Paycom Software has retired 25.3% of its shares since 2022, from 60,321,077 to 45,071,619.
At $251.64 a share, a market value of $11.3B. FCF yield 5.1%, P/E 23.3, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015-01-30 | 53,848,094 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-01 | 59,096,925 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-06 | 59,491,770 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-05 | 59,182,715 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-05 | 58,599,531 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-04 | 58,846,011 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-09 | 60,188,541 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-08 | 60,213,519 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-07 | 60,321,077 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-08 | 57,551,437 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-11 | 57,264,718 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-10 | 54,275,097 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Paycom Software on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $251.64.
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Yes. Paycom Software has 19.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 45,071,619 as of July 28, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 24.9%.
Net of every new share it issued, Paycom Software has 15.2 million fewer shares than at its 2022 peak. That is 25.3% of the company.
45,071,619 shares, as of July 28, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2022 peak it had 60,321,077.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Paycom Software stock in 2022 owns 1.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Paycom Software ranks No. 327 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Pnc Financial Services Group (25.3%), Lennar (25.3%), Morningstar (25.2%), Werner Enterprises (24.9%).
Every answer is computed from Paycom Software's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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