Benzinga · Oct 23, 2026
Guggenheim Maintains Buy on Paycom Software, Raises Price Target to $300
Guggenheim analyst Jacob Smith maintains Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) with a Buy and raises the price target from $225 to $300.
NYSE · PAYC
Paycom Software, Inc.
Technology · Software - Application
$261.94
Down-$6.31 (-2.35%)
Updated Oct 28, 2026, 11:14 AM
SID Score
6.9/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 9.31B
- P/E ratio
- 20.56
- Dividend yield
- 0.57%
- 52-week range
- $104.90 – $275.22
- Volume
- 630.21K
- Avg. volume
- 742.69K
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PAYC price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 27, 2026
PAYC closed at $261.94 after 21 trading sessions, up 19.84% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $261.94
- Period change
- +19.84%
- Period low
- $217.65
- Period high
- $274.59
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $267.30 | $269.2699 | $259.39 | $261.94 | 630.21K |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $274.59 | $274.94 | $262.605 | $268.25 | 626.06K |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $272.00 | $275.22 | $269.10 | $274.59 | 524.06K |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $264.42 | $273.37 | $262.0975 | $272.61 | 678.91K |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $260.69 | $264.54 | $260.00 | $261.01 | 637.62K |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $254.50 | $264.49 | $253.38 | $262.32 | 788.31K |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $249.75 | $254.24 | $246.80 | $253.00 | 557.57K |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $254.91 | $256.6003 | $246.7425 | $251.64 | 646.64K |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $240.94 | $252.87 | $240.2864 | $252.87 | 982.37K |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $236.37 | $239.22 | $236.10 | $239.00 | 536.55K |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $235.97 | $237.92 | $235.055 | $236.65 | 411.43K |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $236.50 | $238.78 | $233.615 | $235.01 | 394.39K |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $230.54 | $233.00 | $228.205 | $232.22 | 406.87K |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $223.61 | $230.46 | $222.74 | $229.90 | 666.59K |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $222.78 | $226.41 | $221.51 | $223.58 | 481.35K |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $223.63 | $226.39 | $220.17 | $222.44 | 582.56K |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $222.02 | $226.11 | $219.64 | $225.79 | 601.74K |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $227.42 | $227.42 | $220.10 | $220.99 | 475.44K |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $225.60 | $229.035 | $222.20 | $227.47 | 517.91K |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $218.19 | $221.29 | $216.71 | $217.65 | 545.03K |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $215.05 | $220.52 | $212.4001 | $218.58 | 746.09K |
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Company profile
Founded in 1998, Paycom is a human capital management software-as-a-service provider addressing customer requirements surrounding payroll, talent acquisition, talent management, HR management, as well as time and labor. The company primarily services midsize businesses within the United States, targeting businesses with 50-10,000 employees. The company primarily generates revenue through the sale of subscriptions providing access to its HCM platform. To a lesser extent, the company also generates revenue from implementation services provided to customers as well as interest income generated from customer funds. As of fiscal 2024, the company serviced slightly over 37,500 customers and stored data on over 7 million employees.
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- Consensus
- Hold
- Average target
- $235.00
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 27
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | Citigroup | Neutral | — |
| Oct 27, 2026 | Jefferies | Hold | — |
| Oct 26, 2026 | BTIG | Buy | — |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Guggenheim | Buy | — |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | — |
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