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Paychex vs SAP SE

Side-by-side on the measures that matter, with a plain-English read. Full detail: PAYX · SAP

Updated 6 minutes ago

1-year performance, rebased to 100

PAYX -14.9%SAP -21.0%
Paychex edges it on the scoreable measures. Paychex has the highest Quant Rating (23); Paychex has done best over the past year (-17%); Paychex trades cheapest on trailing earnings.
PAYXSAP
Snapshot
SectorSoftware - ApplicationSoftware - Application
Last price101.55210.13
Change today+0.52%-0.16%
1-year return-16.5%-21.9%
Market cap$36.15B$242.53B
52-week range83.50 – 127.98144.97 – 276.54
Valuation
P/E (TTM)20.1528.10
P/E percentile, own 5-yr range0th35th
P/B9.764.84
Dividend yield4.47%1.36%
Profitability & growth
EPS (TTM)4.896.83
Net profit (TTM)$1.74B$7.88B
Revenue (TTM)$6.60B$38.19B
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.9%+9.4%
Gross margin74.4%72.8%
Operating margin39.2%26.7%
Net margin27.4%20.4%
Free cash flow (TTM)$2.02B$8.73B
Ownership & sentiment
Institutional ownership84.6%47.0%
Insider activity (12mo)19 buy / 31 sell0 buy / 0 sell
Short interest (% of float)5.6%0.4%
Analyst consensus7% buy / 80% hold / 13% sell (15)100% buy (7)
Analyst price target$117 (+15%)$230 (+9%)
StockVane view
StockVane Quant RatingD (23)D (17)
Company
Employees17,600111,397
Founded19711972

▲ marks the more favourable stock(s) on measures with a clear direction (lower P/E, higher yield, higher Quant Rating, better 1-year return). Analyst consensus counts each covering institution once, at its most recent rating. Not a recommendation. Quant Rating method: Data & Methodology.