Paychex Price to Sales Ratio vs Gross Profit Analysis

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Paychex financial indicator trend analysis is much more than just breaking down Paychex prevalent accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether Paychex is a good investment. Please check the relationship between Paychex Price To Sales Ratio and its Gross Profit accounts. Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Paychex. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in manufacturing.

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Price To Sales Ratio vs Gross Profit

Price to Sales Ratio vs Gross Profit Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Paychex Price to Sales Ratio account and Gross Profit. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have fragmental relationship.

The correlation between Paychex's Price to Sales Ratio and Gross Profit is 0.57. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Price to Sales Ratio that can explain the historical movement of Gross Profit in the same time period over historical financial statements of Paychex, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Paychex's Price to Sales Ratio and Gross Profit is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Price to Sales Ratio of Paychex are associated (or correlated) with its Gross Profit. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Gross Profit has no effect on the direction of Price to Sales Ratio i.e., Paychex's Price to Sales Ratio and Gross Profit go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.57

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Weak

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Price To Sales Ratio

Price to Sales Ratio is figured by comparing Paychex stock price to its revenues. An advantage to using Price to Sales ratio is that it is based on Paychex sales, a figure that is much harder to manipulate than other Paychex multiples. Because sales tend to be more stable P/S ratio can be a good tool for screening cyclical companies fluctuating earnings patterns. A valuation ratio that compares a company’s stock price to its revenues, calculated by dividing the company’s market cap by its total sales or revenue over a 12-month period.

Gross Profit

Gross profit is a required income statement account that reflects total revenue of Paychex minus its cost of goods sold. It is profit before Paychex operating expenses, interest payments and taxes. Gross profit is also known as gross margin. The profit a company makes after deducting the costs associated with making and selling its products, or the costs associated with providing its services.

Most indicators from Paychex's fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into Paychex current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Paychex. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in manufacturing.

For more information on how to buy Paychex Stock please use our How to Invest in Paychex guide.At this time, Paychex's Selling General Administrative is fairly stable compared to the past year. Sales General And Administrative To Revenue is likely to rise to 0.37 in 2024, whereas Tax Provision is likely to drop slightly above 427.9 M in 2024.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	3.3B	3.6B	4.1B	4.3B
Total Revenue	4.6B	5.0B	5.8B	6.0B

