profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Paycom Software
$248.86+0.01% today
+51.1% in 1 year
1-year low $113.591-year high $274.59
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $24.72 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Paycom Software sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.38 billion in 2022 to $2.05 billion in 2025, with $453 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Paycom Software handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $326M$85M
Free cash flow 2025$404M
Bought back its own shares$326M
Paid as dividends$85M
Cash vs. debt$370M vs. $90M
Paycom Software vs. similar companies
Paycom Software grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paycom Software | 24.7× · Fair price | ||
 SAP | 34.4× · Expensive | ||
 Quhuo | No profit yet | ||
 Shopify | 153.7× · Very expensive | ||
 Salesforce | 24.0× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Paycom Software's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 841 | 1,056 | 1,375 | 1,694 | 1,883 | 2,052 | |
| 718 | 894 | 1,163 | 1,417 | 1,549 | 1,706 | |
| 186 | 254 | 379 | 451 | 634 | 567 | |
| 239 | 325 | 485 | 588 | 798 | 799 | |
| 143 | 196 | 281 | 341 | 502 | 453 | |
| 2.46 | 3.37 | 4.84 | 5.88 | 8.92 | 8.08 | |
| 85.3% | 84.7% | 84.5% | 83.7% | 82.2% | 83.2% | |
| 22.1% | 24.0% | 27.5% | 26.6% | 33.7% | 27.6% | |
| 17.0% | 18.6% | 20.5% | 20.1% | 26.7% | 22.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,608 | 3,215 | 3,903 | 4,198 | 5,860 | 7,599 |
| Cash | 152 | 278 | 401 | 294 | 402 | 370 |
| Total debt | 31 | 29 | 29 | 76 | 83 | 90 |
| Total liabilities | 1,952 | 2,321 | 2,720 | 2,895 | 4,284 | 5,867 |
| 656 | 894 | 1,183 | 1,303 | 1,576 | 1,732 | |
| 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 56 | 56 | |
| 21.4% | 22.0% | 25.6% | 27.2% | 31.1% | 27.0% | |
| 21.9% | 21.9% | 23.8% | 26.2% | 31.9% | 26.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 227 | 319 | 365 | 485 | 534 | 679 | |
| 94 | 121 | 137 | 197 | 197 | 275 | |
| 133 | 199 | 228 | 288 | 337 | 404 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | 0 | 65 | 85 | 85 |
| 52 | – | 95 | 287 | 123 | 326 | |
| 90 | 98 | 95 | 130 | -23 | 119 |
Valuation
- 24.7×
- 23.7×
- 0.92
- 8.7×
- 5.5×
- 27.8×
- 13.7×
- 3.6%
- 4.0%
- 1.1%
Profitability
- 83.2%
- 27.6%
- 22.1%
- 39.6%
- 21.5%
- 24.7%
- 31.0%
- 9.7%
- 29.9%
- 13.5%
Growth
- +19.5%
- +26.9%
- +19.6%
- –
- −0.9%
Financial health
- 0.7×
- 0.94
- 15.8%
- 88.4×
- 1.02
- 1.02
- 0.43
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 10%of 973
Top 7%of 979
Top 43%of 746
Top 26%of 979
Top 36%of 981
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $149.36
- Range
- $115.00 – $195.00
- 11 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 3.15 | 2.99 | +5.4% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 2.45 | 2.44 | +0.4% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 1.94 | 1.95 | −0.5% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 2.06 | 1.78 | +15.7% |
| May 7, 2025 | 2.80 | 2.57 | +8.9% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 2.32 | 1.99 | +16.6% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 1.67 | 1.61 | +3.7% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 1.62 | 1.58 | +2.5% |
1.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$11a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.13 in 2023 → $1.50 in 2025
How safe it looks
18.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 21.0%
News
Paycom Software (PAYC) Surge Driven by Accelerating Growth and Margin ExpansionYahoo Finance · Oct 15, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
79Pass
Benjamin Graham
52No pass
Philip Fisher
100Pass
Peter Lynch
95Pass
Joel Greenblatt
50No pass
Charlie Munger
86Pass
Terry Smith
83Pass
Questions about Paycom Software
Is Paycom Software a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business at a fair price. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Paycom Software AI analysis
What does Paycom Software do?
Paycom Software, Inc. provides cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solution delivered as software-as-a-service for small to mid-sized companies in the United States. It is in Software - Application, based in Oklahoma City, OK, United States, with 5,770 employees.
Does Paycom Software pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.1% a year, about 19% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $84.8 million in dividends.
Is Paycom Software stock halal?
Yes. Paycom Software passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0.8% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Paycom Software stock done over the past year?
Up 51.1% over the past twelve months, to $248.86. It traded between $113.59 and $274.59 and is 9.4% below its high.
Who are Paycom Software's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are SAP, Quhuo, Shopify and Salesforce. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Paycom Software's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.