All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
PAYX total return snapshot: PAYX returned −10.81% over the past year and +10.65% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 26, 1983, PAYX is up +135,385.33% in nominal total return, or +18.28%/yr, and is currently −20.97% below its total-return high on Jun. 6, 2025.
Data ending Fri Aug. 7, 2026
| Fri 1983-08-26💬 to Fri 2026-08-07 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYX × |
+135,385.33%
+18.28%/yr |
+17.83%/yr
R2=0.894 |
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| Paychex Inc NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 1983-08-26💬 to Fri 2026-08-07 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| PAYX × |
$10,000.00
1983-08-26 |
$13,548,532.73
2026-08-07 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| PAYX × | +10.65% | −10.81% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| PAYX × |
−20.97%
on 2026-08-07 from 2025-06-06 peak |
−64.85%
on 2002-08-12 from 2000-11-21 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-08-07 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYX × | −10.81% |
+5.42% +2.68%/yr |
+7.07% +2.30%/yr |
+21.48% +3.97%/yr |
+175.97% +10.68%/yr |
| Year | PAYX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +10.65% |
| 2025 | −17.49% |
| 2024 | +21.31% |
| 2023 | +6.22% |
| 2022 | −13.16% |
| 2021 | +50.16% |
| 2020 | +13.25% |
| 2019 | +34.53% |
| 2018 | −1.08% |
| 2017 | +15.41% |
| 2016 | +18.98% |
| 2015 | +18.40% |
| 2014 | +4.96% |
| 2013 | +48.92% |
| 2012 | +9.69% |
| 2011 | +1.43% |
| 2010 | +5.36% |
| 2009 | +22.11% |
| 2008 | −24.62% |
| 2007 | −6.02% |
| 2006 | +5.65% |
| 2005 | +13.71% |
| 2004 | −7.05% |
| 2003 | +35.28% |
| 2002 | −18.78% |
| 2001 | −27.59% |
| 2000 | +83.60% |
| 1999 | +17.61% |
| 1998 | +53.46% |
| 1997 | +48.79% |
| 1996 | +55.63% |
| 1995 | +86.17% |
| 1994 | +16.59% |
| 1993 | +49.88% |
| 1992 | +53.18% |
| 1991 | +90.89% |
| 1990 | −4.78% |
| 1989 | +12.09% |
| 1988 | +6.24% |
| 1987 | +6.45% |
| 1986 | +83.59% |
| 1985 | +102.60% |
| 1984 | −21.90% |
| 1983 | +0.00% |
