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PAYX

Paychex Inc

Sep 12 • 04:00PM ET

135.11

-0.35 -0.26 %

Technology • Software - Application • USA • NASD

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Index	NDX, S&P 500	P/E	29.51	EPS (ttm)	4.58	Insider Own	10.58%	Shs Outstand	360.50M	Perf Week	-0.24%
Market Cap	48.67B	Forward P/E	22.89	EPS next Y	5.90	Insider Trans	-0.39%	Shs Float	322.12M	Perf Month	-2.53%
Enterprise Value	52.01B	PEG	3.43	EPS next Q	1.20	Inst Own	79.16%	Short Float	3.93%	Perf Quarter	-11.97%
Income	1.66B	P/S	8.74	EPS this Y	9.51%	Inst Trans	-0.37%	Short Ratio	5.27	Perf Half Y	-5.89%
Sales	5.57B	P/B	11.80	EPS next Y	8.25%	ROA	12.30%	Short Interest	12.66M	Perf YTD	-3.64%
Book/sh	11.45	P/C	28.45	EPS next 5Y	8.61%	ROE	41.80%	52W High	161.24 -16.21%	Perf Year	0.74%
Cash/sh	4.75	P/FCF	29.30	EPS past 3/5Y	6.07% 8.52%	ROIC	18.98%	52W Low	131.83 2.49%	Perf 3Y	9.05%
Dividend Est.	4.33 (3.20%)	EV/EBITDA	20.16	Sales past 3/5Y	6.51% 6.64%	Gross Margin	72.35%	Volatility	1.53% 1.54%	Perf 5Y	77.64%
Dividend TTM	4.12 (3.05%)	EV/Sales	9.33	EPS Y/Y TTM	-1.91%	Oper. Margin	42.54%	ATR (14)	2.32	Perf 10Y	202.26%
Dividend Ex-Date	Jul 21, 2025	Quick Ratio	1.28	Sales Y/Y TTM	5.56%	Profit Margin	29.74%	RSI (14)	41.88	Recom	3.18
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	13.22% 10.14%	Current Ratio	1.28	EPS Q/Q	-21.88%	SMA20	-1.53%	Beta	0.93	Target Price	148.82
Payout	87.81%	Debt/Eq	1.22	Sales Q/Q	10.21%	SMA50	-3.90%	Rel Volume	0.54	Prev Close	135.46
Employees	19000	LT Debt/Eq	1.12	Earnings	Jun 25 BMO	SMA200	-7.38%	Avg Volume	2.40M	Price	135.11
IPO	Aug 26, 1983	Option/Short	Yes / Yes	EPS/Sales Surpr.	-0.07% -1.08%	Trades		Volume	1,305,369	Change	-0.26%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Jul-10-25	Initiated	BMO Capital Markets	Market Perform	$160
Dec-22-23	Downgrade	TD Cowen	Outperform → Market Perform	$132 → $123
Dec-14-23	Upgrade	Barclays	Underweight → Equal Weight	$107 → $126
Nov-07-23	Initiated	UBS	Neutral	$120
Sep-05-23	Initiated	RBC Capital Mkts	Sector Perform	$130
Jun-02-23	Initiated	UBS	Neutral	$115
Apr-03-23	Downgrade	BofA Securities	Neutral → Underperform	$119 → $105
Jan-17-23	Downgrade	Barclays	Equal Weight → Underweight	$110
Mar-09-22	Upgrade	BofA Securities	Underperform → Neutral	$125
Jan-11-22	Upgrade	Cowen	Market Perform → Outperform	$130 → $145
Oct-06-21	Downgrade	Citigroup	Buy → Neutral	$125
Oct-05-21	Downgrade	Citigroup	Buy → Neutral	$121 → $125
Apr-07-21	Downgrade	Wolfe Research	Peer Perform → Underperform	$94
Dec-18-20	Resumed	Wells Fargo	Overweight	$105
Oct-08-20	Upgrade	Citigroup	Neutral → Buy	$75 → $93
Jul-14-20	Initiated	Goldman	Sell	$64
Mar-18-20	Upgrade	Morgan Stanley	Underweight → Equal-Weight	$67
Mar-18-20	Downgrade	Citigroup	Buy → Neutral
Jan-14-20	Resumed	Citigroup	Buy
Sep-11-19	Initiated	Cowen	Market Perform

