Paychex, Inc. PAYX
Set alert
At close · Oct 30
After hours · Oct 30, 5:07 PM ET
- YTD
- -0.05%
- 1 year
- -4.36%
- Open
- 111.96
- Prev close
- 109.37
- Mkt cap
- 39.91B
- Vol
- 3.54M
- Avg vol
- 2.88M
- EPS
- 5.04
- P/E
- 22.25
- Div yield
- 4.35%
More statistics
- Low
- 111.37
- High
- 113.07
- Forward P/E
- 17.55
- Beta
- 0.85
- Short ratio
- 5.88
- Inst. own
- 85.92%
- Dividend
- 4.76
- Ex-div date
- Oct 25, 2026
- Earnings
- Dec 18, 2026
- 50-d avg
- 113.02
- 200-d avg
- 103.41
- 1y target
- 114.57
5D chart
Events in this range
- Oct 26, 2026Dividend: 1.19
Signals (124)
| Name | Time | Ago |
|---|---|---|
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 3:55 PM | 1 day ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 30, 3:55 PM | 1 day ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 30, 3:50 PM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 3:40 PM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 2:25 PM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 2:20 PM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 1:50 PM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 1:35 PM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 1:20 PM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 1:15 PM | 1 day ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 30, 1:15 PM | 1 day ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 30, 1:00 PM | 1 day ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 30, 12:55 PM | 1 day ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 30, 12:45 PM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 12:25 PM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 12:15 PM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 11:50 AM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 11:25 AM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 11:10 AM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 30, 11:05 AM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 10:50 AM | 1 day ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 30, 10:30 AM | 1 day ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Oct 30, 9:55 AM | 1 day ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 30, 9:30 AM | 1 day ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Oct 30, 9:30 AM | 1 day ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 29, 3:50 PM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 29, 3:50 PM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 29, 3:30 PM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 29, 3:20 PM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 29, 3:15 PM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 29, 3:10 PM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 29, 3:05 PM | 2 days ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 29, 2:45 PM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 29, 2:40 PM | 2 days ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Oct 29, 2:25 PM | 2 days ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Oct 29, 2:00 PM | 2 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 29, 1:30 PM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 29, 1:25 PM | 2 days ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 29, 1:20 PM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 29, 1:10 PM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 29, 12:15 PM | 2 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 29, 12:05 PM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 29, 11:35 AM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 29, 11:00 AM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 29, 11:00 AM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 29, 10:55 AM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 29, 10:35 AM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 29, 10:30 AM | 2 days ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 29, 10:10 AM | 2 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 29, 10:05 AM | 2 days ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Oct 29, 9:30 AM | 2 days ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Oct 28, 3:50 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 28, 3:20 PM | 3 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 28, 3:20 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 28, 3:15 PM | 3 days ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 28, 3:10 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 28, 3:05 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 28, 3:00 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 28, 2:50 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 28, 2:50 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 28, 2:25 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 28, 2:25 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 28, 2:20 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 28, 2:20 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 28, 2:10 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 28, 2:10 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 28, 2:00 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 28, 1:30 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 28, 1:00 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 28, 12:40 PM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 28, 11:55 AM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 28, 11:40 AM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 28, 11:35 AM | 3 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 28, 11:30 AM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 28, 11:25 AM | 3 days ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 28, 10:55 AM | 3 days ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 28, 10:45 AM | 3 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 28, 10:40 AM | 3 days ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 28, 10:25 AM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 28, 10:20 AM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 28, 10:15 AM | 3 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 28, 10:10 AM | 3 days ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 28, 9:30 AM | 3 days ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 28, 9:30 AM | 3 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 27, 3:50 PM | 4 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 27, 3:45 PM | 4 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 27, 3:15 PM | 4 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 27, 3:10 PM | 4 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 27, 3:00 PM | 4 days ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 27, 2:50 PM | 4 days ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 27, 2:10 PM | 4 days ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 27, 2:00 PM | 4 days ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 27, 1:45 PM | 4 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 27, 1:40 PM | 4 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 27, 1:30 PM | 4 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 27, 1:20 PM | 4 days ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 27, 1:15 PM | 4 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 27, 1:00 PM | 4 days ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 27, 12:10 PM | 4 days ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 27, 11:50 AM | 4 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 27, 11:20 AM | 4 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 27, 11:00 AM | 4 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 27, 11:00 AM | 4 days ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 27, 10:50 AM | 4 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 27, 10:45 AM | 4 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 27, 10:40 AM | 4 days ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 27, 9:50 AM | 4 days ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 27, 9:35 AM | 4 days ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 27, 9:35 AM | 4 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 27, 9:30 AM | 4 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 27, 9:30 AM | 4 days ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Oct 26, 3:50 PM | 5 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 26, 2:55 PM | 5 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 26, 2:45 PM | 5 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 26, 2:40 PM | 5 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 26, 2:35 PM | 5 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 26, 2:30 PM | 5 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 26, 2:00 PM | 5 days ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 26, 1:40 PM | 5 days ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 26, 1:30 PM | 5 days ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Oct 26, 1:05 PM | 5 days ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 26, 12:35 PM | 5 days ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 26, 10:40 AM | 5 days ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 26, 10:30 AM | 5 days ago |
Key statistics
- Market cap
- 39.91B
- Enterprise value
- 42.62B
- Trailing P/E
- 22.25
- Forward P/E
- 17.55
- PEG ratio
- 2.04
- Price / sales
- 6.05
- Price / book
- 10.77
- EPS (TTM)
- 5.04
- Beta
- 0.85
- Dividend yield
- 4.35%
- Payout ratio
- 90.08%
- Profit margin
- 27.35%
- Revenue (TTM)
- 6.60B
- Revenue growth
- 5.90%
- Free cash flow
- 1.89B
- Total cash
- 934.20M
- Total debt
- 4.62B
- Return on equity
- 47.05%
- Shares outstanding
- 355.98M
- Short % of float
- 6.52%
- 50-day average
- 113.02
- 200-day average
- 103.41
Analyst view
Consensus: hold
- Target (low)
- 96.00
- Target (mean)
- 114.57
- Target (high)
- 150.00
- Strong buy0
- Buy2
- Hold15
- Sell2
- Strong sell0
Next earnings
Dec 18, 2026
Expected Dec 18, 2026. Consensus EPS estimate 1.28.
