PAYX Stock Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

PAYX: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

PAYX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, PAYX returned −19.79% over the past year and +1.10% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 26, 1983, PAYX is up +38,167.34% in real purchasing-power return, or +14.87%/yr, and is currently −28.32% below its real total-return high on Jun. 6, 2025.

Data ending Fri Jul. 17, 2026

Dividends Reinvested:

Fri 1983-08-26^💬 to Fri 2026-07-17	YTD Return	1 Year Return
PAYX ^×	+1.10% 2026-07-17	−19.79% 2026-07-17
Paychex Inc NASDAQ Common Stock

Returns

Fri 1983-08-26^💬 to Fri 2026-07-17	Overall Return	Exponential Trendline
PAYX ^×	+38,167.34% +14.87%/yr	+14.88%/yr (R²=0.865)
Paychex Inc NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000

Fri 1983-08-26^💬 to Fri 2026-07-17	Start Value	End Value
PAYX ^×	$10,000.00 1983-08-26	$3,826,734.45 2026-07-17
Paychex Inc NASDAQ Common Stock

Annual Returns

Year	PAYX
2026 (YTD)	+1.10%
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%

Drawdowns

Fri 1983-08-26^💬 to Fri 2026-07-17	Current Drawdown	Worst Drawdown
PAYX ^×	−28.32% from 2025-06-06 peak	−66.92% 2009-03-09 from 2000-11-21 peak
Paychex Inc NASDAQ Common Stock

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-07-17	1 Year	2 Years	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
PAYX ^×	−19.79%	−9.20% −4.71%/yr	−4.72% −1.60%/yr	−3.18% −0.64%/yr	+83.99% +6.29%/yr
Paychex Inc NASDAQ Common Stock