NASDAQ:PCTY - Paylocity Stock Price, Forecast & News

Paylocity trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PCTY."

Paylocity Holding Corp (NASDAQ:PCTY) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The software maker reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.25. The software maker earned $126.72 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $124.15 million. Paylocity had a return on equity of 19.03% and a net margin of 11.78%. The business's revenue was up 26.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.20 earnings per share. View Paylocity's Earnings History.

Paylocity is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Paylocity.

13 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Paylocity's stock. Their forecasts range from $89.00 to $155.00. On average, they expect Paylocity's share price to reach $114.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Paylocity.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Paylocity in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Paylocity.

Media headlines about PCTY stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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. Paylocity earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Paylocity.

Paylocity saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 1,330,000 shares, an increase of 11.8% from the November 28th total of 1,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 301,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.4 days. Approximately 3.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Paylocity's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Paylocity investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), NVIDIA (NVDA), Paycom Software (PAYC), Visa (V), Walt Disney (DIS), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Paypal (PYPL), Verizon Communications (VZ) and salesforce.com (CRM).

Paylocity's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (1.26%), Summit Creek Advisors LLC (0.19%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.09%), Archford Capital Strategies LLC (0.04%), Gradient Investments LLC (0.02%) and We Are One Seven LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Paylocity stock include Andrew Cappotelli, Edward W Gaty, Ellen Carnahan, Jeffrey T Diehl, Mark S Kinsey, Michael R Haske, Ronald V Waters, Steven I Sarowitz, Steven R Beauchamp and Toby J Williams. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Paylocity.

PCTY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Riverbridge Partners LLC, Archford Capital Strategies LLC and Summit Creek Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Paylocity company stock in the last year include Andrew Cappotelli, Edward W Gaty, Jeffrey T Diehl, Mark S Kinsey, Michael R Haske, Ronald V Waters, Steven I Sarowitz, Steven R Beauchamp and Toby J Williams. View Insider Buying and Selling for Paylocity.

PCTY stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gradient Investments LLC, Hanlon Investment Management Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Winslow Evans & Crocker Inc., NEXT Financial Group Inc, Vigilant Capital Management LLC and We Are One Seven LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Paylocity.

Shares of PCTY 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 PCTY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $140.98.

Paylocity has a market capitalization of $7.54 billion and generates $467.63 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $53.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.08 on an earnings per share basis. Paylocity employs 3,050 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Paylocity.

The official website for Paylocity is http://www.paylocity.com/.

Paylocity's mailing address is 1400 AMERICAN LANE, SCHAUMBURG IL, 60173. The software maker can be reached via phone at 847-463-3200 or via email at [email protected]