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Paychex Inc

PAYX

124.370USD

-0.240-0.19%

Close 10/06, 16:00（ET）Quotes delayed by 15 min

44.76BMarket Cap

27.74P/E TTM

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Paychex Inc

124.370

-0.240-0.19%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

Overview

Company

Financials

Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Paychex Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-06

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Hold. Despite a weak stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Paychex Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

77 / 167

Overall Ranking

212 / 4706

Industry

Professional & Commercial Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 16 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

135.382

Target Price

+8.64%

Upside Space

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Paychex Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks

Paychex, Inc. is a human capital management (HCM) company. The Company is engaged in delivering a full suite of technology and advisory services in human resources, employee benefit solutions, insurance, and payroll. It 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. It 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.

High Dividend

The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 87.41%.

Stable Dividend

The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 87.41%.

Fairly Valued

The company’s latest PE is 27.03, at a medium 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 293.02M shares, decreasing 1.86% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by Invesco

Star Investor Invesco holds 3.91M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-06

The company's current financial score is 7.30, which is lower than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 7.36. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 1.43B, representing a year-over-year increase of 10.21%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 21.77%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.30

Change

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Financials

7.28

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

7.39

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

7.30

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

7.31

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

7.25

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Paychex Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-06

The company’s current valuation score is 5.03, which is lower than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 7.05. Its current P/E ratio is 27.03, which is 28.47% below the recent high of 34.73 and 10.16% above the recent low of 24.28.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

5.03

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 77/167

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-06

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 5.88, which is lower than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 7.65. The average price target for Paychex Inc is 133.50, with a high of 150.00 and a low of 124.58.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

5.88

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 16 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

135.382

Target Price

+8.64%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

Paychex Inc

PAYX

Kanzhun Ltd

ManpowerGroup Inc

MAN

Robert Half Inc

RHI

Upwork Inc

UPWK

First Advantage Corp

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-06

The company’s current price momentum score is 7.05, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 6.92. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 133.89 and the support level at 116.94, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.06

Change

-0.01

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators

Sell(3)

Neutral(3)

Buy(1)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-0.633

Sell

RSI(14)

30.366

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

45.223

Neutral

ATR(14)

2.916

High Vlolatility

CCI(14)

-86.670

Neutral

Williams %R

64.616

Sell

TRIX(12,20)

-0.370

Sell

StochRSI(14)

81.971

Buy

Moving Average

Sell(6)

Neutral(0)

Buy(0)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

124.634

Sell

MA10

126.417

Sell

MA20

129.489

Sell

MA50

135.361

Sell

MA100

142.973

Sell

MA200

144.657

Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-06

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 6.79. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 81.41%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 11.91%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 32.07M shares, representing 8.91% of shares outstanding, with 2.24% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

32.07M

+1.27%

Golisano (B Thomas)

37.26M

+0.00%

Capital International Investors

22.51M

-12.26%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

18.36M

-0.68%

State Street Global Advisors (US)

14.07M

+2.59%

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.

11.03M

+2.33%

Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.

10.18M

+2.77%

Wells Fargo Advisors

8.79M

-3.26%

Invesco Capital Management (QQQ Trust)

7.37M

-0.35%

Walter Scott & Partners Ltd.

4.76M

-4.10%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-06

The company’s current risk assessment score is 8.33, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 5.71. The company's beta value is 0.93. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.