Financials — quick view
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2026 | Nov 30, 2026 | 1.30 | — | — | — |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | 1.32 | 1.34 | +0.02 | +1.52% |
| Jun 24, 2026 | May 31, 2026 | 1.31 | 1.32 | +0.01 | +0.76% |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Feb 28, 2026 | 1.67 | 1.71 | +0.04 | +2.40% |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Nov 30, 2025 | 1.23 | 1.26 | +0.03 | +2.44% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Aug 31, 2025 | 1.20 | 1.22 | +0.02 | +1.67% |
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | Baird | main | Neutral | Neutral |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | main | Underweight | Underweight |
| Sep 24, 2026 | UBS | main | Neutral | Neutral |
| Sep 24, 2026 | BMO Capital | main | Market Perform | Market Perform |
| Sep 24, 2026 | Stifel | main | Hold | Hold |
| Sep 24, 2026 | RBC Capital | reit | Sector Perform | Sector Perform |
About Paychex, Inc.
Paychex, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides human capital management solutions (HCM) for human resources, payroll processing, employee benefits, and insurance services for small to medium-sized businesses in the United States, Europe, Canada, India, and Israel. It offers technology and advisory solutions; and payroll tax administration services. The company also provides retirement solutions, such as plan implementation, ongoing compliance with government regulations, employee and employer reporting, participant and employer online access, electronic funds transfer, and other administrative services; HCM solutions from recruiting and hiring to retirement; and talent management and talent acquisition services. In addition, it offers payroll solutions, including calculation, preparation, and delivery of employee payroll checks; production of internal accounting records and management reports; preparation of federal, state, and local payroll tax returns; and collection and remittance of clients' payroll obligations. Further, the company provides workforce management solutions; benefits administration solutions; digital marketplace for earned wages, financial wellness solutions, and voluntary lifestyle benefits; administrative services organization HR outsourcing solutions; solutions to payroll and non-payroll customers; retirement and funding solutions; and insurance services for property and casualty coverage, such as workers' compensation, business-owner policies, cyber security protection, and commercial auto, as well as health and benefits coverage, including health, dental, vision, and life. Additionally, it offers payroll, HR, employee benefits administration, retirement, insurance, risk management outsourcing, and access to professionally trained HR representatives, virtually and on-site. It markets and sells its solutions primarily through its direct sales force. Paychex, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Software - Application
- Country
- United States
- Website
- paychex.com
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANTE ADAM BROOKS | Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Jul 14, 2026 | 55,975 |
| BERGSTROM RYAN NORMAN | Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Jul 14, 2026 | 44,688 |
| BONADIO THOMAS F | Director | Purchase | Feb 3, 2026 | 21,504 |
| DOODY JOSEPH G | Director | Purchase | Feb 3, 2026 | 0 |
| GIBSON JOHN B JR | Chief Executive Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Jul 14, 2026 | 81,366 |
| GIOJA MICHAEL E | Officer | Sale | Apr 2, 2025 | 23,983 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital International Investors | 8.10% | 28,840,445 | 3.23B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Blackrock Inc. | 7.80% | 27,753,178 | 3.11B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 5.91% | 21,040,690 | 2.36B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 4.29% | 15,277,715 | 1.71B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation | 4.05% | 14,411,341 | 1.62B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Invesco Ltd. | 3.66% | 13,040,655 | 1.46B | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 2.88% | 10,236,873 | 1.15B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| WASHINGTON MUTUAL INVESTORS FUND | 2.51% | 8,929,519 | 1.00B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST-Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF | 2.48% | 8,817,241 | 988.59M | Aug 30, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund | 2.35% | 8,355,689 | 936.84M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 | 2.09% | 7,427,041 | 832.72M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund | 1.96% | 6,987,004 | 783.38M | Jun 29, 2026 |