PAYX · Paychex, Inc.
$118.04
-0.65% last session
End-of-day data · close of 2026-10-23
Market cap
$42B
Enterprise value
$46B
Trailing P/E
23.4
Forward P/E
18.5
Dividend yield
4.0%
Beta
0.85
Avg volume
3M
Employees
18K
Daily Change %
-0.65%
5 Days Change
6.43%
10 Days Change
11.82%
30 Days Change
13.70%
60 Days Change
-5.71%
Month to Day Change
17.82%
Year to Day Change
9.52%
Analyst Outlook
Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.
Technical Analysis
Analyst sentiment over time — PAYX
Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).
Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-09-28
Latest call per bank · past 12 months
UBS
Neutral$115
-2.6% vs priceRBC Capital
Sector Perform$130
+10.1% vs priceJP Morgan
Neutral$115
-2.6% vs priceWells Fargo
Underweight$111
-6.0% vs priceJefferies
Hold$120
+1.7% vs priceCitigroup
Buy$150
+27.1% vs priceMorgan Stanley
Equal-Weight$109
-7.7% vs priceRecent rating actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | Baird | Maintains | Neutral | $125 → $110 |
| 2026-09-28 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Maintains | Underweight | $112 → $96.00 |
| 2026-09-24 | UBS | Maintains | Neutral | $125 → $115 |
| 2026-09-24 | BMO Capital | Maintains | Market Perform | $118 → $113 |
| 2026-09-24 | Stifel | Maintains | Hold | $130 → $112 |
| 2026-09-24 | RBC Capital | Reiterates | Sector Perform | $130 |
| 2026-09-24 | JP Morgan | Upgrade | Underweight → Neutral | $105 → $115 |
| 2026-09-16 | Wolfe Research | Upgrade | Underperform → Peer Perform | $0.00 |
Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.
Signal Summary as of 2026-10-23
- neutral: RSI (14): RSI is 67 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
- bullish: Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 3.7% above the 50-day MA ($113.83).
- bullish: Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 15.5% above the 200-day MA ($102.17).
- bullish: MA cross: The 50-day MA sits above the 200-day MA (golden-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points up.
- bullish: MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is positive (+2.08) — short-term momentum is improving.
- neutral: 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($83.61) and high ($127.34).
PAYX Price Chart
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Fundamentals
About Paychex, Inc.
Paychex, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides human capital management solutions (HCM) for human resources, payroll processing, employee benefits, and insurance services for small to medium-sized businesses in the United States, Europe, Canada, India, and Israel. It offers technology and advisory solutions; and payroll tax administration services. The company also provides retirement solutions, such as plan implementation, ongoing compliance with government regulations, employee and employer reporting, participant and employer online access, electronic funds transfer, and other administrative services; HCM solutions from recruiting and hiring to retirement; and talent management and talent acquisition services. In addition, it offers payroll solutions, including calculation, preparation, and delivery of employee payroll checks; production of internal accounting records and management reports; preparation of federal, state, and local payroll tax returns; and collection and remittance of clients' payroll obligations. Further, the company provides workforce management solutions; benefits administration solutions; digital marketplace for earned wages, financial wellness solutions, and voluntary lifestyle benefits; administrative services organization HR outsourcing solutions; solutions to payroll and non-payroll customers; retirement and funding solutions; and insurance services for property and casualty coverage, such as workers' compensation, business-owner policies, cyber security protection, and commercial auto, as well as health and benefits coverage, including health, dental, vision, and life. Additionally, it offers payroll, HR, employee benefits administration, retirement, insurance, risk management outsourcing, and access to professionally trained HR representatives, virtually and on-site. It markets and sells its solutions primarily through its direct sales force. Paychex, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.
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