Paychex's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.89.
The historical rank and industry rank for Paychex's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:
PAYX'
s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -19.4 Med: 17.55 Max: 93.5
Current: 9.5
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Paychex was 93.50% per year. The lowest was -19.40% per year. And the median was 17.55% per year.
PAYX's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked worse than 53.56% of 351
companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 10.4
vs PAYX: 9.50
During the past 12 months, Paychex's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 12.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.50% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 12.90% per year.
Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Paychex Inc is 0.78, which seems too high.
Good Sign:
Paychex Inc stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison
For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Paychex's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Paychex 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Paychex's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Paychex's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.
Paychex 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation
This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.
Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Paychex was 0.83. The lowest was 0.74. And the median was 0.82.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Paychex Inc is 0.78, which seems too high.
2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Paychex Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.890
2024-02-12
2024-02-13
2024-02-27
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.890
2023-11-13
2023-11-14
2023-11-28
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.890
2023-08-09
2023-08-10
2023-08-24
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.890
2023-05-10
2023-05-11
2023-05-25
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Paychex's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is $119.14.
Paychex's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $3.56.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Paychex was 4.77%. The lowest was 1.54%. And the median was 2.87%.
Good Sign:
Paychex Inc stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Paychex 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Related Terms>
Paychex is a leading provider of payroll, human capital management, and insurance solutions servicing small and midsize clients primarily in the United States. The company, established in 1979, services over 740,000 clients and pays over 1 in 12 U.S. private-sector workers. Alongside its traditional payroll services, Paychex offers HCM solutions such as benefits administration and time and attendance software, as well as human resources outsourcing and insurance agency services.
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