Paychex

PAYX

Market cap $48.6B

Overview Fund Activity

135.11 USD

-0.35

0.26%

At close Updated Sep 12, 4:00 PM EDT

Pre-market

After hours

135.22

+0.11

0.08%

1 day

-0.26%

5 days

-0.38%

1 month

0.09%

3 months

-11.97%

6 months

-6.83%

Year to date

-2.45%

1 year

0.69%

5 years

74.07%

10 years

198.19%

About: Paychex is a technology company providing human capital management solutions, enabling clients to better implement payroll, talent, time, tax, and benefits administration. It has a diverse set of product offerings addressing client needs. Aside from its traditional cloud-based payroll and HCM software offering, which accounts for close to half of total revenue, the company provides outsourcing options. Paychex's administrative service organization and professional employer organization accounts generate over 40% of sales. The balance of revenue is generated through retirement services, insurance solutions, and other products. In fiscal 2025, the company had 800,000 clients and almost 2.5 million worksite employees across its ASO and PEO.

Employees: 19,000

Technology Software - Application

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Funds holding %

of 7,462 funds

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Analysts bullish %

of 7 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

0.36% less ownership

Funds ownership: 77.61% [Q1] → 77.25% (-0.36%) [Q2]

1% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $315M | Put options by funds: $319M

3% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 591 | Existing positions reduced: 608

6% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 110 | Existing positions closed: 117

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 1,681 [Q1] → 1,644 (-37) [Q2]

6% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $43.1B [Q1] → $40.5B (-$2.65B) [Q2]

32% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 31 [Q1] → 21 (-10) [Q2]

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Research analyst outlook

7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$140

4% upside

Avg. target

$149

11% upside

High target

$160

18% upside

7 analyst ratings

0 positive

0%

6 neutral

86%

1 negative

14%

Citigroup Peter Christiansen	$148	Neutral Maintained	21 Aug 2025
JP Morgan Tien-Tsin Huang	$153	Underweight Maintained	14 Aug 2025
BMO Capital Daniel Jester	$160	Market Perform Initiated	10 Jul 2025
Morgan Stanley James Faucette	$148	Equal-Weight Maintained	27 Jun 2025
Stifel David Grossman	$152	Hold Maintained	26 Jun 2025
UBS Kevin Mcveigh	$145	Neutral Maintained	26 Jun 2025
Jefferies Samad Samana	$140	Hold Maintained	26 Jun 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 5 articles about PAYX published over the past 30 days

Paychex Recognized as One of America's Greatest Companies and Most Admired Workplaces by Newsweek

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX), an industry-leading human capital management (HCM) company, has recently been named one of America's Greatest Companies 2025 by Newsweek. Through an in-depth analysis across four key pillars of success, Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group compiled the list after evaluating and rating each company on performance, dedication to the American workforce, track record of innovation, and commitment to environmental sustainability and corp.

Paychex Recognized as One of America's Greatest Companies and Most Admired Workplaces by Newsweek

Paychex Introduces New Financial Management Solution Powered by BILL to Simplify Payroll and Payments for SMBs

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX), an industry-leading human capital management (HCM) company, today announced a new financial management solution for accounts payable provided by BILL (NYSE: BILL), a leading intelligent financial operations platform for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Launching through Paychex Flex®, Bill Pay, Powered by BILL, integrates payroll, HR, and accounts payable and empowers SMBs to manage their people and payments in one seamless exp.

Paychex Introduces New Financial Management Solution Powered by BILL to Simplify Payroll and Payments for SMBs

Hourly Wage Growth Among U.S. Small Business Workers Near Five-Year Low

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $PAYX #employmenttrends--According to the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch for August, job growth among U.S. small businesses with fewer than 50 employees remained flat, consistent with trends observed for the last year, while national hourly earnings growth for workers reached its lowest level since December 2020 at 2.58%, continuing to trend below three percent for the 10th consecutive month. The Small Business Jobs Index, which is a primary component of the Small Business Emp.

Hourly Wage Growth Among U.S. Small Business Workers Near Five-Year Low

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CNBC Television

Paychex CEO John Gibson: Small business labor market remains fundamentally stable and resilient

Paychex CEO John Gibson joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest data from Paychex's Small Business Jobs Index.

Paychex CEO John Gibson: Small business labor market remains fundamentally stable and resilient

U.S. Small Business Job Growth Remains Stable in July

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $PAYX #employmenttrends--Job growth among U.S. small businesses with fewer than 50 employees is holding steady, according to the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch for July. The national Small Business Jobs Index, a primary component of the report that measures the pace of small business job growth across the country, has increased 0.17 percentage points to 99.82 in July. Meanwhile, hourly earnings growth for small business workers has maintained a consistent trend, remaining belo.

U.S. Small Business Job Growth Remains Stable in July

Zacks Investment Research

Paychex (PAYX) Up 3.8% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue?

Paychex (PAYX) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?

Paychex (PAYX) Up 3.8% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue?

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