Paychex, Inc.PAYX

Where PAYX's PEG sits inside its own 10-year distribution, with the yearly high, low and average.

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PAYX PEG: current value, 10-year range and year-by-year history

3.3Above average

PAYX's peg is higher than 65% of the last 10 years.

PEG History

Historically priceyAbove avgAround avgBelow avgHistorically cheap
PAYX PEG historyPAYX PEG from Sep 2023 to Sep 2026: low 1.98, high 4.12, latest 3.31.1.812.433.053.674.29Sep 23Apr 24Nov 24Jun 25Jan 26Sep 26med 2.7

PAYX PEG by year

Yearly range of PAYX’s peg from 2016 to 2026. Over the full period it ranged from 1.5 to 5.0, averaging 3.0.

PAYX PEG — yearly low, average, high and year-end values
YearLowAverageHighYear-end
20262.02.43.43.3
20252.73.34.13.0
20242.42.73.23.0
20232.22.42.72.4
20222.32.93.72.3
20213.24.15.03.7
20201.52.74.24.0
20192.22.62.82.6
20182.22.93.82.3
20172.93.33.83.7
20163.43.63.93.7

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P/E ratio divided by the earnings growth rate. Peter Lynch's tool for checking whether a higher P/E is actually justified by faster growth. PEG ≤ 1.0 is Lynch's "fairly priced" threshold.

FormulaP/E Ratio / Annual EPS Growth Rate (%)
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A low PEG vs the stock's own history suggests the market may not be fully pricing in the growth rate — the combination of P/E and growth looks unusually attractive.

Key caveats
  • Only meaningful for businesses with real, consistent earnings growth. Irrelevant for cyclicals, early-stage companies, and income stocks.
  • Forward PEG is based on analyst estimates that are frequently optimistic — treat it as a sanity check, not a primary signal.

Is PAYX PEG High or Low Right Now?

Paychex, Inc.'s PEG is currently 3.3, which is above average relative to its 10-year historical range. The 10-year median PEG for PAYX is approximately 2.8. See all PAYX valuation metrics →

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