On Tuesday, Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) opened lower -0.97% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $149.07. Price fluctuations for PAYX have ranged from $115.40 to $158.37 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Technology sector was 7.04%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 5.82% at the time writing. With a float of $322.27 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $360.20 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 16500 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 72.03%, operating margin of 41.52%, and the pretax margin is 41.89%.
Paychex Inc (PAYX) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Software – Application industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Paychex Inc is 10.53%, while institutional ownership is 79.24%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Apr 15 ’25, was worth 544,763. Before that another transaction happened on Apr 03 ’25, when Company’s Sr. Vice President sold 31,653 for $154.59, making the entire transaction worth $4,893,136. This insider now owns 14,035 shares in total.
Paychex Inc (PAYX) Recent Fiscal highlights
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.24 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.82% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.58% during the next five years compared to 10.30% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Paychex Inc (PAYX). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.39. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 9.78. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 33.34.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.81, a number that is poised to hit 1.20 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.31 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Paychex Inc (PAYX)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 2.18 million, its volume of 2.64 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 62.27%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.77.
During the past 100 days, Paychex Inc’s (PAYX) raw stochastic average was set at 54.00%, which indicates a significant decrease from 61.33% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 45.19% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 25.62% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $148.43, while its 200-day Moving Average is $138.88. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $149.16 in the near term. At $150.70, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $151.56. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $146.76, it is likely to go to the next support level at $145.90. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $144.36.
Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) Key Stats
There are currently 360,191K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 53.17 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 5,278 M according to its annual income of 1,690 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,509 M and its income totaled 519,300 K.
