Paychex Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paychex in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Paychex stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PAYX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Paychex is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 5th 2021.
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Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 24th. The business services provider reported $0.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.05. The business services provider had revenue of $1.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $980.02 million. Paychex had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 38.04% and a net margin of 27.05%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 12.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.61 EPS.
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Paychex's stock was trading at $74.68 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PAYX stock has increased by 51.0% and is now trading at $112.77.
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Paychex declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 8th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.66 per share on Thursday, August 26th. This represents a $2.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.34%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 30th.
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Paychex pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.33%. Paychex does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Paychex is 86.84%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Paychex will have a dividend payout ratio of 73.13% next year. This indicates that Paychex will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Paychex declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Thursday, July 8th 2021, which allows the company to repurchase $400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Paychex updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Friday, July, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.340-$3.410 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.210. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.34 billion-$4.34 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.26 billion.

13 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Paychex's stock. Their forecasts range from $78.00 to $121.00. On average, they expect Paychex's share price to reach $102.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.3%.
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975 employees have rated Paychex CEO Martin Mucci on Glassdoor.com. Martin Mucci has an approval rating of 90% among Paychex's employees.

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Paychex trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PAYX."

Paychex's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.41%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.18%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.13%), Grandfield & Dodd LLC (0.11%), LaFleur & Godfrey LLC (0.04%) and Howland Capital Management LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Paychex stock include David J S Flaschen, Efrain Rivera, John B Gibson, Joseph Doody, Joseph M Tucci, Joseph M Velli, Laurie L Zaucha, Mark Anthony Bottini, Martin Mucci, Michael E Gioja, Pamela A Joseph, Robert L Schrader, Robert L Schrader, Stephanie L Schaeffer, Stephanie L Schaeffer and Tom Bonadio.
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PAYX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Welch & Forbes LLC, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Raymond James Trust N.A., Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co., Marshall Financial Group LLC, Howland Capital Management LLC, Stratos Wealth Partners LTD., and Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC. Company insiders that have sold Paychex company stock in the last year include David J S Flaschen, Efrain Rivera, John B Gibson, Joseph Doody, Joseph M Tucci, Joseph M Velli, Mark Anthony Bottini, Martin Mucci, Michael E Gioja, Robert L Schrader, and Stephanie L Schaeffer.
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PAYX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marathon Asset Management LLP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Grandfield & Dodd LLC, Usca Ria LLC, Aptus Capital Advisors LLC, and Gradient Investments LLC.
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Shares of PAYX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PAYX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $112.77.

Paychex has a market capitalization of $40.58 billion and generates $4.06 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $1.10 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.04 on an earnings per share basis.

Paychex employs 15,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Paychex: Advance Partners, Advantage Payroll Services, Advantage Payroll Services Inc., Expense Wire LLC, ExpenseWire, Fast 401k Inc., HR Outsourcing, HR Service, HR Services Inc., Icon Time Systems, InterPay, Lessor Group, NETTIME SOLUTIONS L.L.C., Oasis Outsourcing, Olsen Computer Systems, PXC Inc., Paychex Advance LLC, Paychex Benefit Technologies, Paychex Benefit Technologies Inc., Paychex Brazil LLC, Paychex Business Solutions LLC, Paychex Deutschland GmbH, Paychex Insurance Agency Inc., Paychex Insurance Concepts Inc., Paychex Investment LLC, Paychex Management LLC, Paychex North America Inc., Paychex Real Estate LLC, Paychex Recordkeeping Services Inc., Paychex Securities Corporation, Paychex Time & Attendance Inc., Paychex of New York LLC, Rapid Payroll Inc., SurePayroll, SurePayroll Inc., The Payroll Company, ePlan Services, myStaffingPro by HR Services, and nettime Solutions.

Paychex was founded in 1971.

The official website for Paychex is www.paychex.com.

Paychex is headquartered at 911 PANORAMA TRAIL SOUTH, ROCHESTER NY, 14625.

Paychex's mailing address is 911 PANORAMA TRAIL SOUTH, ROCHESTER NY, 14625. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 585-385-6666 or via email at [email protected]