Paycom Software, Inc. (NYSE:PAYC) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

Chad Richison: No, it’s a paradigm shift. And no, I would not say its regard – again, back to my previous statement. We’re not seeing anything within our go-to market. And by that, I’m talking about outside sales, new logo and/or inside sales new logo from that perspective. We’ve made a paradigm shift. I mean, we can’t change the industry and not change the industry. So we’ve been going hard at it for two years. And I mean that’s not changing. Some of the largest companies in the world are going to be using Beti. It can be challenging to make a paradigm shift, but it’s not our first rodeo. I mean, back in ’98 would have been, a lot easier to install Windows 95 on a software 486 desktop with a hard drive communicated with a modem like our competitors.

In 2003, it would have been easier to partner with best in breed. So we don’t necessarily do what’s easy. We do what creates value for our clients and drives the return on investment. And when we stay disciplined doing the right things, we accelerate opportunities for ourselves, the client and consequently drive shareholder value, which is very important to me personally.

Operator: Our next question is with Robert Simmons with D.A. Davidson.

Robert Simmons: Hi. Thanks for taking the question. I guess how much revenue are you generating today from your international efforts? And how quickly do you think that can ramp up? Is that included in the outlook for next year? Or is that would that be a potential upside to those numbers?

Chad Richison: Every – we’re not – I think what Craig was trying to give is more initial outlook, if you will, a nod to all the initiatives that we have right now as we move forward. I do believe that next year, we’re already seeing it now will be – continue to be pulled up market. But still focused on our core market that we focus on, but we’ll continue to be pulled up as we have been. And yes, a big part of that continues to be the global HCM product and expansion into additional countries. I mean zero employees are doing their own payroll in Canada until I think it was August. And now employees in Mexico will be.

Operator: Our next question is from Matt Pfau with William Blair. Your line is now open.

Matt Pfau: Hi. Great. Wanted to ask, one of the items you mentioned were some macro headwinds from inflation. Maybe you can just clarify how big of a factor that those are? And then in the initial 2024 guide, what you’re anticipating from a macro or a demand perspective? Any change there? Thanks.

Chad Richison: I mean from the macro headwinds, where we’re seeing it specifically related to preemployment services that we have. So that’s really more in regards to that, that carries through.

Craig Boelte: We expect that to carry through into the fourth quarter and into next year as well.

Operator: Our next question is from Adam Bergere with Bank of America.

Adam Bergere: Hi. Thanks for taking the question. I guess kind of open-ended, but what’s like the silver lining in this from like an investor shareholder perspective, like win rates go up pretty materially since there’s tangible cost savings there when you use Beti. Is help with the move upmarket, given more value. Just trying to think about past this initial cannibalization period, like what should we look at like as the positives on the other side. Thank you.

Chad Richison: Well, yes. No, I think that’s actually a good point. First of all, I think you should see this as a transitory period. And we’ve kind of been talking about our continued ability to move current clients over to Beti and help them achieve value. I came out and said I hope all clients are on 100% within the first because it produces that much value. I thought it’d be quickly. We have one-third of our clients that we want to make sure are getting value out of Paycom with what they’re using. And we also want to be able to preserve the opportunity to be able to sell them on the real value of Beti and the opportunity it has for them.