SeekingAlpha · Aug 10, 2026
Paycom Software Q2: Stellar Performance, But It Got Away Too Quickly; Hold The Line (Downgrade)
Paycom Q2 earnings: 10% revenue growth, margin expansion, EPS beat and raised FY26 guidance. Click for more on PAYC stock.
NYSE · PAYC
Paycom Software, Inc.
Technology · Software - Application
$232.31
Up+$4.73 (+2.04%)
Updated Aug 28, 2026, 12:52 AM
SID Score
6.8/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 9.31B
- P/E ratio
- 20.56
- Dividend yield
- 0.65%
- 52-week range
- $104.90 – $233.46
- Volume
- 549.05K
- Avg. volume
- 742.69K
Price performance
PAYC price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
PAYC closed at $232.31 after 20 trading sessions, up 43.83% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $232.31
- Period change
- +43.83%
- Period low
- $161.52
- Period high
- $232.31
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | $226.82 | $233.21 | $225.58 | $232.31 | 549.05K |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $230.37 | $233.46 | $227.2131 | $231.70 | 482.34K |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $228.46 | $232.37 | $227.425 | $229.62 | 490.05K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $226.70 | $230.53 | $223.865 | $229.07 | 668.02K |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $221.47 | $227.30 | $221.125 | $226.72 | 650.19K |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $216.74 | $222.86 | $215.96 | $222.16 | 598.26K |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $217.68 | $221.60 | $215.43 | $215.72 | 708.05K |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $214.86 | $216.8925 | $212.535 | $214.19 | 476.26K |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $224.61 | $224.82 | $216.42 | $218.13 | 545.71K |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $211.00 | $224.63 | $207.9401 | $223.63 | 1.27M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $213.49 | $213.49 | $204.36 | $211.28 | 724.46K |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $212.97 | $215.6158 | $210.12 | $212.23 | 672.01K |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $213.00 | $214.17 | $210.03 | $213.45 | 1.23M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $216.94 | $222.4299 | $213.56 | $214.94 | 1.27M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $212.89 | $220.4817 | $208.00 | $215.97 | 3.83M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $178.65 | $179.24 | $172.6136 | $174.80 | 830.2K |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $166.14 | $175.54 | $165.00 | $175.30 | 1.07M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $167.97 | $172.54 | $167.055 | $168.67 | 924.33K |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $160.28 | $165.00 | $157.42 | $163.96 | 867.04K |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $165.29 | $166.05 | $156.41 | $161.52 | 1.16M |
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Overview
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | JP Morgan | Neutral | — |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Citigroup | Neutral | — |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Keybanc | Overweight | — |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | — |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Stifel | Hold | — |
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Benzinga · Aug 7, 2026
Citigroup Maintains Neutral on Paycom Software, Raises Price Target to $194
Citigroup analyst Steven Enders maintains Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) with a Neutral and raises the price target from $136 to $194.
Benzinga · Aug 6, 2026
TD Cowen Maintains Buy on Paycom Software, Raises Price Target to $244
TD Cowen analyst Jared Levine maintains Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) with a Buy and raises the price target from $149 to $244.
Benzinga · Aug 6, 2026
UBS Maintains Buy on Paycom Software, Raises Price Target to $205
UBS analyst Kevin Mcveigh maintains Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) with a Buy and raises the price target from $195 to $205.
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