PAYX Paychex, Inc. — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Rochester, New York, Paychex, Inc. delivers comprehensive human capital management (HCM) solutions. The company primarily serves small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the United States, Europe, and India, addressing their needs in human resources, payroll administration, employee benefits, and insurance. Its diverse service portfolio includes: Payroll Management: Encompassing core payroll processing, payroll tax administration, employee payment facilitation, and ensuring compliance with regulations like new-hire reporting and garnishment processing. Human Resources Solutions: Providing support for employer compliance, HR and employee benefits administration, risk management outsourcing, and even the availability of professionally trained on-site HR representatives. Retirement Services: Offering full administration for retirement plans, which covers implementation, ongoing adherence to government regulations, reporting for both participants and employers, online access capabilities, electronic funds transfers, and other administrative tasks. Cloud-based HR Software: A suite of software products designed for efficient HR administration, including tools for benefits management, time and attendance tracking, digital communication, recruitment, and onboarding processes. Additional Business Services: This category features plan administration outsourcing, state unemployment insurance services, and various support functions for SMBs such as payroll funding and outsourcing (including payroll processing, invoicing, and tax preparation), payment processing solutions, financial wellness programs, and a resource center for small business loans. Insurance Offerings: Providing both property and casualty coverage, which includes workers' compensation, business-owner policies, cybersecurity protection, and commercial auto insurance, alongside health and benefits coverage like medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. Paychex primarily distributes its services through its dedicated direct sales team.
Dividend Snapshot
Key Metrics
Current Yield
4.11%
At the Sep 14, 2026 price
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.Annualized Dividend
$4.7600
The most recent payment scaled to a full year by how often it's paid. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00.Frequency
Q Quarterly
How often the dividend is paid: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.Rank Score
63.3
As of Sep 14, 2026
Our 0-100 house score blending yield quality, payout sustainability (the trailing-twelve-month payout ratio), profitability (TTM return on equity), valuation (TTM price-to-book) and payment reliability, recomputed daily. Higher means a stronger profile on those factors in our model — a research score, not advice or a recommendation to buy.RSI (14)
40
As of Sep 14, 2026
Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.52-Week Range
$85.57 – $135.46
Closes through Sep 11, 2026
The lowest and highest price over the past year — shows where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio (TTM)
90.31%
12 months to May 31, 2026 (Q4 FY2026)
The share of earnings paid out as dividends over the trailing twelve months (TTM): dividends paid divided by net income across the company's four most recent reported quarters, dated by the latest quarter end. A fiscal-year tag such as FY2025 means only annual figures were available. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earned. It shows n/a for funds and when net income over the period was negative; for REITs and BDCs it is marked EPS-based, since they are judged on FFO/AFFO or net investment income instead.Years Paying
37
How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.Price / Book (TTM)
11.09
Price as of Sep 14, 2026; latest reported book value
Price-to-book ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by the latest reported book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.S.A.F.E. Dividend Read
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)
PAYX's dividend yield fell from 4.75% to 4.11% over the past ~90 days (-0.64 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and -0.64 pp from the share price ($100.28 on Jun 16, 2026 → $115.80 on Sep 14, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.
Yield vs Its Own History
Across 333 daily observations over the past 16 months (through Sep 11, 2026), PAYX's current yield is higher than approximately 62% of them. Our stored price history for PAYX covers the past 16 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.