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Sep-12-25 09:30AM	Paychex Recognized as One of America's Greatest Companies and Most Admired Workplaces by Newsweek (Business Wire)
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12:03AM	2 Reasons to Like PAYX and 1 to Stay Skeptical (StockStory)
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Sep-03-25 02:14PM	Where Innovation Meets Impact: How Paychex Is Transforming Work (AfroTech)
Sep-02-25 08:30AM	Hourly Wage Growth Among U.S. Small Business Workers Near Five-Year Low (Business Wire)
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Jul-29-25 09:09AM	Earnings Preview: What To Expect From Paychex's Report (Barchart)
09:02AM	Paychex CEO John Gibson: Small business labor market remains fundamentally stable and resilient (CNBC TV)
08:30AM	U.S. Small Business Job Growth Remains Stable in July (Business Wire)
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Jul-17-25 09:00AM	Paychex and SoFi at Work Join Forces to Expand Financial Well-being Offerings (Business Wire)
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Jul-09-25 04:15PM	Paychex Declares Quarterly Dividend (Business Wire)
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Jul-01-25 12:00PM	AuditBoard Appoints Raul Villar Jr. as Chief Executive Officer (PR Newswire)
08:30AM	U.S. Small Business Employment Holds Steady Through First Half of 2025 (Business Wire)
Jun-28-25 12:20PM	Jim Cramer Expresses Shock Over Paychex Stock's 9% Decline (Insider Monkey)
Jun-26-25 05:05PM	Paychex shares recoup a bit; CEO comments about economy; analysts weigh in (TheStreet)
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Jun-25-25 09:01PM	Paychex CEO John Gibson goes one-on-one with Jim Cramer (CNBC TV) -9.40%
09:01PM	In June you are going to see moderate and stable growth in small businesses, says Paychex CEO Gibson (CNBC TV)
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10:59AM	Cramer's Stop Trading: Paychex (CNBC TV)
10:51AM	Paychex Q4 Earnings & Revenues Surpass Estimates, Increase Y/Y (Zacks)
10:49AM	Paychex Stock Leads S&P 500 Decliners as Firm Posts Lower-Than-Expected Sales (Investopedia)
10:30AM	Compared to Estimates, Paychex (PAYX) Q4 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics (Zacks)
09:40AM	Paychex (PAYX) Beats Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates (Zacks)
09:17AM	Paychex delivers in-line fourth quarter results, offers guidance; stock down (Investing.com)
08:51AM	Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) Misses Q2 Sales Targets (StockStory)
08:47AM	Paychex: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
08:30AM	Paychex, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results (Business Wire)
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Jun-23-25 11:01PM	Paychex (PAYX) To Report Earnings Tomorrow: Here Is What To Expect (StockStory)
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Jun-19-25 09:15AM	Insights Into Paychex (PAYX) Q4: Wall Street Projections for Key Metrics (Zacks)
Jun-18-25 10:00AM	Paychex (PAYX) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth (Zacks)
Jun-17-25 09:25AM	Paychex price target raised to $153 from $150 at TD Cowen (TipRanks)
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Jun-13-25 09:00AM	Paychex, Inc. Schedules Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2025 Earnings Conference Call for June 25, 2025 (Business Wire)
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Jun-09-25 09:43AM	Paychex Named to Newsweeks Americas Greatest Workplaces 2025 (Business Wire)
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07:20AM	Paychex launches Partner Pro portal for accountants (International Accounting Bulletin)
Jun-04-25 09:30AM	Paychex Launches New Experience for Accountants (Business Wire)
Jun-03-25 10:27AM	Paychex CEO: We're not seeing the wage increases we were seeing a year ago (CNBC TV)
08:30AM	U.S. Small Business Job Growth Remains Largely Unchanged in May (Business Wire)
08:27AM	Paychex CEO John Gibson: Small businesses are 'a little frozen' right now (CNBC TV)
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May-25-25 05:05PM	Jefferies Lifted the Price Target for Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) by $35 (Insider Monkey)
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May-16-25 04:05PM	B. Thomas Golisano, Paychex Founder, to Step Down from Companys Board of Directors (Business Wire)
