Stock Analysis on Net

Paycom Software Inc. (NYSE:PAYC)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since November 2, 2023.

Financial Reporting Quality: Aggregate Accruals

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Earnings can be decomposed into cash and accrual components. The accrual component (aggregate accruals) has been found to have less persistence than the cash component, and therefore (1) earnings with higher accrual component are less persistent than earnings with smaller accrual component, all else equal; and (2) the cash component of earnings should receive a higher weighting evaluating company performance.


Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio

Paycom Software Inc., balance sheet computation of aggregate accruals

US$ in thousands

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Dec 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018
Operating Assets
Total assets 3,902,513 3,215,145 2,607,912 2,486,917 1,521,926
Less: Cash and cash equivalents 400,730 277,978 151,710 133,667 45,718
Operating assets 3,501,783 2,937,167 2,456,202 2,353,250 1,476,208
Operating Liabilities
Total liabilities 2,719,906 2,321,431 1,952,269 1,960,289 1,187,173
Less: Current portion of long-term debt 1,775 1,775 1,775 1,775
Less: Net long-term debt, less current portion 29,000 27,380 29,119 30,858 32,614
Operating liabilities 2,690,906 2,292,276 1,921,375 1,927,656 1,152,784
 
Net operating assets1 810,877 644,891 534,827 425,594 323,424
Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals2 165,986 110,064 109,233 102,170
Financial Ratio
Balance-sheet-based accruals ratio3 22.80% 18.66% 22.75% 27.28%
Benchmarks
Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio, Industry
Industrials 0.12% 3.77% 5.75% 200.00%

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31).

1 2022 Calculation
Net operating assets = Operating assets – Operating liabilities
= 3,501,7832,690,906 = 810,877

2 2022 Calculation
Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals = Net operating assets2022 – Net operating assets2021
= 810,877644,891 = 165,986

3 2022 Calculation
Balance-sheet-based accruals ratio = 100 × Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals ÷ Avg. net operating assets
= 100 × 165,986 ÷ [(810,877 + 644,891) ÷ 2] = 22.80%

Financial ratio Description The company
Balance-sheet-based accruals ratio Ratio is found by dividing balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals by average net operating assets. Using the balance-sheet-based accruals ratio, Paycom Software Inc. deteriorated earnings quality from 2021 to 2022.

Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio

Paycom Software Inc., cash flow statement computation of aggregate accruals

US$ in thousands

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Dec 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018
Net income 281,389 195,960 143,453 180,576 137,065
Less: Net cash provided by operating activities 365,103 319,362 227,207 224,263 184,817
Less: Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (23,286) (257,670) (117,877) (219,545) 62,620
Cash-flow-statement-based aggregate accruals (60,428) 134,268 34,123 175,858 (110,372)
Financial Ratio
Cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio1 -8.30% 22.76% 7.11% 46.96%
Benchmarks
Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio, Industry
Industrials -4.47% -8.82% -2.05% -11.47%

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31).

1 2022 Calculation
Cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio = 100 × Cash-flow-statement-based aggregate accruals ÷ Avg. net operating assets
= 100 × -60,428 ÷ [(810,877 + 644,891) ÷ 2] = -8.30%

Financial ratio Description The company
Cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio Ratio is found by dividing cash-flow-statement-based aggregate accruals by average net operating assets. Using the cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio, Paycom Software Inc. improved earnings quality from 2021 to 2022.