All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
PAYX real return snapshot: After CPI-U inflation, PAYX returned −40.58% over the past year and −18.86% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 26, 1983, PAYX is up +30,611.89% in real purchasing-power return, or +14.35%/yr, and is currently −42.47% below its real total-return high on Jun. 6, 2025.
| Fri 1983-08-26? to Fri 2026-05-15 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYX × |
−18.86%
2026-05-15 |
−40.58%
2026-05-15 |
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| Fri 1983-08-26? to Fri 2026-05-15 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYX × |
+30,611.89%
+14.35%/yr |
+14.94%/yr
(R2=0.866) |
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| Fri 1983-08-26? to Fri 2026-05-15 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYX × |
$10,000.00
1983-08-26 |
$3,071,188.75
2026-05-15 |
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| Year | PAYX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −18.86% |
| 2025 | −19.64% |
| 2024 | +17.91% |
| 2023 | +2.78% |
| 2022 | −18.43% |
| 2021 | +40.29% |
| 2020 | +11.73% |
| 2019 | +31.52% |
| 2018 | −2.93% |
| 2017 | +13.02% |
| 2016 | +16.56% |
| 2015 | +17.54% |
| 2014 | +4.18% |
| 2013 | +46.71% |
| 2012 | +7.82% |
| 2011 | −1.49% |
| 2010 | +3.80% |
| 2009 | +18.87% |
| 2008 | −24.69% |
| 2007 | −9.72% |
| 2006 | +3.06% |
| 2005 | +9.94% |
| 2004 | −9.98% |
| 2003 | +32.79% |
| 2002 | −20.67% |
| 2001 | −28.69% |
| 2000 | +77.58% |
| 1999 | +14.53% |
| 1998 | +51.03% |
| 1997 | +46.30% |
| 1996 | +50.63% |
| 1995 | +81.56% |
| 1994 | +13.55% |
| 1993 | +45.89% |
| 1992 | +48.84% |
| 1991 | +85.24% |
| 1990 | −10.28% |
| 1989 | +7.13% |
| 1988 | +1.76% |
| 1987 | +1.90% |
| 1986 | +81.56% |
| 1985 | +95.30% |
| 1984 | −24.87% |
| 1983 | −1.13% |
| Fri 1983-08-26? to Fri 2026-05-15 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYX × |
−42.47%
from 2025-06-06 peak |
−66.92%
2009-03-09 from 2000-11-21 peak |
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| Period ending Fri 2026-05-15 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYX × | −40.58% |
−25.83% −13.89%/yr |
−14.91% −5.24%/yr |
−14.57% −3.10%/yr |
+73.13% +5.64%/yr |
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