Buyback yield (TTM)
22.30%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
23.61%
5Y share count change
-3.7%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$1.39B
Cumulative buybacks
$1.19B
Key takeaways
- Paycom Software (PAYC) repurchased about $1.39B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 3.7% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 14.35× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +44.3% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 383% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Paycom Software (PAYC)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Paycom Software (PAYC)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Paycom Software (PAYC)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Paycom Software (PAYC)
Latest: $325.50M
Overview
Paycom Software (PAYC) most recent annual buyback spend stands at $325.50M (2025) – surged 165.1% year-over-year.
Paycom Software buyback spend has grown on net over the period, with a +44.3% compound annual growth rate over 2020–2025 (5 years).
The record annual buyback spend stands at $325.50M, reached in 2025; the historical low of $0.00 was recorded in 2012.
Paycom Software Buyback Spend 2025: $325.50M
In 2025, Paycom Software reported buyback spend of $325.50M, surged 165.1% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Paycom Software Buyback Spend 2024: $122.80M
Paycom Software buyback spend in 2024 was $122.80M, plunged 57.2% below 2023.
Paycom Software Buyback Spend 2023: $286.62M
2023's buyback spend for Paycom Software came in at $286.62M, surged 202.8% from 2022.
Paycom Software Buyback Spend 2022: $94.65M
Paycom Software posted buyback spend of $94.65M in 2022, surged 44.3% from 2021.
Paycom Software Buyback Spend 2021: $65.58M
Paycom Software buyback spend in 2021 was $65.58M.
See more financial history for Paycom Software (PAYC).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $325.50M | $118.70M | $206.80M | 3.72% | 0.06B | -0.4% | |
| 2024 | $122.80M | $22.90M | $99.90M | 1.07% | 0.06B | -2.9% | |
| 2023 | $286.62M | $129.81M | $156.81M | 2.42% | 0.06B | -0.3% | |
| 2022 | $94.65M | $94.90M | −$246.00K | 0.53% | 0.06B | -0.0% | |
| 2021 | $65.58M | $97.51M | −$31.93M | 0.27% | 0.06B | -0.2% | |
| 2020 | $52.04M | $90.11M | −$38.07M | 0.20% | 0.06B | -0.2% | |
| 2019 | $42.53M | $47.27M | −$4.74M | 0.28% | 0.06B | -0.3% | |
| 2018 | $105.19M | $36.58M | $68.61M | 1.49% | 0.06B | -0.4% | |
| 2017 | $56.88M | $38.54M | $18.34M | 1.22% | 0.06B | -0.3% | |
| 2016 | $35.56M | $22.47M | $13.09M | 1.36% | 0.06B | +1.8% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $3.22M | −$3.22M | — | 0.06B | +11.7% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $712.00K | −$712.00K | — | 0.05B | +7.2% | |
| 2013 | $1.06M | $934.00K | $127.00K | 0.15% | 0.05B | 0.0% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $503.00K | −$503.00K | — | 0.05B | 0.0% | |
| 2011 | $1.00M | $0.00 | $1.00M | — | 0.05B | — |
- 2025$325.50M
- 2024$122.80M
- 2023$286.62M
- 2022$94.65M
- 2021$65.58M
- 2020$52.04M
- 2019$42.53M
- 2018$105.19M
- 2017$56.88M
- 2016$35.56M
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$1.06M
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$1.00M
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Paycom Software (PAYC)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 14.35×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Paycom Software (PAYC)
How Paycom Software splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Paycom Software, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $90.71B | |
| $40.09B | |
| $18.42B | |
| $6.65B | |
| $6.31B | |
| $1.32B | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $90.71B
- $40.09B
- $18.42B
- $6.65B
- $6.31B
- $1.32B
- $0.00
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $361.20M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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