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Paychex Inc

NASDAQ: PAYX · TECHNOLOGY · SOFTWARE - APPLICATION

$94.05
+3.36% today

Updated 2026-04-29

Market cap
$33.70B
P/E ratio
20.76
P/S ratio
8.49x
EPS (TTM)
$4.53
Dividend yield
—
52W range
$85 – $157
Volume
4.1M
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Paychex Inc (PAYX) Financial Forecast & Price Target 2030

Research-backed projections from analyst consensus, management guidance, and sector analysis.

Price target summary

Current
$94.05
Consensus
$114.73
+21.99%
2030 Target
$284.27
+202.25%
DCF
$69.56
-36.34% MoS
16 analysts:
0 Buy13 Hold4 Sell

Management guidance

No specific CEO revenue targets for 2026-2030 were disclosed in available earnings calls or investor conferences. Management emphasized successful Paycor integration, 500+ AI-powered features deployed, and strong organic growth momentum, but did not provide explicit multi-year revenue guidance beyond fiscal 2026.

Sources: Management guidance, analyst consensus, sector analysishigh confidence

Revenue & price projection

Actual revenue Projected revenue Base case Bull to bear range
Bull case (2030)
$476.84
$8.6B Rev × 20x P/S
Base case (2030)
$284.27
$8.6B Rev × 12x P/S
Bear case (2030)
$192.57
$8.6B Rev × 8x P/S

Financial forecast — research-backed

Metric2023202420252026 (E)2027 (E)2028 (E)2029 (E)2030 (E)
Revenue$5.0B$5.3B$5.6B$6.6B$7.0B$7.5B$8.0B$8.6B
Revenue growth—5.4%5.6%19.2%5.6%7.0%7.2%7.3%
EPS—$4.72$2.32$5.60$6.03$6.54$7.09$7.68
P/S ratio———12.0x12.0x12.0x12.0x12.0x
Implied price———$220.08$238.42$247.59$265.93$284.27

Catalysts & risks

Growth catalysts
+ Successful integration of Paycor acquisition with meaningful cross-selling synergies and margin expansion
+ AI feature rollout (500+ deployed features across Paychex Flex, Paycor platforms) driving advisory services revenue and customer retention
+ Embedded finance partnerships (Tapcheck on-demand pay integration) expanding HR PEO value proposition and customer stickiness
+ Cloud migration and HCM modernization demand from SMB market with resilient employment backdrop
Key risks
- Economic slowdown reducing SMB hiring and payroll processing volumes; employment market moderation evident in Q3 2026
- Competitive pressure from ADP, Workday, and emerging SaaS HCM vendors on pricing and market share
- Integration execution risk on Paycor; synergy realization delays could impact margin accretion trajectory
- AI commoditization if competitors rapidly deploy similar feature sets, reducing pricing power

Methodology

Paychex Inc's forward estimates are derived from AI-powered research synthesis combining analyst consensus from 16 Wall Street analysts, management guidance from the latest earnings call, and sector growth forecasts from industry research. Revenue and EPS projections use analyst consensus where available and conservative extrapolation with growth deceleration for outer years. Price targets are calculated using a tiered Price-to-Sales (P/S) methodology, where the P/S multiple is determined by the projected revenue growth rate.

WallStSmart proprietary research model · Not financial advice · Past performance is not indicative of future results · Last researched: April 7, 2026.