Paychex - PAYX Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paychex in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" PAYX shares. 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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10 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Paychex's stock. Their PAYX share price forecasts range from $123.00 to $140.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $130.45 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.2% from the stock's current price.
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Paychex's stock was trading at $136.50 at the start of the year. Since then, PAYX shares have decreased by 9.1% and is now trading at $124.03.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, December 28th 2022.
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Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September, 28th. The business services provider reported $1.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.06. The business services provider earned $1.21 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.17 billion. Paychex had a net margin of 30.38% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 44.87%. The company's revenue was up 11.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.89 earnings per share.
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Paychex announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 13th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.79 per share on Wednesday, November 23rd. This represents a $3.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 8th.
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Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.63%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 79.60%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, PAYX will have a dividend payout ratio of 69.91% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Paychex announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Thursday, July 8th 2021, which authorizes the company to repurchase $400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Paychex updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Monday, October, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.19-$4.22 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.14. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.93 billion-$4.98 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.97 billion.

975 employees have rated Paychex Chief Executive Officer Martin Mucci on Glassdoor.com. Martin Mucci has an approval rating of 90% among the company's employees.

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

Paychex's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.60%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.40%), State Street Corp (3.68%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.02%), London Co. of Virginia (0.68%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.64%). Insiders that own company stock include David J S Flaschen, David J S Flaschen, Efrain Rivera, John B Gibson, Joseph Doody, Joseph M Tucci, Joseph M Velli, Karen E Saunders-Mcclendon, Laurie L Zaucha, Mark Anthony Bottini, Martin Mucci, Michael E Gioja, Robert L Schrader, Robert L Schrader, Stephanie L Schaeffer, Stephanie L Schaeffer and Tom Bonadio.
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Shares of PAYX stock 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 $124.03.

Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) has a market capitalization of $44.70 billion and generates $4.61 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $1.39 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.97 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 16,000 workers across the globe.

Paychex's mailing address is 911 PANORAMA TRAIL SOUTH, ROCHESTER NY, 14625. The official website for the company is www.paychex.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (585) 385-6666, via email at tjallen@paychex.com, or via fax at 302-655-5049.