On Monday Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) was 1.06% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $143.94. A 52-week range for PAYX has been $115.40 – $161.24.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Technology Sector giant was 8.53%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 9.78%. With a float of $322.15 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $360.50 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 16500 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 72.35%, operating margin of 39.62%, and the pretax margin is 39.05%.
Paychex Inc (PAYX) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Paychex Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Paychex Inc is 10.56%, while institutional ownership is 79.32%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Apr 15 ’25, was worth 544,762. In this transaction Director of this company sold 3,650 shares at a rate of $149.25, taking the stock ownership to the 78,455 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Apr 15 ’25, when Company’s Director proposed sale 3,650 for $149.25, making the entire transaction worth $544,763.
Paychex Inc (PAYX) Recent Fiscal highlights
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.27 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 9.78% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.62% during the next five years compared to 8.53% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Paychex Inc (PAYX) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent 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 9.40. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 29.78.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.58, a number that is poised to hit 1.23 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.91 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Paychex Inc (PAYX)
Looking closely at Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX), its last 5-days average volume was 5.08 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 2.13 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 37.13%.
During the past 100 days, Paychex Inc’s (PAYX) raw stochastic average was set at 39.86%, which indicates a significant decrease from 41.58% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 44.62% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 30.11% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $151.42, while its 200-day Moving Average is $145.59. However, in the short run, Paychex Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $146.66. Second resistance stands at $147.86. The third major resistance level sits at $149.72. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $143.60, it is likely to go to the next support level at $141.74. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $140.54.
Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) Key Stats
There are 360,191K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 52.39 billion. As of now, sales total 5,278 M while income totals 1,690 M. Its latest quarter income was 1,509 M while its last quarter net income were 519,300 K.