Adjusted Price History
Dividend History
Dividend Payment History
Ex-dividend calendar →| Amount | Type | Declared | Ex-Date | Record | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.1900 Q | Regular | Jul 16, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| $1.1900 Q | Regular | May 01, 2026 | May 13, 2026 | May 13, 2026 | May 29, 2026 |
| $1.0800 Q | Regular | Jan 16, 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 |
| $1.0800 Q | Regular | Oct 09, 2025 | Nov 07, 2025 | Nov 07, 2025 | Nov 26, 2025 |
| $1.0800 Q | Regular | Jul 09, 2025 | Jul 21, 2025 | Jul 21, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 |
| $1.0800 Q | Regular | May 02, 2025 | May 12, 2025 | May 12, 2025 | May 29, 2025 |
| $0.9800 Q | Regular | Jan 10, 2025 | Feb 07, 2025 | Feb 07, 2025 | Feb 27, 2025 |
| $0.9800 Q | Regular | Oct 10, 2024 | Nov 07, 2024 | Nov 07, 2024 | Nov 27, 2024 |
| $0.9800 Q | Regular | Jul 10, 2024 | Aug 08, 2024 | Aug 08, 2024 | Aug 29, 2024 |
| $0.9800 Q | Regular | May 01, 2024 | May 09, 2024 | May 10, 2024 | May 30, 2024 |
| $0.8900 Q | Regular | Jan 18, 2024 | Feb 12, 2024 | Feb 13, 2024 | Feb 27, 2024 |
| $0.8900 Q | Regular | Oct 12, 2023 | Nov 13, 2023 | Nov 14, 2023 | Nov 28, 2023 |
| $0.8900 Q | Regular | Jul 13, 2023 | Aug 09, 2023 | Aug 10, 2023 | Aug 24, 2023 |
| $0.8900 Q | Regular | Apr 28, 2023 | May 10, 2023 | May 11, 2023 | May 25, 2023 |
| $0.7900 Q | Regular | Jan 20, 2023 | Feb 08, 2023 | Feb 09, 2023 | Feb 23, 2023 |
| $0.7900 Q | Regular | Oct 13, 2022 | Nov 08, 2022 | Nov 09, 2022 | Nov 23, 2022 |
| $0.7900 Q | Regular | Jul 14, 2022 | Aug 10, 2022 | Aug 11, 2022 | Aug 25, 2022 |
| $0.7900 Q | Regular | Apr 29, 2022 | May 11, 2022 | May 12, 2022 | May 26, 2022 |
| $0.6600 Q | Regular | Jan 14, 2022 | Jan 28, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Feb 24, 2022 |
| $0.6600 Q | Regular | Oct 14, 2021 | Oct 29, 2021 | Nov 01, 2021 | Nov 29, 2021 |
| $0.6600 Q | Regular | Jul 08, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 | Aug 02, 2021 | Aug 26, 2021 |
| $0.6600 Q | Regular | Apr 30, 2021 | May 11, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | May 27, 2021 |
| $0.6200 Q | Regular | Jan 22, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | Feb 01, 2021 | Feb 25, 2021 |
| $0.6200 Q | Regular | Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | Nov 02, 2020 | Nov 24, 2020 |
| $0.6200 Q | Regular | Jul 09, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Aug 03, 2020 | Aug 27, 2020 |
| $0.6200 Q | Regular | May 01, 2020 | May 14, 2020 | May 15, 2020 | May 28, 2020 |
| $0.6200 Q | Regular | Jan 17, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Feb 03, 2020 | Feb 20, 2020 |
| $0.6200 Q | Regular | Oct 17, 2019 | Oct 31, 2019 | Nov 01, 2019 | Nov 21, 2019 |
| $0.6200 Q | Regular | Jul 11, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 | Aug 01, 2019 | Aug 22, 2019 |
| $0.6200 Q | Regular | May 03, 2019 | May 14, 2019 | May 15, 2019 | May 30, 2019 |
| $0.5600 Q | Regular | Jan 18, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 | Feb 01, 2019 | Feb 15, 2019 |
