NASDAQ:PAYX - Paychex Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Paychex announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.62 per share on Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $2.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 31st. View Paychex's Dividend History.

Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX) released its earnings results on Wednesday, December, 18th. The business services provider reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.02. The business services provider had revenue of $990.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $988.26 million. Paychex had a net margin of 26.72% and a return on equity of 41.21%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 15.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.65 earnings per share. View Paychex's Earnings History.

Paychex is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Paychex.

Paychex updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, December, 18th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.12-3.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.10.

11 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Paychex's stock. Their forecasts range from $74.00 to $97.00. On average, they expect Paychex's stock price to reach $84.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Paychex.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paychex in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Paychex.

News articles about PAYX stock have trended somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Paychex earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Paychex.

Paychex saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 8,790,000 shares, a drop of 9.8% from the December 31st total of 9,740,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,310,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.7 days. Approximately 2.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Paychex's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Paychex include Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Global Payments (GPN), Worldpay (WP), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Total System Services (TSS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), The Western Union (WU), WEX (WEX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT) and Genpact (G).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Paychex investors own include General Electric (GE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE), Procter & Gamble (PG), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Home Depot (HD).

Paychex's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.22%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.15%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.15%), Donaldson Capital Management LLC (0.12%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%) and PGGM Investments (0.11%). 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.

PAYX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Marathon Asset Management LLP, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Baxter Bros Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and Janney Capital Management LLC. 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.

PAYX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Gradient Investments LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Sonora Investment Management LLC, Donaldson Capital Management LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and JGP Wealth Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for 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.

One share of PAYX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.91.

Paychex has a market capitalization of $31.82 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.

The official website for Paychex is http://www.paychex.com/.

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.