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PCTY vs. INTU, TEAM, BILL, DT, HUBS, NOW, PAYC, TYL, NBIS, and WIT

Should you be buying Paylocity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paylocity include Intuit (INTU), Atlassian (TEAM), BILL (BILL), Dynatrace (DT), HubSpot (HUBS), ServiceNow (NOW), Paycom Software (PAYC), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Nebius Group (NBIS), and Wipro (WIT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Paylocity vs. Its Competitors

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) and Paylocity (NASDAQ:PCTY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and risk.

In the previous week, Intuit had 52 more articles in the media than Paylocity. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Intuit and 10 mentions for Paylocity. Intuit's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Paylocity's score of 0.63 indicating that Intuit is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Intuit
43 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Paylocity
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Intuit has a net margin of 20.55% compared to Paylocity's net margin of 14.24%. Intuit's return on equity of 22.72% beat Paylocity's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intuit20.55% 22.72% 12.46%
Paylocity 14.24%22.08%5.52%

Intuit has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paylocity has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

83.7% of Intuit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Paylocity shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Intuit shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Paylocity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Intuit has higher revenue and earnings than Paylocity. Paylocity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intuit$18.83B9.66$3.87B$13.7447.50
Paylocity$1.60B5.18$227.13M$4.0137.37

Intuit currently has a consensus price target of $791.82, indicating a potential upside of 21.32%. Paylocity has a consensus price target of $221.59, indicating a potential upside of 47.86%. Given Paylocity's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Paylocity is more favorable than Intuit.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intuit
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Paylocity
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Intuit beats Paylocity on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PCTY vs. The Competition

MetricPaylocityINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.34B$19.35B$32.74B$10.51B
Dividend YieldN/A3.61%3.20%4.80%
P/E Ratio32.8173.78490.3627.36
Price / Sales5.18128.511,834.67195.91
Price / Cash23.5282.7837.7761.53
Price / Book6.709.687.756.82
Net Income$227.13M$356.34M$820.59M$276.89M
7 Day Performance-2.83%-1.45%0.17%0.27%
1 Month Performance-10.30%3.26%7.13%8.31%
1 Year Performance-11.35%99.29%23,940.00%35.60%

Paylocity Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCTY
Paylocity
4.8658 of 5 stars
$149.86
-0.9%
$221.59
+47.9%
-10.1%$8.34B$1.60B37.376,700
INTU
Intuit
4.9797 of 5 stars
$655.68
+2.2%
$791.82
+20.8%
+6.5%$178.93B$18.83B47.7218,200Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
TEAM
Atlassian
4.5858 of 5 stars
$149.39
+3.3%
$248.74
+66.5%
-19.4%$37.92B$5.22B0.0013,813Trending News
Insider Trade
BILL
BILL
4.0654 of 5 stars
$49.65
+0.6%
$59.75
+20.3%
-10.8%$5.01B$1.46B164.472,364Trending News
Analyst Forecast
DT
Dynatrace
4.9601 of 5 stars
$48.36
+0.8%
$62.96
+30.2%
-11.8%$14.46B$1.70B63.955,200
HUBS
HubSpot
4.6177 of 5 stars
$449.64
+2.3%
$723.11
+60.8%
-18.3%$23.17B$2.63B785.118,246Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
NOW
ServiceNow
4.9681 of 5 stars
$923.44
+3.9%
$1,122.20
+21.5%
-3.4%$184.85B$10.98B116.3026,293Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
PAYC
Paycom Software
4.9021 of 5 stars
$201.49
+0.8%
$245.62
+21.9%
+21.9%$11.56B$1.88B27.007,306Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.8563 of 5 stars
$508.25
+0.8%
$686.00
+35.0%
-15.6%$21.81B$2.14B72.617,400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NBIS
Nebius Group
1.2404 of 5 stars
$135.46
+4.5%
$91.20
-32.7%
N/A$30.55B$117.50M0.001,371Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
WIT
Wipro
2.43 of 5 stars
$2.70
+1.3%
N/A-58.5%$27.85B$10.43B17.39233,346Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:PCTY) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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