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

Total Real Returns

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

PAYX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, PAYX returned −8.61% over the past year and +11.46% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 26, 1983, PAYX is up +42,078.36% in real purchasing-power return, or +15.09%/yr, and is currently −20.97% below its real total-return high on Jun. 6, 2025.

Data ending Wed Aug. 26, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 1983-08-26💬 to Wed 2026-08-26 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
PAYX × 		+42,078.36%
+15.09%/yr 		+14.85%/yr
R2=0.865
Paychex Inc NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 1983-08-26💬 to Wed 2026-08-26 Start
Value 		End
Value
PAYX × 		$10,000.00
1983-08-26 		$4,217,835.59
2026-08-26

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-26

  YTD YoY
PAYX × 		+11.46% −8.61%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
PAYX × 		−20.97%
on 2026-08-26
from 2025-06-06 peak 		−66.92%
on 2009-03-09
from 2000-11-21 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-08-26 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
PAYX × 		−8.61% −3.15%
−1.59%/yr 		+4.03%
+1.33%/yr 		+5.11%
+1.00%/yr 		+102.68%
+7.32%/yr

Annual Returns

Year PAYX
2026 (YTD) +11.46%
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 +50.64%
1995 +81.55%
1994 +13.55%
1993 +45.88%
1992 +48.86%
1991 +85.22%
1990 −10.27%
1989 +7.12%
1988 +1.75%
1987 +1.93%
1986 +81.60%
1985 +95.19%
1984 −24.87%
1983 −1.13%