Paychex

PAYX

Market cap $34.7B

PAYX gains 7.9% over the past month as SaaS demand, AI-driven HR tools and expanding PEO services support its growth outlook.

Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) Presents at J.P. Morgan 54th Annual Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference Transcript

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX), an industry-leading human capital management (HCM) company, today announced Workforce Intelligence Strengthened by Expertise (WISE), the AI-powered intelligence solution transforming business operations with embedded context-aware intelligence, expert-enabled guidance, and autonomous execution. With Paychex's five decades of trusted data and human expertise at its core, WISE transforms AI from a passive tool to expert-designed agen.

Every month, we screen for high-yield but safe and consistent dividend growth stocks using Seeking Alpha quant grades, narrowing to top-yielding, fundamentally sound names. Over the long term, dividend growers can help to combat the negative impacts of inflation and help to grow wealth. However, not every name that comes up based on the screening is worthwhile; we do an initial cursory look to see what names could be worth further research.

High-yield dividend stocks are rare in today's market. Verizon, Kimberly-Clark, and three others still offer payouts above 5% while growing earnings.

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $PAYX #employmenttrends--The pace of job growth among U.S. small businesses showed an increase in April, marking the second consecutive month of gains as employers continued to demonstrate resilience amid ongoing economic uncertainty, according to the latest Paychex Small Business Employment Watch. The national jobs index, which reflects employment growth in U.S. small businesses with fewer than 50 employees, rose 0.35 percentage points from March to April (99.16), the largest one‑mont.

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX), an industry-leading human capital management ("HCM") company, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on Paychex common stock of $1.19 per share, an increase of $0.11 (or 10%) from the prior quarterly dividend of $1.08 per share, payable on May 29, 2026 to shareholders of record as of May 13, 2026. “Our decision to raise the dividend by 10%—our fifth consecutive double-digit increa.

I present a May 2026 dividend stock watchlist, screening for fundamental growth, economic moats, and yields above 2.5%, emphasizing valuation and future return potential. The top 25 stocks average a 3.86% yield and are potentially ~30% undervalued by dividend yield theory, with an estimated future CAGR of 18.9%. Key opportunities include high-yield names like Campbell's (7.63%), fast dividend growers such as Autoliv (38.15% DGR), and deeply undervalued stocks like Brown-Forman (-62.97%).

The London Company Income Equity portfolio returned 4.4% (4.2% net) during the quarter vs. a 4.2% decrease in the Russell 1000 Index. GLW continues to outperform, driven by strong demand in Optical Communications, particularly for GenAI-related products. NTDOY was pressured this quarter by rising memory chip prices, a key input of its hardware, and concerns around increased competition in gaming from AI.

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