With 9.26 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.08 million shares. During the session, the Software – Application company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $146.0 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $136.8801. The 52-week range on PAYX shows that it touched its highest point at $161.24 and its lowest point at $115.40 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $150.00. With its current market cap of 49.68 billion, PAYX has annualized dividend of $4.02 while the current yield stands at 2.91%. PAYX paid its most recent dividend on 1747008000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1747008000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.90.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of PAYX was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -9.56%, but this was down by -11.63% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -4.29% while six-month performance rose 0.09%. The stock lost -1.63% in the past year, while it has gained 9.51% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PAYX yields 4.81 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.79. For the next quarter, that number is 1.22. This implies an EPS growth rate of 7.56% for this year and 8.07% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 360.20 million PAYX shares are outstanding with a float of 322.15 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-05-30, short shares totaled 12.41 million, which was 345.0 higher than short shares on 1745971200. In addition to Mr. John B. Gibson Jr. as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. B. Thomas Golisano serves as its Founder & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.81627 of PAYX’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-02-28, PAYX reported revenue of $1509000000.0 and operating income of $691800000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $751500000.0 and diluted EPS was $1.43.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for PAYX since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 8 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With PAYX analysts setting a high price target of 165.0 and a low target of 122.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 147.35867. Based on these targets, PAYX could surge 19.62% to reach the target high and fall by -11.56% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 6.83% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $4.72424 being high and $4.66431 being low. For PAYX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.70426.
