A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Paylocity Holding Corp (NASDAQ: PCTY) stock price up 4.62% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $142.3. PCTY’s price has ranged from $135.46 to $223.80 over the past 52 weeks.
Technology Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 28.31% over the last five years. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 3.66%. With a float of $43.74 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $54.38 million.
Paylocity Holding Corp (PCTY) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Software – Application Industry. The insider ownership of Paylocity Holding Corp is 19.60%, while institutional ownership is 81.11%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 24 ’25, was worth 20,919. In this transaction VP CAO & Treasurer of this company sold 126 shares at a rate of $166.02, taking the stock ownership to the 9,176 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 24 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 126 for $165.67, making the entire transaction worth $20,874.
Paylocity Holding Corp (PCTY) Earnings and Forecasts
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of 1.52 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.5 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 3.66% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.11% during the next five years compared to 28.31% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Paylocity Holding Corp (NASDAQ: PCTY) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Paylocity Holding Corp’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.03. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.94. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 20.31.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.99, a number that is poised to hit 1.57 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.15 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Paylocity Holding Corp (PCTY)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Paylocity Holding Corp, PCTY], we can find that recorded value of 1.24 million was better than the volume posted last year of 0.52 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 63.02%.
During the past 100 days, Paylocity Holding Corp’s (PCTY) raw stochastic average was set at 21.54%, which indicates a significant decrease from 72.22% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 5.01 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 4.37 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $156.46, while its 200-day Moving Average is $181.31. Now, the first resistance to watch is $151.44. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $154.00. The third major resistance level sits at $158.95. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $143.93, it is likely to go to the next support level at $138.98. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $136.42.
Paylocity Holding Corp (NASDAQ: PCTY) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 8.10 billion, the company has a total of 54,382K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 1,595 M while annual income is 227,130 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 408,170 K while its latest quarter income was 47,990 K.
