Paychex, Inc provides payroll, human resource (HR), retirement, and insurance services for small to medium-sized businesses in the United States and Europe. The company offers payroll processing services; payroll tax administration services; employee payment services; and regulatory compliance services, such as new-hire reporting and garnishment processing.
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Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Engineering, accounting, research, management & related services
Sub-IndustryData Processing & Outsourced Services
SectorBusiness Services
Phone585-385-6666
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$3.77 billion
Profitability
Miscellaneous
Employees15,600
Next Earnings Date10/1/2019 (Estimated)
OptionableOptionable
Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Paychex's stock symbol?
Paychex trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PAYX."
How often does Paychex pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Paychex?
Paychex announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.62 per share on Thursday, August 22nd. This represents a $2.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.04%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 31st. View Paychex's Dividend History.
How were Paychex's earnings last quarter?
Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June, 26th. The business services provider reported $0.63 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.02. The business services provider earned $980.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $978.94 million. Paychex had a return on equity of 40.99% and a net margin of 27.42%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 15.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.61 EPS. View Paychex's Earnings History.
When is Paychex's next earnings date?
What guidance has Paychex issued on next quarter's earnings?
Paychex issued an update on its FY 2020 earnings guidance on Wednesday, June, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.07-3.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.10. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.15-4.187 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.16 billion.
What price target have analysts set for PAYX?
13 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Paychex's stock. Their forecasts range from $68.00 to $84.00. On average, they expect Paychex's share price to reach $76.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Paychex.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Paychex?
13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paychex in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Paychex.
Has Paychex been receiving favorable news coverage?
Press coverage about PAYX stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Paychex earned a coverage optimism score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Paychex.
Are investors shorting Paychex?
Paychex saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 11,422,600 shares, an increase of 9.5% from the July 15th total of 10,431,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,970,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.8 days. Currently, 3.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Paychex's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Paychex's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Paychex include Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), S&P Global (SPGI), Recruit (RCRRF), Waste Management (WM), Worldpay (WP), Fiserv (FISV), Thomson Reuters (TRI), EXPERIAN PLC/ADR (EXPGY), First Data (FDC), Iqvia (IQV), Republic Services (RSG), IHS Markit (INFO), Global Payments (GPN) and Verisk Analytics (VRSK).
What other stocks do shareholders of Paychex own?
Who are Paychex's key executives?
Paychex's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Martin Mucci, Pres, CEO & Director (Age 59)
- Mr. Efrain Rivera, Sr. VP, CFO & Treasurer (Age 62)
- Mr. Mark A. Bottini, Sr. VP of Sales (Age 58)
- Mr. Michael E. Gioja, Sr. VP of Product Devel. & Information Technology (Age 61)
- Mr. John B. Gibson, Sr. VP of Service (Age 52)
Who are Paychex's major shareholders?
Paychex's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.61%), BlackRock Inc. (9.61%), Vanguard Group Inc. (7.35%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.59%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.13%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.63%). Company insiders that own Paychex stock include David J S Flaschen, Efrain Rivera, Grant M Inman, Jennifer R Vossler, 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 and Stephanie L Schaeffer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Paychex.
Which major investors are selling Paychex stock?
PAYX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Man Group plc, Marathon Asset Management LLP, Cullinan Associates Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold Paychex company stock in the last year include David J S Flaschen, Efrain Rivera, Jennifer R Vossler, 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 and Stephanie L Schaeffer. View Insider Buying and Selling for Paychex.
Which major investors are buying Paychex stock?
PAYX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, APG Asset Management N.V., Bahl & Gaynor Inc., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC and Vanguard Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Paychex.
How do I buy shares of Paychex?
Shares of PAYX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Paychex's stock price today?
One share of PAYX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $81.62.
How big of a company is Paychex?
Paychex has a market capitalization of $29.33 billion and generates $3.77 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $1.03 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.84 on an earnings per share basis. Paychex employs 15,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Paychex.
What is Paychex's official website?
How can I contact Paychex?
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.
MarketBeat Community Rating for Paychex (NASDAQ PAYX)
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