Gross Profit Total Revenue

Paychex fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Accounts Payable	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Other Liab	Current Deferred Revenue	Other Assets	Good Will
Total Assets		0.63	0.96	0.94	0.99	0.95	-0.25	0.97	0.84	0.94	0.43	0.9	0.89	-0.23	0.81	0.26	0.97	1.0	0.98	-0.32	0.94	0.74	0.86	0.85	0.84	0.9
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.63		0.7	0.71	0.55	0.74	-0.04	0.49	0.27	0.54	0.24	0.34	0.33	0.53	0.33	0.18	0.54	0.66	0.64	0.15	0.64	0.92	0.42	0.34	0.31	0.44
Other Current Liab	0.96	0.7		1.0	0.9	0.91	-0.34	0.89	0.69	0.81	0.3	0.78	0.75	-0.12	0.61	0.18	0.88	0.98	0.99	-0.07	0.88	0.7	0.69	0.71	0.67	0.74
Total Current Liabilities	0.94	0.71	1.0		0.89	0.9	-0.36	0.87	0.66	0.78	0.27	0.75	0.73	-0.09	0.57	0.17	0.87	0.97	0.98	-0.02	0.87	0.7	0.67	0.69	0.65	0.71
Total Stockholder Equity	0.99	0.55	0.9	0.89		0.93	-0.23	0.98	0.89	0.96	0.46	0.95	0.94	-0.31	0.87	0.28	0.98	0.97	0.96	-0.43	0.92	0.71	0.9	0.9	0.88	0.94
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.95	0.74	0.91	0.9	0.93		-0.14	0.88	0.75	0.92	0.41	0.79	0.78	-0.04	0.78	0.27	0.92	0.95	0.92	-0.25	0.93	0.85	0.84	0.78	0.78	0.86
Net Debt	-0.25	-0.04	-0.34	-0.36	-0.23	-0.14		-0.25	-0.39	-0.05	0.71	-0.25	-0.15	0.35	0.06	0.72	-0.22	-0.26	-0.34	-0.28	-0.02	0.03	-0.03	-0.18	-0.09	-0.02
Retained Earnings	0.97	0.49	0.89	0.87	0.98	0.88	-0.25		0.89	0.93	0.43	0.97	0.93	-0.37	0.85	0.27	0.94	0.95	0.94	-0.48	0.88	0.64	0.85	0.86	0.85	0.91
Cash	0.84	0.27	0.69	0.66	0.89	0.75	-0.39	0.89		0.88	0.24	0.92	0.9	-0.51	0.89	0.02	0.87	0.8	0.78	-0.61	0.73	0.52	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.91
Non Current Assets Total	0.94	0.54	0.81	0.78	0.96	0.92	-0.05	0.93	0.88		0.57	0.89	0.92	-0.23	0.95	0.34	0.95	0.92	0.86	-0.55	0.92	0.75	0.97	0.91	0.92	0.99
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.43	0.24	0.3	0.27	0.46	0.41	0.71	0.43	0.24	0.57		0.43	0.55	0.02	0.61	0.89	0.48	0.41	0.33	-0.5	0.58	0.41	0.56	0.48	0.54	0.59
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.9	0.34	0.78	0.75	0.95	0.79	-0.25	0.97	0.92	0.89	0.43		0.95	-0.48	0.87	0.29	0.92	0.87	0.86	-0.58	0.8	0.55	0.84	0.87	0.88	0.9
Net Receivables	0.89	0.33	0.75	0.73	0.94	0.78	-0.15	0.93	0.9	0.92	0.55	0.95		-0.45	0.9	0.38	0.95	0.86	0.84	-0.56	0.86	0.56	0.92	0.93	0.94	0.94
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	-0.23	0.53	-0.12	-0.09	-0.31	-0.04	0.35	-0.37	-0.51	-0.23	0.02	-0.48	-0.45		-0.34	0.08	-0.29	-0.18	-0.21	0.43	-0.12	0.36	-0.28	-0.4	-0.38	-0.31
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.81	0.33	0.61	0.57	0.87	0.78	0.06	0.85	0.89	0.95	0.61	0.87	0.9	-0.34		0.37	0.85	0.77	0.7	-0.77	0.81	0.62	0.96	0.89	0.93	0.98
Other Current Assets	0.26	0.18	0.18	0.17	0.28	0.27	0.72	0.27	0.02	0.34	0.89	0.29	0.38	0.08	0.37		0.32	0.25	0.21	-0.3	0.46	0.3	0.33	0.25	0.38	0.35
Other Stockholder Equity	0.97	0.54	0.88	0.87	0.98	0.92	-0.22	0.94	0.87	0.95	0.48	0.92	0.95	-0.29	0.85	0.32		0.95	0.93	-0.36	0.92	0.71	0.91	0.93	0.9	0.93
Total Liab	1.0	0.66	0.98	0.97	0.97	0.95	-0.26	0.95	0.8	0.92	0.41	0.87	0.86	-0.18	0.77	0.25	0.95		0.99	-0.26	0.94	0.75	0.83	0.82	0.8	0.87
Total Current Assets	0.98	0.64	0.99	0.98	0.96	0.92	-0.34	0.94	0.78	0.86	0.33	0.86	0.84	-0.21	0.7	0.21	0.93	0.99		-0.18	0.9	0.7	0.76	0.78	0.75	0.81
Short Term Debt	-0.32	0.15	-0.07	-0.02	-0.43	-0.25	-0.28	-0.48	-0.61	-0.55	-0.5	-0.58	-0.56	0.43	-0.77	-0.3	-0.36	-0.26	-0.18		-0.33	-0.16	-0.59	-0.47	-0.6	-0.64
Accounts Payable	0.94	0.64	0.88	0.87	0.92	0.93	-0.02	0.88	0.73	0.92	0.58	0.8	0.86	-0.12	0.81	0.46	0.92	0.94	0.9	-0.33		0.77	0.88	0.8	0.85	0.89
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.74	0.92	0.7	0.7	0.71	0.85	0.03	0.64	0.52	0.75	0.41	0.55	0.56	0.36	0.62	0.3	0.71	0.75	0.7	-0.16	0.77		0.7	0.59	0.61	0.69
Other Liab	0.86	0.42	0.69	0.67	0.9	0.84	-0.03	0.85	0.89	0.97	0.56	0.84	0.92	-0.28	0.96	0.33	0.91	0.83	0.76	-0.59	0.88	0.7		0.93	0.96	0.98
Current Deferred Revenue	0.85	0.34	0.71	0.69	0.9	0.78	-0.18	0.86	0.89	0.91	0.48	0.87	0.93	-0.4	0.89	0.25	0.93	0.82	0.78	-0.47	0.8	0.59	0.93		0.9	0.93
Other Assets	0.84	0.31	0.67	0.65	0.88	0.78	-0.09	0.85	0.89	0.92	0.54	0.88	0.94	-0.38	0.93	0.38	0.9	0.8	0.75	-0.6	0.85	0.61	0.96	0.9		0.95
Good Will	0.9	0.44	0.74	0.71	0.94	0.86	-0.02	0.91	0.91	0.99	0.59	0.9	0.94	-0.31	0.98	0.35	0.93	0.87	0.81	-0.64	0.89	0.69	0.98	0.93	0.95

