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Paychex

PAYX · NASDAQ

$112.62+$1.87 (+1.69%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $110.75

About PAYX

Paychex, Inc. engages in the provision of human capital management solutions for payroll, human resources, insurance, and retirement for small and medium-sized businesses. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York and currently employs 19,000 full-time employees. The firm is engaged in delivering a full suite of technology and advisory services in human resources, employee benefit solutions, insurance, and payroll. The company is a provider of integrated HCM solutions for human resources (HR), payroll, benefits, and insurance for small- to medium-sized businesses in the United States (U.S.) and parts of Europe. The company supports its small-business clients by utilizing its proprietary, software as a service (SaaS) Paychex Flex platform and the Company’s SurePayroll SaaS-based solutions. Its HR solutions include HR packages, HR consulting, employee onboarding, hiring services, and artificial intelligence -assisted recruiting. Its payroll services include payroll packages, small business payroll, midsize to enterprise payroll, switch payroll companies, and payroll tax services. Its employee benefits services include Group health insurance, retirement services, and benefits administration services.

Employees
19,000
Headquarters
Rochester, New York
Listed
Aug 26, 1983
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Professional Services
Website
paychex.com

PAYX key statistics

Market cap
40.09B
Price-earnings ratio
21.93
Dividend yield
4.03%
Average volume
3.42M
Volume
3.28M
Open price
$111.47
High today
$113.94
Low today
$111.44
52 Week high
$128.78
52 Week low
$85.45

Paychex (PAYX) at a glance

As of Oct 20, 2026, Paychex (PAYX) shares are priced at $112.62, giving the company a market cap of 40.09B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.93 and a dividend yield of 4.03%.

Today the stock has traded between $111.44 and $113.94. The current price is 1.1% above the day's low and 1.2% below its high.

Volume so far is 3.28M shares, in line with the average of 3.42M shares a day.

Over the past year Paychex has ranged from $85.45 to $128.78, and now sits 63% of the way up that range.

Paychex met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 1 of the last 8 quarters. In Q3 FY26 it reported $1.34 per share against an estimate of $1.35.

The average analyst price target is $116.31, 3.3% above the current price, from 16 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

6%of 16 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy6.3%
  • Hold81.3%
  • Sell12.5%
Price target · 17 analystsAvg $116.31
Low
$96.96
Now
$112.62
High
$157.50

PAYX earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 1 of the last 8 quarters, by 0.1% on average.

  1. Q4 FY24: reported $1.12 per share against an estimate of $1.12
  2. Q1 FY25: reported $1.16 per share against an estimate of $1.16
  3. Q2 FY25: reported $1.14 per share against an estimate of $1.15
  4. Q3 FY25: reported $1.49 per share against an estimate of $1.51
  5. Q4 FY25: reported $1.19 per share against an estimate of $1.21
  6. Q1 FY26: reported $1.22 per share against an estimate of $1.23
  7. Q2 FY26: reported $1.32 per share against an estimate of $1.33
  8. Q3 FY26: reported $1.34 per share against an estimate of $1.35

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  • Press releaseGlobe Newswire

    Paychex Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2027 Results

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  • Press releaseGlobe Newswire

    Paychex’s WISE Named a 2026 Top HR Product of the Year by HR Executive

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