Paychex, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Commercial Services & Supplies
  • ISIN: US7043261079
USD
98.30
-2.55 (-2.53%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is Paychex, Inc. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 42.91%
2
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
3
Flat results in Nov 25
  • INTEREST(HY) At USD 136.7 MM has Grown at 615.71%
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 40.88%
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 89.25 %
4
With ROE of 45.41%, it has a fair valuation with a 11.47 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -32.72%, its profits have risen by 6.1% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 4.1
5
High Institutional Holdings at 79.46%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
6
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -32.72% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Paychex, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Commercial Services & Supplies should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Commercial Services & Supplies)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Paychex, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Paychex, Inc.
-35.95%
-0.63
27.39%
S&P 500
17.45%
0.90
19.38%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
8.71%
EBIT Growth (5y)
12.63%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
45.48
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.25
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.79
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.99
Tax Ratio
23.83%
Dividend Payout Ratio
87.81%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
79.46%
ROCE (avg)
60.47%
ROE (avg)
42.91%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
25
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
11.47
EV to EBIT
19.92
EV to EBITDA
17.88
EV to Capital Employed
6.76
EV to Sales
8.42
PEG Ratio
4.10
Dividend Yield
156.82%
ROCE (Latest)
33.94%
ROE (Latest)
45.41%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

10What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 2,175.3 MM

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 98.44%

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 3.09

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -3.32% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 3,295.2 MM

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 1,557.6 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 758.1 MM

-11What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(HY)

At USD 136.7 MM has Grown at 615.71%

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 40.88%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 89.25 %

Here's what is working for Paychex, Inc.

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 3.09 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 2,175.3 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 98.44% and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 1,557.6 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 758.1 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 3,295.2 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -3.32% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Paychex, Inc.

Interest
At USD 136.7 MM has Grown at 615.71%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 89.25 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio