Yahoo · Mar 26, 2026
Paychex Stays Conservative With Fiscal Q4 Revenue Guidance Below Estimates, RBC Says
Paychex's (PAYX) fiscal Q3 beat was tempered by its fiscal Q4 revenue outlook that fell short of inv
NYSE · PAYX
Paychex, Inc.
Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services
$118.04
Down-$0.77 (-0.65%)
Updated Oct 25, 2026, 11:02 PM
SID Score
6.6/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 41.29B
- P/E ratio
- 25.58
- Dividend yield
- 3.58%
- 52-week range
- $85.45 – $127.98
- Volume
- 2.34M
- Avg. volume
- 3.2M
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PAYX price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 23, 2026
PAYX closed at $118.04 after 20 trading sessions, up 18.87% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $118.04
- Period change
- +18.87%
- Period low
- $98.50
- Period high
- $118.81
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | $118.09 | $119.47 | $116.76 | $118.04 | 2.34M |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $113.75 | $119.14 | $113.585 | $118.81 | 3.3M |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $111.75 | $113.515 | $111.67 | $112.50 | 1.81M |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $111.47 | $113.94 | $111.44 | $112.62 | 3.28M |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $110.41 | $111.21 | $109.655 | $110.75 | 2.19M |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $111.86 | $112.515 | $109.865 | $111.63 | 5.51M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $110.36 | $112.495 | $110.36 | $110.78 | 4M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $106.69 | $108.40 | $106.25 | $108.37 | 2.72M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $105.38 | $106.57 | $104.85 | $106.25 | 2.02M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $104.52 | $104.9931 | $103.7401 | $104.64 | 1.75M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $104.84 | $105.655 | $103.89 | $103.98 | 1.98M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $101.46 | $104.64 | $101.41 | $104.46 | 3.34M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $101.46 | $102.4151 | $101.085 | $101.55 | 2.43M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $99.28 | $101.19 | $99.14 | $101.02 | 2.23M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $98.65 | $99.84 | $98.52 | $99.78 | 2.74M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $100.68 | $101.0018 | $98.50 | $98.94 | 2.31M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $99.31 | $101.33 | $98.68 | $100.84 | 4.15M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $99.32 | $100.88 | $98.45 | $98.50 | 3.43M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $98.72 | $99.67 | $98.00 | $99.31 | 4.05M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $100.08 | $100.90 | $98.91 | $99.30 | 3.45M |
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Company profile
Paychex is a technology company providing human capital management solutions, enabling clients to better implement payroll, talent, time, tax, and benefits administration. It has a diverse set of product offerings addressing client needs. Aside from its traditional cloud-based payroll and HCM software offering, which accounts for close to half of total revenue, the company provides outsourcing options. Paychex's administrative service organization and professional employer organization accounts generate over 40% of sales. The balance of revenue is generated through retirement services, insurance solutions, and other products. In fiscal 2025, the company had 800,000 clients and almost 2.5 million worksite employees across its ASO and PEO.
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- Consensus
- Hold
- Average target
- $133.33
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 8
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | Baird | Neutral | — |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Underweight | — |
| Sep 24, 2026 | Stifel | Hold | — |
| Sep 24, 2026 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | — |
| Sep 24, 2026 | UBS | Neutral | — |
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Benzinga · Mar 26, 2026
JP Morgan Maintains Underweight on Paychex, Lowers Price Target to $100
JP Morgan analyst Tien-Tsin Huang maintains Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) with a Underweight and lowers the price target from $125 to $100.
Benzinga · Mar 26, 2026
Paychex Analysts Cut Their Forecasts After Q3 Results
Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) reported strong Q3 results, with revenue of $1.81B beating expectations. Analysts maintain neutral ratings with lowered price targets.
Benzinga · Mar 26, 2026
Citigroup Maintains Neutral on Paychex, Lowers Price Target to $99
Citigroup analyst Bryan Keane maintains Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) with a Neutral and lowers the price target from $120 to $99.
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