IT vs PAYX
Gartner, Inc. and Paychex, Inc., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | IT | PAYX |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.5B | $6.3B |
| Net income | $729.2M | $1.8B |
| Gross margin | 68.8% | 73.4% |
| Net margin | 11.2% | 27.9% |
| Return on equity | 86.9% | 44.8% |
| Diluted EPS | $9.65 | $4.89 |
| Dividend / share | — | $4.43 |
| Payout ratio | — | 90.3% |
| Free cash flow | — | $2.3B |
| Equity | $319.9M | $3.7B |
| Net debt / equity | 3.94× | 0.93× |
| Current ratio | 1.00× | 1.26× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 9.6% | 9.5% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 22.3% | 9.9% |
IT and PAYX book revenue within 15% of each other, and PAYX keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (27.9% against 11.2%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
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Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | IT | PAYX |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $6.5B | $6.3B |
| FY2024 | $6.3B | $5.4B |
| FY2023 | $5.9B | $5.1B |
| FY2022 | $5.5B | $4.9B |
| FY2021 | $4.7B | $4.6B |
| FY2020 | $4.1B | $4.0B |
| FY2019 | $4.2B | $4.0B |
| FY2018 | $4.0B | $3.7B |
| FY2017 | $3.3B | $3.3B |
| FY2016 | $2.4B | $3.1B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | IT | PAYX |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $729.2M | $1.8B |
| FY2024 | $1.3B | $1.7B |
| FY2023 | $882.5M | $1.7B |
| FY2022 | $807.8M | $1.6B |
| FY2021 | $793.6M | $1.4B |
| FY2020 | $266.7M | $1.1B |
| FY2019 | $233.3M | $1.1B |
| FY2018 | $122.5M | $1.0B |
| FY2017 | $3.3M | $994.1M |
| FY2016 | $193.6M | $826.3M |
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