Compare Stocks: PCTY, ADP, PAYX, and WDAY

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ADP Automatic Data Processing	$281.16 -0.8%	$259.94	$188.16 ▼ $302.68	$112.62B	0.82	2.06 million shs	1.83 million shs
PAYX Paychex	$124.00 -1.3%	$115.50	$85.45 ▼ $138.19	$44.69B	0.82	2.16 million shs	3.25 million shs
PCTY Paylocity	$154.60 -0.9%	$134.66	$92.99 ▼ $178.91	$8.28B	0.45	773,036 shs	376,460 shs
WDAY Workday	$200.87 +1.3%	$162.72	$110.36 ▼ $249.85	$49.00B	1.08	5.01 million shs	2.78 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ADP Automatic Data Processing	-0.82%	-0.08%	+4.22%	+21.55%	-6.21%
PAYX Paychex	-1.31%	-0.70%	+5.38%	+24.65%	-8.80%
PCTY Paylocity	-0.91%	+1.68%	+10.61%	+37.23%	-11.42%
WDAY Workday	+1.26%	+5.31%	+21.70%	+35.81%	-12.24%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ADP Automatic Data Processing	$281.16 -0.8%	$259.94	$188.16 ▼ $302.68	$112.62B	0.82	2.06 million shs	1.83 million shs
PAYX Paychex	$124.00 -1.3%	$115.50	$85.45 ▼ $138.19	$44.69B	0.82	2.16 million shs	3.25 million shs
PCTY Paylocity	$154.60 -0.9%	$134.66	$92.99 ▼ $178.91	$8.28B	0.45	773,036 shs	376,460 shs
WDAY Workday	$200.87 +1.3%	$162.72	$110.36 ▼ $249.85	$49.00B	1.08	5.01 million shs	2.78 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ADP Automatic Data Processing	-0.82%	-0.08%	+4.22%	+21.55%	-6.21%
PAYX Paychex	-1.31%	-0.70%	+5.38%	+24.65%	-8.80%
PCTY Paylocity	-0.91%	+1.68%	+10.61%	+37.23%	-11.42%
WDAY Workday	+1.26%	+5.31%	+21.70%	+35.81%	-12.24%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ADP Automatic Data Processing	2.17	Hold	$273.50	-2.72% Downside
PAYX Paychex	2.00	Hold	$109.20	-11.94% Downside
PCTY Paylocity	2.71	Moderate Buy	$160.53	3.84% Upside
WDAY Workday	2.46	Hold	$206.34	2.72% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest PCTY, ADP, PAYX, and WDAY Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/31/2026	WDAY Workday	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$151.00 ➝ $164.00
8/28/2026	WDAY Workday	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$220.00 ➝ $240.00
8/28/2026	WDAY Workday	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$220.00
8/28/2026	WDAY Workday	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$230.00
8/28/2026	WDAY Workday	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$216.00 ➝ $238.00
8/28/2026	WDAY Workday	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold	$115.00 ➝ $160.00
8/28/2026	WDAY Workday	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$215.00 ➝ $225.00
8/28/2026	WDAY Workday	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
8/28/2026	WDAY Workday	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$145.00 ➝ $180.00
8/28/2026	WDAY Workday	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$139.00 ➝ $201.00
8/20/2026	PCTY Paylocity	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$168.00 ➝ $177.00

(Data available from 9/3/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ADP Automatic Data Processing	$21.95B	5.09	$15.34 per share	18.33	$15.18 per share	18.52
PAYX Paychex	$6.51B	6.77	$7.35 per share	16.87	$10.43 per share	11.89
PCTY Paylocity	$1.77B	4.63	$6.97 per share	22.17	$23.02 per share	6.72
WDAY Workday	$9.55B	5.19	$7.32 per share	27.44	$26.15 per share	7.68

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ADP Automatic Data Processing	$4.41B	$10.94	25.70	20.98	2.57	20.11%	71.34%	6.73%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
PAYX Paychex	$1.76B	$4.89	25.36	19.56	2.64	27.03%	50.90%	11.87%	9/29/2026 (Estimated)
PCTY Paylocity	$269.74M	$4.95	31.23	20.03	N/A	15.23%	27.02%	5.78%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
WDAY Workday	$693M	$4.93	40.74	28.57	2.00	12.32%	20.95%	9.22%	N/A

Latest PCTY, ADP, PAYX, and WDAY Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
9/29/2026	Q1 2027	PAYX Paychex	$1.32	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.63 billion	N/A
8/27/2026	Q2 2027	WDAY Workday	$2.61	$2.75	+$0.14	$2.57	$2.64 billion	$2.65 billion
8/4/2026	Q4 2026	PCTY Paylocity	$1.62	$1.84	+$0.22	$1.12	$431.46 million	$444.73 million
7/29/2026	Q4 2026	ADP Automatic Data Processing	$2.59	$2.64	+$0.05	$2.45	$5.44 billion	$5.47 billion
6/24/2026	Q4 2026	PAYX Paychex	$1.31	$1.32	+$0.01	$1.17	$1.60 billion	$1.61 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ADP Automatic Data Processing	$6.80	2.42%	+12.41%	62.16%	49 Years
PAYX Paychex	$4.76	3.84%	+11.94%	97.34%	3 Years
PCTY Paylocity	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WDAY Workday	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest PCTY, ADP, PAYX, and WDAY Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/5/2026	ADP Automatic Data Processing	quarterly	$1.70	2.52%	9/11/2026	9/11/2026	10/1/2026
7/16/2026	PAYX Paychex	quarterly	$1.19	4%	7/28/2026	7/28/2026	8/28/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ADP Automatic Data Processing	0.82	1.05	1.05
PAYX Paychex	1.22	1.26	1.26
PCTY Paylocity	0.07	1.09	1.09
WDAY Workday	0.31	0.91	0.91

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ADP Automatic Data Processing	80.03%
PAYX Paychex	83.47%
PCTY Paylocity	94.76%
WDAY Workday	89.81%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ADP Automatic Data Processing	0.20%
PAYX Paychex	0.80%
PCTY Paylocity	19.40%
WDAY Workday	18.64%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ADP Automatic Data Processing	67,000	397.26 million	396.47 million	Optionable
PAYX Paychex	17,600	355.68 million	352.84 million	Optionable
PCTY Paylocity	6,900	53.06 million	42.76 million	Optionable
WDAY Workday	21,070	247.00 million	200.96 million	Optionable

PCTY, ADP, PAYX, and WDAY Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Workday, Inc. $WDAY Stock Holdings Lifted by Alamar Capital Management LLC

4 hours ago | marketbeat.com

Workday (WDAY) Wins Big State Government Go Lives As AI Tools Spread

September 2 at 8:49 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Cramer Says This Software Giant Is Fighting a Takeover With a $4 Billion Buyback

September 2 at 2:30 PM | 247wallst.com

Cramer Says This Software Giant Is Fighting a Takeover With a $4 Billion Buyback

September 2 at 2:19 PM | 247wallst.com

Workday Named a Leader in 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises for Eleventh Consecutive Year

September 2 at 11:18 AM | prnewswire.com

Winners and losers of Q2: Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) vs the rest of the finance and HR software stocks

September 2 at 10:47 AM | msn.com

Workday Signs a New State or Local Government Nearly Every Week as Agencies Move Off of Legacy Systems

September 2 at 9:00 AM | prnewswire.com

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Takes $7.17 Million Position in Workday, Inc. $WDAY

September 2 at 4:48 AM | marketbeat.com

Workday Crushed Every Estimate. An Analyst Downgraded It Anyway.

September 1 at 6:58 PM | insidermonkey.com

BDO Canada partners with Workday to help organizations transform HR, finance, and planning

September 1 at 1:56 PM | newswire.ca

AI Is Coming for One of Legacy Software’s Most Defensible Businesses as a New Challenger Takes on Oracle, SAP and Workday

September 1 at 12:11 PM | 247wallst.com

Workday (WDAY): Pioneering the Future of Enterprise Resource Planning

September 1 at 10:31 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Workday (WDAY): Pioneering the Future of Enterprise Resource Planning

September 1 at 10:31 AM | insidermonkey.com

Workday to Hold Annual Financial Analyst Day on October 13, 2026

September 1 at 8:30 AM | prnewswire.com

Railway Pension Investments Ltd Acquires New Position in Workday, Inc. $WDAY

September 1 at 6:00 AM | marketbeat.com

Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY) Given Consensus Rating of "Hold" by Brokerages

September 1 at 4:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Bright Horizons Joins the Workday Wellness Partner Program to Help Employers Deliver Family Care and Education Benefits More Effectively

August 31 at 4:05 PM | businesswire.com

Why Workday (WDAY) is a top growth stock for the long term

August 31 at 1:43 PM | msn.com

Why Workday (WDAY) is a Top Growth Stock for the Long-Term

August 31 at 10:46 AM | zacks.com

WDAY's Operating Margin Expands: Will the Improvement Continue?

August 31 at 10:36 AM | zacks.com

Stock of the Day: Will Workday Break Out and Head Higher?

