Paychex, Inc.

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118.71+3.06 (+2.65%)today
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Key statistics

Previous close115.65
Open118.13
Day range115.74120.07
52-week range85.45127.98
Off day high−1.13%
Off 52-week high−7.24%
Volume3.20M
Avg. volume (3M)2.89M
Market cap42.26B
EPS (TTM)5.04
Forward P/E18.58
P/E ratio (TTM)23.55
Dividend yield4.01% (4.76)
Beta (5Y)0.80
Shares outstanding355.98M
Short interest6.52% of float
Earnings dateSep 23, 2026 (est.)
Analyst target114.57
Profit margin27.35%

Against its peers

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PAYX PAYC PCTY WDAY ADP NOW
Market cap 42.26B 12.09B 8.92B 48.64B 119.83B 112.94B
P/E (TTM) 23.6 28.4 34.7 41.1 26.9 78.3
Forward P/E 18.6 19.2 17.7 15.2 22.4 22.7
Price/book 11.4 20.4 7.5 7.5 23.6 8.6
Dividend yield 4.01% 0.56% — — 2.24% —
1-year change +5.22% +63.50% +23.51% −10.09% +20.28% −36.65%
Today +2.65% +1.97% −0.09% +1.97% +2.54% −0.32%

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24/7 Wall St.·

Paychex Sends $423.6 Million to Shareholders on November 25

As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on October 26, 2026. Paychex is the day's biggest payer, sending shareholders about $423.6 million, or $1.19 a share, on November 25. Value Line, FVCBankcorp and DeFi Development are paying out too,…

Quantisnow·Positive

Paycom Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

Plus members following PAYC got this by push and email at 17:00:04 ET - 4.3s after publication. Quantisnow reads SEC filings, FDA decisions, analyst ratings, insider trades and press releases straight off the wire and alerts you on the…

MarketScreener·Positive

Paychex, Inc. : Outstanding fundamentals

Number two in payroll management in the United States behind the titan Automatic Data Processing, Paychex published its quarterly results at the end of last week. Published on 10/02/2023 at 10:36 am EDT Remarkably well managed, and still…

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