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 +3.73% over the past year and +3.29% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 26, 1983, PAYX is up +38,991.56% in real purchasing-power return, or +14.81%/yr, and is currently −26.76% below its real total-return high on Jun. 6, 2025.
Data ending Fri Nov. 13, 2026
| Fri 1983-08-26💬 to Fri 2026-11-13 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYX × |
+38,991.56%
+14.81%/yr |
+14.77%/yr
R2=0.865 |
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| Paychex Inc NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 1983-08-26💬 to Fri 2026-11-13 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| PAYX × |
$10,000.00
1983-08-26 |
$3,909,156.49
2026-11-13 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| PAYX × | +3.29% | +3.73% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| PAYX × |
−26.76%
on 2026-11-13 from 2025-06-06 peak |
−66.92%
on 2009-03-09 from 2000-11-21 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-11-13 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYX × | +3.73% |
−20.57% −10.88%/yr |
+2.04% +0.68%/yr |
−10.66% −2.23%/yr |
+99.45% +7.15%/yr |
| Year | PAYX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +3.29% |
| 2025 | −19.64% |
| 2024 | +17.91% |
| 2023 | +2.77% |
| 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 | +4.17% |
| 2013 | +46.72% |
| 2012 | +7.80% |
| 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 | +81.55% |
| 1994 | +13.55% |
| 1993 | +45.88% |
| 1992 | +48.84% |
| 1991 | +85.25% |
| 1990 | −10.29% |
| 1989 | +7.14% |
| 1988 | +1.74% |
| 1987 | +1.91% |
| 1986 | +81.65% |
| 1985 | +95.21% |
| 1984 | −24.86% |
| 1983 | −1.13% |
