As on Wednesday, Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) got off with the flyer as it spiked 1.18% to $116.5, before settling in for the price of $115.14 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, PAYX posted a 52-week range of $113.15-$161.24.
It was noted that the giant of the Technology sector posted annual sales growth of 8.52% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 8.52%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 9.86%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $359.90 million, simultaneously with a float of $322.14 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $41.93 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $128.10, while the 200-day Moving Average is $142.77.
Paychex Inc (PAYX) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Software – Application industry. Paychex Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 10.49%, in contrast to 83.07% institutional ownership. Preceding that transaction, on Jul 16 ’25, Company’s VP, Controller & Treasurer sold 1,843 for 140.98, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 259,826. This particular insider is now the holder of 5,723 in total.
Paychex Inc (PAYX) Earnings and Revenue Records
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.66 per share during the current fiscal year.
Paychex Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 9.86% and is forecasted to reach 5.89 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 7.73% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 8.52% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Paychex Inc (PAYX). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.27. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $26.13, and its Beta score is 0.89. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 7.24. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 23.12.
In the same vein, PAYX’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 4.46, a figure that is expected to reach 1.23 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 5.89 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Paychex Inc (PAYX)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Paychex Inc, PAYX], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 3.08 million was better the volume of 2.34 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 17.42% While, its Average True Range was 25.61.
Raw Stochastic average of Paychex Inc (PAYX) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 8.02%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 21.43% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 2.45 that was lower than 2.48 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