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Paychex Account Relationship Matchups

Paychex fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	8.6B	9.2B	9.6B	10.5B	12.1B	12.7B
Short Long Term Debt Total	898.8M	897.1M	881.2M	865.7M	995.6M	513.2M
Other Current Liab	4.3B	4.8B	5.1B	5.7B	6.5B	6.8B
Total Current Liabilities	4.4B	4.9B	5.3B	5.8B	6.7B	7.0B
Total Stockholder Equity	2.8B	2.9B	3.1B	3.5B	4.0B	4.2B
Property Plant And Equipment Net	522.2M	498.8M	480M	457.8M	526.5M	552.8M
Net Debt	(6.4M)	(98.1M)	511.2M	(356.3M)	(409.7M)	(389.3M)
Retained Earnings	1.4B	1.4B	1.7B	2.0B	2.3B	2.4B
Cash	905.2M	995.2M	370M	1.2B	1.4B	1.5B
Non Current Assets Total	3.1B	3.1B	3.1B	3.0B	3.5B	3.6B
Non Currrent Assets Other	59.5M	71.2M	347M	65.2M	75.0M	78.7M
Cash And Short Term Investments	932.4M	1.0B	1.2B	1.6B	1.8B	1.9B
Net Receivables	790.3M	1.1B	1.3B	1.4B	1.6B	1.7B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	361M	362.1M	363.1M	362.3M	326.1M	300.9M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	8.6B	9.2B	9.6B	10.5B	12.1B	12.7B
Non Current Liabilities Total	1.3B	1.3B	1.3B	1.2B	1.4B	1.5B
Other Current Assets	244.8M	249.2M	4.0B	289.8M	333.3M	316.6M
Other Stockholder Equity	1.3B	1.4B	1.5B	1.6B	1.9B	2.0B
Total Liab	5.8B	6.3B	6.6B	7.1B	8.1B	8.5B
Total Current Assets	5.5B	6.2B	6.6B	7.5B	8.7B	9.1B
Accounts Payable	79.4M	89M	105.7M	84.7M	97.4M	102.3M
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	522.2M	498.8M	480M	457.8M	526.5M	286.1M
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	56.5M	51.8M	(133.9M)	(159.9M)	(183.9M)	(174.7M)
Other Liab	415.1M	448.7M	451.3M	408.3M	469.5M	493.0M
Current Deferred Revenue	39.2M	37.9M	38.4M	47.3M	54.4M	57.1M
Other Assets	397.7M	432M	455.3M	512.5M	589.4M	618.8M
Good Will	1.8B	1.8B	1.8B	1.8B	2.1B	2.2B
Short Term Investments	27.2M	36.7M	853.9M	373.4M	336.1M	306.6M
Inventory	3.9B	3.5B	3.8B	4.2B	4.8B	5.1B
Intangible Assets	330.6M	275.8M	224.6M	187.4M	215.5M	172.5M
Property Plant Equipment	407.4M	498.8M	480M	396.3M	455.7M	324.8M
Net Tangible Assets	659.7M	851.5M	1.0B	1.5B	1.3B	821.8M
Long Term Debt	796.8M	797.3M	797.7M	798.2M	917.9M	963.8M
Retained Earnings Total Equity	1.4B	1.4B	1.7B	2.0B	2.3B	1.3B
Capital Surpluse	1.3B	1.4B	1.5B	1.6B	1.9B	1.1B
Deferred Long Term Liab	240.8M	384.1M	433.3M	112.1M	128.9M	134.3M

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

0.07

Dividend Share

3.56

Earnings Share

4.59

Revenue Per Share

14.461

Quarterly Revenue Growth

0.042

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Paychex Price to Sales Ratio vs Gross Profit Analysis

Price To Sales Ratio vs Gross Profit

Price to Sales Ratio vs Gross Profit Correlation Analysis

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Gross Profit

Paychex fundamental ratios Correlations

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Total Liab	+ 1.0	Total Assets
Total Current Liabilities	+ 1.0	Other Current Liab
Total Stockholder Equity	+ 0.99	Total Assets
Total Current Assets	+ 0.99	Other Current Liab
Good Will	+ 0.99	Non Current Assets Total
Total Current Assets	+ 0.99	Total Liab

Short Term Debt	- 0.77	Non Current Liabilities Total
Good Will	- 0.64	Short Term Debt
Short Term Debt	- 0.61	Cash
Other Assets	- 0.6	Short Term Debt
Other Liab	- 0.59	Short Term Debt
Short Term Debt	- 0.58	Cash And Short Term Investments