Yahoo · Aug 20, 2026
Paylocity (PCTY) Just Flashed Golden Cross Signal: Do You Buy?
Good things could be on the horizon when a stock experiences a golden cross event. How should investors react?
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NASDAQ · PCTY
Paylocity Holding Corporation
Technology · Software - Application
$152.04
Up+$5.45 (+3.58%)
Updated Aug 27, 2026, 2:59 PM
SID Score
5.2/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 8.28B
- P/E ratio
- 36.4
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- 52-week range
- $92.99 – $180.86
- Volume
- 336.83K
- Avg. volume
- 618.1K
Price performance
PCTY price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
PCTY closed at $152.04 after 21 trading sessions, up 5.01% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $152.04
- Period change
- +5.01%
- Period low
- $136.71
- Period high
- $153.34
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | $149.65 | $153.69 | $149.27 | $152.04 | 336.83K |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $150.27 | $154.45 | $150.27 | $152.24 | 407.11K |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $153.25 | $155.6999 | $151.215 | $152.45 | 575.01K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $151.79 | $153.89 | $150.035 | $153.34 | 408.8K |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $149.62 | $154.10 | $149.405 | $152.36 | 404.56K |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $147.55 | $151.34 | $147.00 | $149.31 | 799.81K |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $148.03 | $149.89 | $146.36 | $147.32 | 522.59K |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $145.31 | $146.265 | $143.58 | $145.47 | 440.18K |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $153.40 | $154.085 | $146.775 | $148.28 | 687.19K |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $143.79 | $153.075 | $142.51 | $152.71 | 1.06M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $141.06 | $146.12 | $140.02 | $145.67 | 858.81K |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $145.04 | $147.2199 | $144.055 | $145.05 | 978.67K |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $147.38 | $149.80 | $145.38 | $145.65 | 1.21M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $151.53 | $156.18 | $150.26 | $150.42 | 1.3M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $148.18 | $151.95 | $147.91 | $151.49 | 1.26M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $150.00 | $150.27 | $143.50 | $147.81 | 1.55M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $134.97 | $143.32 | $133.6927 | $143.32 | 978.1K |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $142.63 | $144.40 | $137.495 | $139.77 | 602.27K |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $135.00 | $138.095 | $133.12 | $137.895 | 526.15K |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $139.00 | $140.50 | $132.01 | $136.71 | 791.14K |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $139.30 | $149.045 | $137.47 | $144.79 | 1.1M |
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Company profile
Founded in 1997, Paylocity is a cloud-based human capital management and payroll platform servicing midmarket customers. The company's average client size is around 150 employees. Its products help with recruiting and onboarding, payroll, time and labor, human resources, benefits, learning, and performance and compensation workflows. In fiscal 2025, the company generated over $1.5 billion in revenue across more than 41,000 customers.
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- —
- Average target
- $196.86
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | TD Cowen | Buy | — |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | — |
| Aug 5, 2026 | TD Cowen | Buy | — |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Keybanc | Overweight | — |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight | — |
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Benzinga · Aug 20, 2026
TD Cowen Maintains Buy on Paylocity Holding, Raises Price Target to $177
TD Cowen analyst Jared Levine maintains Paylocity Holding (NASDAQ:PCTY) with a Buy and raises the price target from $168 to $177.
Yahoo · Aug 16, 2026
3 Reasons to Sell PCTY and 1 Stock to Buy Instead
What a time it’s been for Paylocity. In the past six months alone, the company’s stock price has increased by a massive 41.8%, reaching $152.67 per share. This was partly thanks to its solid quarterly results, and the run-up might have investors contemplating their next move.
Yahoo · Aug 13, 2026
1 Profitable Stock to Target This Week and 2 We Turn Down
While profitability is essential, it doesn’t guarantee long-term success. Some companies that rest on their margins will lose ground as competition intensifies — as Jeff Bezos said, “Your margin is my opportunity”.
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