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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-044818"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PAYX"
cik: "0000723531"
company_name: "PAYCHEX INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T05:21:03.033146+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Paychex Q3 revenue $1.51B (+5% YoY), EPS $1.43 (+4%); agrees to acquire Paycor HCM, close April 2025

## Summary
- Q3 total revenue $1,509M, +5% YoY; diluted EPS $1.43, +4% YoY.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.49, +8% YoY; adjusted operating income $708.5M, +9%.
- Entered definitive agreement to acquire Paycor HCM; expected close April 2025.
- Returned $1.2B to stockholders in first nine months of fiscal 2025 via dividends and buybacks.
- Nine-month total revenue $4,144.4M, +4% YoY; diluted EPS $3.76, +4%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-044818
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PAYX
- cik: 0000723531
- company_name: PAYCHEX INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000095017025044818/0000950170-25-044818-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000095017025044818/payx-20250326.htm

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