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PAYX · CIK 0000723531 · FY2025 live · 2025-05-31

PAYCHEX INC

GreySEC 10-KZ″Industrials62nd percentile in Industrials · 489 names

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Model

Z″

FY2025

2.47

Zone

Grey

Prior

—

Market DD

—

1y PD

—

2.47

Classic Z 1.30

−21.12.68+

Z″ 2.47 · distress below 1.10, grey to 2.60, safe above.

Z″ factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity. Carries more weight in Z″ than in classic Z.

    0.12
    6.56 × = 0.78

  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    0.14
    3.26 × = 0.45

  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.

    0.13
    6.72 × = 0.90

  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score.

    0.33
    1.05 × = 0.35

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.

Meridian Rank

65.64

0–100 · Z″ family

  • Book standing

    67

  • Year change

    —

  • Market PD

    —

  • O-score

    62

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

No published events on this print.

Overview

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PAYCHEX INC is on Z″ at 2.47 (grey) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. EBIT / assets is the line that sets the print; working capital / assets is the runner-up. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ omits sales/assets so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score. X4 is book equity on every name.

Book screen Grey; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Z″ scores · 62nd percentile in Industrials.

Filing line items

Current assets

$8.9B

Total assets

$16.6B

Current liabilities

$7.0B

Total liabilities

$12.4B

Working capital

$2.0B

Retained earnings

$2.3B

EBIT

$2.2B

Total sales

$5.4B

Book equity

$4.1B

Accession 0000950170-25-095300. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-05-31). Z″ is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.