| $0.5600 Q | Regular | Oct 10, 2018 | Oct 31, 2018 | Nov 01, 2018 | Nov 15, 2018 |
| $0.5600 Q | Regular | Jul 11, 2018 | Jul 31, 2018 | Aug 01, 2018 | Aug 23, 2018 |
| $0.5600 Q | Regular | Apr 27, 2018 | May 08, 2018 | May 09, 2018 | May 24, 2018 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Jan 19, 2018 | Jan 31, 2018 | Feb 01, 2018 | Feb 15, 2018 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Oct 11, 2017 | Oct 31, 2017 | Nov 01, 2017 | Nov 15, 2017 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Jul 13, 2017 | Jul 28, 2017 | Aug 01, 2017 | Aug 24, 2017 |
| $0.4600 Q | Regular | Apr 28, 2017 | May 08, 2017 | May 10, 2017 | May 25, 2017 |
| $0.4600 Q | Regular | Jan 13, 2017 | Jan 30, 2017 | Feb 01, 2017 | Feb 15, 2017 |
| $0.4600 Q | Regular | Oct 12, 2016 | Oct 28, 2016 | Nov 01, 2016 | Nov 22, 2016 |
| $0.4600 Q | Regular | Jul 07, 2016 | Jul 28, 2016 | Aug 01, 2016 | Aug 25, 2016 |
| $0.4200 Q | Regular | Apr 29, 2016 | May 05, 2016 | May 09, 2016 | May 23, 2016 |
| $0.4200 Q | Regular | Jan 15, 2016 | Jan 28, 2016 | Feb 01, 2016 | Feb 16, 2016 |
| $0.4200 Q | Regular | Oct 15, 2015 | Oct 29, 2015 | Nov 02, 2015 | Nov 19, 2015 |
| $0.4200 Q | Regular | Jul 09, 2015 | Jul 30, 2015 | Aug 03, 2015 | Aug 20, 2015 |
| $0.3800 Q | Regular | May 01, 2015 | May 07, 2015 | May 11, 2015 | May 21, 2015 |
| $0.3800 Q | Regular | Jan 16, 2015 | Jan 29, 2015 | Feb 02, 2015 | Feb 17, 2015 |
| $0.3800 Q | Regular | Oct 15, 2014 | Oct 30, 2014 | Nov 03, 2014 | Nov 20, 2014 |
| $0.3800 Q | Regular | Jul 10, 2014 | Jul 30, 2014 | Aug 01, 2014 | Aug 15, 2014 |
| $0.3500 Q | Regular | May 02, 2014 | May 08, 2014 | May 12, 2014 | May 23, 2014 |
| $0.3500 Q | Regular | Jan 17, 2014 | Jan 30, 2014 | Feb 03, 2014 | Feb 17, 2014 |
| $0.3500 Q | Regular | Oct 16, 2013 | Oct 30, 2013 | Nov 01, 2013 | Nov 15, 2013 |
| $0.3500 Q | Regular | Jul 11, 2013 | Jul 30, 2013 | Aug 01, 2013 | Aug 15, 2013 |
| $0.6600 Q | Regular | Dec 10, 2012 | Dec 18, 2012 | Dec 20, 2012 | Dec 28, 2012 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | Oct 23, 2012 | Oct 31, 2012 | Nov 02, 2012 | Nov 15, 2012 |
| $0.3200 Q | Regular | Jul 12, 2012 | Jul 30, 2012 | Aug 01, 2012 | Aug 15, 2012 |
| $0.3200 Q | Regular | Apr 27, 2012 | May 04, 2012 | May 08, 2012 | May 15, 2012 |
| $0.3200 Q | Regular | Jan 09, 2012 | Jan 30, 2012 | Feb 01, 2012 | Feb 15, 2012 |
| $0.3200 Q | Regular | Oct 12, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 | Nov 01, 2011 | Nov 15, 2011 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Jul 08, 2011 | Jul 28, 2011 | Aug 01, 2011 | Aug 15, 2011 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Apr 08, 2011 | Apr 28, 2011 | May 02, 2011 | May 16, 2011 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Jan 10, 2011 | Jan 28, 2011 | Feb 01, 2011 | Feb 15, 2011 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Oct 14, 2010 | Oct 28, 2010 | Nov 01, 2010 | Nov 15, 2010 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Jul 07, 2010 | Jul 29, 2010 | Aug 02, 2010 | Aug 16, 2010 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Apr 08, 2010 | Apr 29, 2010 | May 03, 2010 | May 17, 2010 