On Monday, Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) opened lower -0.99% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $147.13. Price fluctuations for PAYX have ranged from $115.40 to $161.24 over the past 52 weeks.
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Technology Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 8.53% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 9.82% at the time writing. With a float of $322.15 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $360.50 million.
The firm has a total of 16500 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. 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
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 10.56%, while institutional ownership is 79.34%. 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
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 9.82% 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
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 9.42. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 29.82.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.58, a number that is poised to hit 1.22 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.91 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Paychex Inc (PAYX)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Paychex Inc, PAYX], we can find that recorded value of 3.28 million was better than the volume posted last year of 2.16 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 62.23%.
During the past 100 days, Paychex Inc’s (PAYX) raw stochastic average was set at 40.66%, which indicates a significant decrease from 48.78% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 45.65% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 30.05% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $151.70, while its 200-day Moving Average is $145.84. Now, the first resistance to watch is $147.20. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $148.72. The third major resistance level sits at $149.69. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $144.71, it is likely to go to the next support level at $143.74. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $142.22.
Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) Key Stats
There are currently 360,191K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 52.47 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 5,572 M according to its annual income of 1,657 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,427 M and its income totaled 297,200 K.
