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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-072066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PAYX"
cik: "0000723531"
company_name: "PAYCHEX INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T09:34:31.711981+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Paychex Q2 revenue $1.26B +6% YoY; raises FY earnings outlook

## Summary
- Total revenue $1,257.9M (+6%); operating income $506.2M (+7%); diluted EPS $1.08 (+9%).
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.08 (+9%) for Q2; six-month adjusted EPS $2.23 (+10%).
- Full-year earnings outlook raised (specific guidance numbers not in filed exhibit).
- Sustained growth across revenue and earnings lines for both Q2 and first half.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-072066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PAYX
- cik: 0000723531
- company_name: PAYCHEX INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000095017023072066/0000950170-23-072066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000095017023072066/payx-20231221.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-072066.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  PAYCHEX INC reported financial results for for the three and six months ended November 30, 2023.
  - Period: for the three and six months ended November 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Paychex, Inc.'s press release dated December 21, 2023, which reports its financial results for the three and six months ended November 30, 2023, is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K ("Form 8-K").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000095017023072066/0000950170-23-072066-index.htm

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