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Paychex, Inc. (PAYX)At 4:00PM EST: 30.11  Down 0.07 (0.23%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:10.91B
Enterprise Value (Dec 31, 2011)3:10.53B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):20.21
Forward P/E (fye May 31, 2013)1:18.47
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.93
Price/Sales (ttm):5.06
Price/Book (mrq):7.02
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:4.87
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:11.38
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:May 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Nov 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):24.91%
Operating Margin (ttm):38.34%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):10.41%
Return on Equity (ttm):35.82%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):2.16B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):5.97
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):6.60%
Gross Profit (ttm):2.08B
EBITDA (ttm)6:924.80M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):538.80M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.49
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):4.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):411.10M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.13
Total Debt (mrq):0.00
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):N/A
Current Ratio (mrq):1.15
Book Value Per Share (mrq):4.30
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):693.30M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):520.51M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.96
52-Week Change3:-4.08%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-1.12%
52-Week High (Mar 9, 2011)3:33.91
52-Week Low (Aug 22, 2011)3:25.12
50-Day Moving Average3:29.17
200-Day Moving Average3:28.38
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:3,201,240
Avg Vol (10 day)3:2,386,290
Shares Outstanding5:362.42M
Float:324.08M
% Held by Insiders1:10.61%
% Held by Institutions1:66.10%
Shares Short (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:7.13M
Short Ratio (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:3.00
Short % of Float (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:2.20%
Shares Short (prior month)3:7.35M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.28
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:4.30%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.25
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:4.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:3.70%
Payout Ratio4:84.00%
Dividend Date3:Nov 14, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Oct 28, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:2
Last Split Date3:May 23, 2000

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Nov 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Nov 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Nov 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of May 31, 2011)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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