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Paylocity Holding Corp

PCTY
148.050USD
-0.250-0.17%
Close 11/14, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
8.05BMarket Cap
35.69P/E TTM

Paylocity Holding Corp

148.050
-0.250-0.17%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Paylocity Holding Corp

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-14

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 Buy. Despite an average 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.

Paylocity Holding Corp's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
68 / 485
Overall Ranking
133 / 4604
Industry
Software & IT Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 21 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
194.224
Target Price
+30.97%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Paylocity Holding Corp Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Paylocity Holding Corporation is a provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) and payroll software solutions. Its HCM and payroll platform offers a product suite that helps businesses attract and retain talent, build culture and connection with their employees, and streamline and automate human resource (HR) and payroll processes. It provides its software-as-a-service solutions to clients across the United States. Its product suite includes various categories, such as payroll, human resources, time and labor, talent, benefits and employee experience. Its payroll product suite includes payroll and tax services, on demand payment and garnishments, and others. Its human resources product suite includes human resources, workflows and documents and HR edge, and others. Talent product suite includes recruiting, onboarding and market pay. Its employee experiences product suite includes community, video and employee voice. It also offers an all-in-one spending management platform.
High Growth
The company's revenue has grown steadily over the past 3 years, averaging 35.81% year-on-year.
High Profit Growth
The company's net income leads the industry, with the latest annual income totaling USD 1.60B.
Undervalued
The company’s latest PE is 36.44, at a low 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 45.17M shares, decreasing 10.04% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Wasatch Global Investors
Star Investor Wasatch Global Investors holds 1.78M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-14

The company's current financial score is 7.78, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 7.26. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 408.17M, representing a year-over-year increase of 12.46%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 3.19%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.78
Change
0

Financials

6.96

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

7.12

Operational Efficiency

8.63

Growth Potential

9.13

Shareholder Returns

7.06

Paylocity Holding Corp's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-14

The company’s current valuation score is 4.48, which is lower than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 7.30. Its current P/E ratio is 36.44, which is 268.63% below the recent high of 134.33 and 6.45% above the recent low of 34.09.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
4.48
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 68/485
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-14

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 8.00, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 7.59. The average price target for Paylocity Holding Corp is 180.00, with a high of 250.00 and a low of 144.47.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.00
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 21 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
194.224
Target Price
+31.19%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

234
Total
9
Median
12
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Paylocity Holding Corp
PCTY
21
Microsoft Corp
MSFT
64
Palo Alto Networks Inc
PANW
55
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc
CRWD
54
Zscaler Inc
ZS
48
Datadog Inc
DDOG
46
1
2
3
...
47

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: 2025-11-14

The company’s current price momentum score is 8.57, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 6.77. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 157.09 and the support level at 137.23, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.59
Change
-0.02

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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(1)
Neutral(3)
Buy(2)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
2.561
Neutral
RSI(14)
48.940
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
85.393
Buy
ATR(14)
5.375
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
77.919
Neutral
Williams %R
23.966
Buy
TRIX(12,20)
-0.311
Sell
StochRSI(14)
89.033
Overbought
Moving Average
Sell(3)
Neutral(0)
Buy(3)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
147.104
Buy
MA10
144.142
Buy
MA20
146.441
Buy
MA50
154.868
Sell
MA100
167.826
Sell
MA200
180.456
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-14

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 5.80. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 83.07%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 17.15%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 4.21M shares, representing 7.74% of shares outstanding, with 7.56% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
Sarowitz (Steven I)
8.73M
-1.36%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
4.33M
+0.73%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
3.77M
-0.71%
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.
4.11M
+3.21%
Beauchamp (Steven Raymond)
1.91M
+0.31%
Wasatch Global Investors Inc
Star Investors
1.78M
-23.41%
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Star Investors
3.61M
-15.17%
State Street Investment Management (US)
1.34M
-1.27%
Citadel Advisors LLC
1.31M
+48.43%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
1.14M
-0.98%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-14

The company’s current risk assessment score is 8.15, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 4.92. The company's beta value is 0.58. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.15
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.58
VaR
+3.97%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+36.46%
240-Day Volatility
+34.61%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+4.62%
120 days
+4.62%
5 years
+12.72%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-5.27%
120 days
-5.27%
5 years
-15.48%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
-2.86
120 days
-1.88
5 years
+0.01

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+36.46%
3 years
+43.39%
5 years
+56.88%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
-0.79
3 years
-0.18
5 years
-0.10
Skewness
240 days
+0.24
3 years
-0.14
5 years
+0.10

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+34.61%
5 years
+42.60%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+3.60%
5 years
+4.66%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
-281.97%
240 days
-281.97%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+19.34%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+20.67%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+1.00%
120 days
+0.86%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
+20.36%
60 days
+13.81%
120 days
-1.14%

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