August 31 at 9:11 AM | benzinga.com

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PCTY, ADP, PAYX, and WDAY Company Descriptions

Automatic Data Processing NASDAQ:ADP

$281.16 -2.33 (-0.82%)

Closing price 09/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$282.76 +1.59 (+0.57%)

As of 07:14 AM Eastern

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. provides cloud-based human capital management solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Employer Services and Professional Employer Organization (PEO). The Employer Services segment offers strategic, cloud-based platforms, and human resources (HR) outsourcing solutions. Its offerings include payroll services, benefits administration, talent management, HR management, workforce management, insurance, retirement, and compliance services, as well as integrated HCM solutions. The PEO Services segment provides HR outsourcing solution to businesses through a co-employment model. This segment offers employee benefits, protection and compliance, talent engagement, expertise, comprehensive outsourcing, and recruitment process outsourcing services. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey.

Paychex NASDAQ:PAYX

$124.00 -1.64 (-1.31%)

Closing price 09/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$123.99 -0.01 (-0.01%)

As of 07:00 AM Eastern

Paychex, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated human capital management solutions (HCM) for payroll, benefits, human resources (HR), and insurance services for small to medium-sized businesses in the United States, Europe, and India. It offers payroll processing services; payroll tax administration services; employee payment services; and regulatory compliance services, such as new-hire reporting and garnishment processing. The company also provides HR solutions, including integrated HCM technology solutions and HR advisory services through both virtual and on-site availability of a professionally trained HR representative, as well as HR support to non-payroll clients through its HR Partner Plus solution; and retirement services administration, such as plan implementation, ongoing compliance with government regulations, employee and employer reporting, participant and employer online access, electronic funds transfer, and other administrative services. In addition, it offers cloud-based HR administration software products for employee benefits management and administration, time and attendance, digital communication solutions, recruiting, and onboarding solutions; plan administration outsourcing and state unemployment insurance services; various business services to small to medium-sized businesses comprising payroll funding and outsourcing services, which include payroll processing, invoicing, and tax preparation; and payment processing services, financial fitness programs, and a small-business loan resource center. Further, the company provides insurance services for property and casualty coverage, such as workers' compensation, business-owner policies, cyber security protection, and commercial auto, as well as health and benefits coverage, including health, dental, vision, and life. It markets and sells its services primarily through its direct sales force. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

Paylocity NASDAQ:PCTY

$154.60 -1.42 (-0.91%)

Closing price 09/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$157.26 +2.66 (+1.72%)

As of 07:14 AM Eastern

Paylocity Holding Corporation engages in the provision of cloud-based human capital management and payroll software solutions for workforce in the United States. The company offers payroll software solution for global payroll, expense management, tax services, on demand payment, and garnishment managed services; and time and labor management software for time and attendance, scheduling, and time collection. It also provides human resources (HR) software solutions for employee self-service, compliance, HR edge, data analytics, and workflows and documents, as well as human resource management system; talent management system for recruiting, onboarding, performance, compensation, and learning; and benefits administration software. In addition, the company offers employee experience platform for community, employee voice, recognition and rewards, video, and modern workforce index; HR reporting software; and mobile HR solutions. Further, it provides implementation and training, client, and tax and regulatory services. The company serves for-profit and non-profit organizations across industries, including business services, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, restaurants, retail, technology, and others. It sells its products through sales representatives. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Workday NASDAQ:WDAY

$200.87 +2.49 (+1.26%)

Closing price 09/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$203.00 +2.13 (+1.06%)

As of 07:12 AM Eastern

Workday, Inc. provides enterprise cloud applications in the United States and internationally. Its applications help its customers to plan, execute, analyze, and extend to other applications and environments to manage their business and operations. The company offers a suite of financial management applications to maintain accounting information in the general ledger; manage financial processes, such as payables and receivables; identify real-time financial, operational, and management insights; enhance financial consolidation; reduce time-to-close; promote internal control and auditability; and achieve consistency across finance operations. It also provides spend management solutions that help organizations to streamline supplier selection and contracts, manage indirect spend, and build and execute sourcing events, such as requests for proposals; expense management solutions to submit and approve expenses; and a suite of human capital management applications that enables HR teams to hire, onboard, pay, develop, reskill, and provide employee experiences. In addition, the company offers planning applications; and applications for analytics and reporting comprising augmented analytics to surface insights to the line of business in simple-to-understand stories, machine learning to drive efficiency and automation, and benchmarks to compare performance against other companies. Further, it provides supply chain and inventory solutions to healthcare organizations; solutions to manage the end-to-end student and faculty lifecycle; and Workday Extend for customers and their developers to build custom applications. It serves professional and business services, financial services, healthcare, education, government, technology, media, retail, and hospitality industries. The company was formerly known as North Tahoe Power Tools, Inc. and changed its name to Workday, Inc. in July 2005. Workday, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.

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