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Jan 11, 2010 | Jan 28, 2010 | Feb 01, 2010 | Feb 16, 2010 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Oct 13, 2009 | Oct 29, 2009 | Nov 02, 2009 | Nov 16, 2009 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Jul 08, 2009 | Jul 30, 2009 | Aug 03, 2009 | Aug 17, 2009 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Apr 09, 2009 | Apr 29, 2009 | May 01, 2009 | May 15, 2009 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Jan 09, 2009 | Jan 28, 2009 | Feb 01, 2009 | Feb 16, 2009 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Oct 07, 2008 | Oct 29, 2008 | Nov 01, 2008 | Nov 15, 2008 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Jul 09, 2008 | Jul 30, 2008 | Aug 01, 2008 | Aug 15, 2008 |
| $0.3000 Q | Regular | Apr 10, 2008 | Apr 29, 2008 | May 01, 2008 | May 15, 2008 |
| $0.3000 Q | Regular | Jan 11, 2008 | Jan 30, 2008 | Feb 01, 2008 | Feb 15, 2008 |
| $0.3000 Q | Regular | Oct 03, 2007 | Oct 30, 2007 | Nov 01, 2007 | Nov 15, 2007 |
| $0.3000 Q | Regular | Jul 12, 2007 | Jul 30, 2007 | Aug 01, 2007 | Aug 15, 2007 |
| $0.2100 Q | Regular | Apr 12, 2007 | Apr 27, 2007 | May 01, 2007 | May 15, 2007 |
| $0.2100 Q | Regular | Jan 19, 2007 | Jan 30, 2007 | Feb 01, 2007 | Feb 15, 2007 |
| $0.2100 Q | Regular | Oct 05, 2006 | Oct 30, 2006 | Nov 01, 2006 | Nov 15, 2006 |
| $0.1600 Q | Regular | Jul 13, 2006 | Jul 28, 2006 | Aug 01, 2006 | Aug 15, 2006 |
| $0.1600 Q | Regular | Apr 13, 2006 | Apr 27, 2006 | May 01, 2006 | May 15, 2006 |
| $0.1600 Q | Regular | Jan 13, 2006 | Jan 30, 2006 | Feb 01, 2006 | Feb 15, 2006 |
| $0.1600 Q | Regular | Oct 12, 2005 | Oct 28, 2005 | Nov 01, 2005 | Nov 15, 2005 |
| $0.1300 Q | Regular | Jul 07, 2005 | Jul 28, 2005 | Aug 01, 2005 | Aug 15, 2005 |
| $0.1300 Q | Regular | Apr 08, 2005 | Apr 28, 2005 | May 02, 2005 | May 16, 2005 |
| $0.1300 Q | Regular | Jan 14, 2005 | Jan 28, 2005 | Feb 01, 2005 | Feb 15, 2005 |
| $0.1300 Q | Regular | Oct 06, 2004 | Oct 28, 2004 | Nov 01, 2004 | Nov 15, 2004 |
| $0.1200 Q | Regular | Jul 08, 2004 | Jul 29, 2004 | Aug 02, 2004 | Aug 16, 2004 |
| $0.1200 Q | Regular | Apr 08, 2004 | Apr 29, 2004 | May 03, 2004 | May 17, 2004 |
| $0.1200 Q | Regular | Jan 09, 2004 | Jan 29, 2004 | Feb 02, 2004 | Feb 16, 2004 |
| $0.1200 Q | Regular | Oct 02, 2003 | Oct 30, 2003 | Nov 03, 2003 | Nov 17, 2003 |
| $0.1100 Q | Regular | Jul 10, 2003 | Jul 30, 2003 | Aug 01, 2003 | Aug 15, 2003 |
| $0.1100 Q | Regular | Apr 10, 2003 | Apr 29, 2003 | May 01, 2003 | May 15, 2003 |
| $0.1100 Q | Regular | Jan 10, 2003 | Jan 30, 2003 | Feb 03, 2003 | Feb 17, 2003 |
| $0.1100 Q | Regular | Oct 17, 2002 | Oct 30, 2002 | Nov 01, 2002 | Nov 15, 2002 |
| $0.1100 Q | Regular | Jul 11, 2002 | Jul 30, 2002 | Aug 01, 2002 | Aug 15, 2002 |
| $0.1100 Q | Regular | Apr 11, 2002 | Apr 29, 2002 | May 01, 2002 | May 15, 2002 |
| $0.1100 Q | Regular | Jan 11, 2002 | Jan 30, 2002 | Feb 01, 2002 | Feb 15, 2002 |
