Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: PAYX stock price vs ORCL: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at ORCL's multiple
Needs ORCL P/E.
Implied fair value · at PAYX's multiple
Needs PAYX P/E.
Price unavailable
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Annual statements in reported currencies, with calculations and source evidence.
Values retain reported currencies and share bases. Select a figure to inspect its period, calculation and filing inputs. Differences require compatible units and periods.
Explore enterprise value and market valuation multiples in the valuation sections.
Trendline
14 period-end years of reported revenue, earnings, and margins. Periods and currencies are shown with the data.
Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
Paychex, Inc. · implied price per share
Bear
$61.65
Base
$74.19
Bull
$90.52
ORACLE CORP · implied price per share
Latest annual free cash flow must be positive to qualify the filing-backed baseline.
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe PAYX can sustain its high margins and improve quality metrics from a 3/9 F-Score, then holding or adding on weakness makes sense because the stock still trades within its historical band despite strong profitability relative to ORCL; otherwise, the DCF range and weak quality signals argue for caution.
PAYX trades at 21.9x P/E versus ORCL at 42.1x, so it looks cheaper on earnings, but the provided implied price of $192.81 is far above the current $100.46, indicating the valuation framework is not consistent with the broader range data. The stock is near the upper half of its historical band and well above the DCF range, suggesting the current price already reflects a lot of optimism.
Supporting Metrics
