
$1.04
Dividend Growth (YoY)
0.00%
6.12%
Years of Dividend Growth
0
1
Payout Ratio
14.3%
30.7%
FCF Payout Ratio
11.1%
23.2%

Taxes and interestIndustry

Interest Expense
$26.90M
$3.48M
Income Tax
$206.40M
$1.63M
Effective Tax Rate
28.8%
22.4%

Scores and fair valueIndustry

Graham Number
$60.69
$16.88
Graham Upside
-75.6%
-55.0%
Altman Z-Score
2.65
1.96
Piotroski F-Score
6
5
Lynch Fair Value
$260.75
–
Lynch Upside
4.78%
-35.3%

Total return vs. the S&P 500

Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 13, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.

PeriodPAYCS&P 500DifferencePAYC per yearS&P 500 per year
1 month+5.2%-3.0%+8.2 pts
3 months+11.5%-2.8%+14.2 pts
Year to date+57.3%+11.5%+45.8 pts
1 year+52.6%+13.5%+39.1 pts
3 years+48.3%+77.7%−29.4 pts+14.0%+21.1%
5 years-47.8%+72.6%−120.4 pts-12.2%+11.5%
10 years+515.9%+308.2%+207.7 pts+19.9%+15.1%

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.

2M PAYC shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 5.9% from the previous report, or 6.16% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 4.0 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 53.0% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.

Settlement dateShares shortChangeAvg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20262,334,660-5.9%591,6064.0
Oct 15, 20262,480,096-4.3%550,6554.5
Sep 30, 20262,590,827-2.4%770,6833.4
Sep 15, 20262,655,517+12.2%752,8513.5
Aug 31, 20262,367,261-10.4%605,7073.9
Aug 14, 20262,640,709-19.4%1,236,4892.1
Jul 31, 20263,275,660-9.1%800,4764.1
Jul 15, 20263,602,568-7.1%816,2244.4
Jun 30, 20263,879,884-2.8%1,313,0073.0
Jun 15, 20263,992,798+0.5%851,7324.7
May 29, 20263,974,139-4.6%817,1684.9
May 15, 20264,165,907-6.5%1,216,5553.4

Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.

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