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Paychex, Inc. engages in the provision of human capital management solutions for payroll, human resources, insurance, and retirement for small and medium-sized businesses. Its solutions include payroll services, hiring services, business insurance, time and attendance, employee benefits, finance and payments, human resources services, and startup services. The company was founded by Blase Thomas Golisano in 1971 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Simmons Christopher C	VP, Controller & Treasurer	Jul 16 '25	Sale	140.98	1,843	259,826	5,723	Jul 17 04:00 PM
Schrader Robert L.	Sr. VP, CFO	Jul 16 '25	Sale	140.63	3,160	444,391	19,281	Jul 17 04:00 PM
Gibson John B	President and CEO	Jul 16 '25	Sale	141.92	12,370	1,755,550	81,755	Jul 17 04:00 PM
Gibson John B	Officer	Jul 16 '25	Proposed Sale	141.91	12,370	1,755,489		Jul 16 01:44 PM
Schrader Robert L.	Officer	Jul 16 '25	Proposed Sale	140.63	3,160	444,391		Jul 16 12:11 PM
Simmons Christopher C	Officer	Jul 16 '25	Proposed Sale	140.98	1,843	259,826		Jul 16 11:58 AM
Mucci Family Foundation	Director	Jul 14 '25	Proposed Sale	143.89	21,642	3,114,071		Jul 14 12:02 PM
MUCCI MARTIN	Chairman	Jul 10 '25	Option Exercise	60.84	435,226	26,479,150	705,978	Jul 11 05:30 PM
MUCCI MARTIN	Chairman	Jul 10 '25	Sale	145.17	97,526	14,157,849	446,917	Jul 11 05:30 PM
MUCCI MARTIN	Director	Jul 10 '25	Proposed Sale	145.17	97,526	14,158,115		Jul 10 01:58 PM
VELLI JOSEPH M	Director	Apr 15 '25	Option Exercise	47.43	11,489	544,923	82,105	Apr 16 04:30 PM
VELLI JOSEPH M	Director	Apr 15 '25	Sale	149.25	3,650	544,762	78,455	Apr 16 04:30 PM
VELLI JOSEPH M	Director	Apr 15 '25	Proposed Sale	149.25	3,650	544,763		Apr 15 11:02 AM
Gioja Michael E	Sr. Vice President	Apr 03 '25	Option Exercise	69.54	31,653	2,201,150	45,688	Apr 07 04:30 PM
Gioja Michael E	Sr. Vice President	Apr 03 '25	Sale	154.59	31,653	4,893,136	14,035	Apr 07 04:30 PM
Gioja Michael E	Officer	Apr 03 '25	Proposed Sale	154.59	31,653	4,893,185		Apr 03 10:39 AM
GOLISANO B THOMAS	10% Owner	Jan 31 '25	Proposed Sale	140.41	11,995	1,684,218		Feb 03 02:49 PM
GOLISANO B THOMAS	10% Owner	Jan 15 '25	Proposed Sale	143.72	76,790	11,036,643		Jan 15 11:53 AM
GOLISANO B THOMAS	10% Owner	Jan 10 '25	Proposed Sale	139.88	80,580	11,271,530		Jan 10 03:01 PM
GOLISANO B THOMAS	10% Owner	Nov 14 '24	Proposed Sale	145.90	2,605	380,070		Nov 14 04:57 PM
TUCCI JOSEPH M	Director	Nov 12 '24	Option Exercise	47.43	11,489	544,923	66,475	Nov 14 04:00 PM
GOLISANO B THOMAS	10% Owner	Nov 13 '24	Proposed Sale	147.80	44,190	6,531,282		Nov 13 04:34 PM
GOLISANO B THOMAS	10% Owner	Nov 12 '24	Proposed Sale	147.00	142,350	20,925,450		Nov 12 11:39 AM
GOLISANO B THOMAS	10% Owner	Oct 29 '24	Proposed Sale	140.00	7,300	1,022,000		Oct 29 03:24 PM
GOLISANO B THOMAS	10% Owner	Oct 28 '24	Proposed Sale	140.00	153,848	21,538,785		Oct 28 12:55 PM
GOLISANO B THOMAS	10% Owner	Oct 21 '24	Proposed Sale	142.00	41,985	5,961,870		Oct 21 09:11 AM
Bottini Mark Anthony	Sr. VP of Sales	Oct 16 '24	Option Exercise	47.32	46,875	2,218,125	126,621	Oct 18 04:00 PM
Bottini Mark Anthony	Sr. VP of Sales	Oct 16 '24	Sale	141.87	46,875	6,649,937	79,746	Oct 18 04:00 PM
Schrader Robert L.	Sr. VP, CFO	Oct 15 '24	Option Exercise	85.46	13,015	1,112,262	30,377	Oct 17 04:00 PM
Schrader Robert L.	Sr. VP, CFO	Oct 15 '24	Sale	142.35	13,015	1,852,673	17,362	Oct 17 04:00 PM
Bottini Mark Anthony	Officer	Oct 16 '24	Proposed Sale	141.87	46,875	6,649,997		Oct 16 04:27 PM
GOLISANO B THOMAS	10% Owner	Oct 16 '24	Proposed Sale	143.50	7,143	1,025,020		Oct 15 04:55 PM
Schrader Robert L.	Officer	Oct 15 '24	Proposed Sale	142.35	13,015	1,852,711		Oct 15 11:37 AM
Gioja Michael E	Sr. Vice President	Oct 09 '24	Option Exercise	57.24	26,428	1,512,739	40,943	Oct 10 04:00 PM
Gioja Michael E	Sr. Vice President	Oct 09 '24	Sale	139.03	26,428	3,674,285	14,515	Oct 10 04:00 PM
Gioja Michael E	Officer	Oct 09 '24	Proposed Sale	139.03	26,428	3,674,339		Oct 09 01:38 PM
Gioja Michael E	Sr. Vice President	Oct 04 '24	Option Exercise	57.24	14,731	843,202	29,246	Oct 08 04:00 PM
Gioja Michael E	Sr. Vice President	Oct 04 '24	Sale	139.18	14,731	2,050,261	14,515	Oct 08 04:00 PM
Gioja Michael E	Officer	Oct 04 '24	Proposed Sale	139.18	14,731	2,050,312		Oct 04 04:48 PM

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