| $0.1100 Q | Regular | Oct 11, 2001 | Oct 30, 2001 | Nov 01, 2001 | Nov 15, 2001 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Jul 13, 2001 | Jul 30, 2001 | Aug 01, 2001 | Aug 15, 2001 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Apr 12, 2001 | Apr 27, 2001 | May 01, 2001 | May 15, 2001 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Jan 12, 2001 | Jan 30, 2001 | Feb 01, 2001 | Feb 15, 2001 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Oct 09, 2000 | Oct 30, 2000 | Nov 01, 2000 | Nov 15, 2000 |
| $0.0600 Q | Regular | Jul 13, 2000 | Jul 28, 2000 | Aug 01, 2000 | Aug 15, 2000 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Apr 13, 2000 | Apr 27, 2000 | May 01, 2000 | May 15, 2000 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Jan 13, 2000 | Jan 28, 2000 | Feb 01, 2000 | Feb 15, 2000 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Oct 07, 1999 | Oct 28, 1999 | Nov 01, 1999 | Nov 15, 1999 |
| $0.0600 Q | Regular | Jul 08, 1999 | Jul 29, 1999 | Aug 02, 1999 | Aug 16, 1999 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Apr 08, 1999 | Apr 29, 1999 | May 03, 1999 | May 17, 1999 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Jan 07, 1999 | Jan 28, 1999 | Feb 01, 1999 | Feb 15, 1999 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Oct 01, 1998 | Oct 29, 1998 | Nov 02, 1998 | Nov 16, 1998 |
| $0.0600 Q | Regular | Jul 09, 1998 | Jul 30, 1998 | Aug 03, 1998 | Aug 17, 1998 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Apr 09, 1998 | Apr 29, 1998 | May 01, 1998 | May 15, 1998 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Jan 08, 1998 | Jan 29, 1998 | Feb 02, 1998 | Feb 16, 1998 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Oct 02, 1997 | Oct 23, 1997 | Oct 27, 1997 | Nov 24, 1997 |
| $0.0600 Q | Regular | Jul 10, 1997 | Jul 29, 1997 | Jul 31, 1997 | Aug 21, 1997 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Apr 10, 1997 | Apr 29, 1997 | May 01, 1997 | May 22, 1997 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Jan 09, 1997 | Jan 28, 1997 | Jan 30, 1997 | Feb 20, 1997 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Oct 03, 1996 | Oct 24, 1996 | Oct 28, 1996 | Nov 25, 1996 |
| $0.0600 Q | Regular | Jul 12, 1996 | Jul 30, 1996 | Aug 01, 1996 | Aug 22, 1996 |
Peer Comparison
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEITF | Meitec Corporation | 7.06% | 18.6% | 5 yrs | 73 |
| TEMPF | Persol Holdings Co., Ltd. | 5.44% | 21.9% | 5 yrs | 67 |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 2.53% | 11.5% | 42 yrs | 65 |
| CAEEF | Career Design Center Co., Ltd. | 7.55% | 10.2% | 3 yrs | 64 |
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PAYX dividend — frequently asked questions
Does Paychex, Inc. pay a dividend?
Yes. Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $4.76 per share, a yield of approximately 4.11%.
What is Paychex, Inc.'s dividend yield?
Paychex, Inc.'s dividend yield is approximately 4.11%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does Paychex, Inc. pay dividends?
Paychex, Inc. pays dividends quarterly — 4 times per year.
How long has Paychex, Inc. paid dividends?
Paychex, Inc. has 37 years of dividend payments on record, and has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
Data updated Sep 14, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.