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Bearish signalScored 2026-10-26 Drivers: Congress, trend, fundamentals. Moteurs : Congrès, tendance, fondamentaux.

Research, not advice.

À propos

Paychex, Inc.

Nom
Paychex, Inc.
Secteur
Industrials
Industrie
Staffing & Employment Services
Bourse
NASDAQ
Capitalisation
$42.3B
Employés
17,600
PDG
John Gibson Jr.
Site web
https://www.paychex.com
Marché
ADPASURBBSILGCLNSPPAYC

Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Rochester, New York, Paychex, Inc. delivers comprehensive human capital management (HCM) solutions. The company primarily serves small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the United States, Europe, and India, addressing their needs in human resources, payroll administration, employee benefits, and insurance. Its diverse service portfolio includes: Payroll Management: Encompassing core payroll processing, payroll tax administration, employee payment facilitation, and ensuring compliance with regulations like new-hire reporting and garnishment processing. Human Resources Solutions: Providing support for employer compliance, HR and employee benefits administration, risk management outsourcing, and even the availability of professionally trained on-site HR representatives. Retirement Services: Offering full administration for retirement plans, which covers implementation, ongoing adherence to government regulations, reporting for both participants and employers, online access capabilities, electronic funds transfers, and other administrative tasks. Cloud-based HR Software: A suite of software products designed for efficient HR administration, including tools for benefits management, time and attendance tracking, digital communication, recruitment, and onboarding processes. Additional Business Services: This category features plan administration outsourcing, state unemployment insurance services, and various support functions for SMBs such as payroll funding and outsourcing (including payroll processing, invoicing, and tax preparation), payment processing solutions, financial wellness programs, and a resource center for small business loans. Insurance Offerings: Providing both property and casualty coverage, which includes workers' compensation, business-owner policies, cybersecurity protection, and commercial auto insurance, alongside health and benefits coverage like medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. Paychex primarily distributes its services through its dedicated direct sales team.

Price (1 year)

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VENTE TOTALE: 7 839 titres (~844 103,52 $ US)

Insiders
VELLI JOSEPH M
Total bought
—

Avg buy (VWAP, 90d window) —

Total sold
$844,104

Avg sell (VWAP, 90d window) $107.68 vs last close $115.70 (+7.4%)

Total sold sums Form 4 code S in this window. Codes F, M, A and G are left out.

Last activity
2026-10-14
Liquidity
Liquid $336,569,241/day · 20d vol
Last synced
2026-10-27 00:34:53 Synced via automated research pipeline

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Insider holdings as a share of total assets aren't available for this company.

Avg buy and avg sell are volume-weighted prices (sum of shares × price, divided by shares) for Form 4 rows in this 90-day window that report both figures. A comparison with last close is market context for that average, not advice.

Recent Form 4

Filings in the 90-day window for this company. Value is shares × price from the filing. Research, not advice.

Date Person Side Shares Price Value Form 4
2026-10-14 VELLI JOSEPH M Sell · S 7,839 $107.68 $844,104 Form 4

Congressional trades

STOCK Act disclosures (90-day window)

Amounts are STOCK Act brackets as disclosed. Quorum does not turn a bracket into an exact price or a midpoint.

Date Member Side Amount range Filing
2025-09-23 Julie Johnson Buy $1,001 - $15,000 Filing
2025-09-23 Julie Johnson Buy $1,001 - $15,000 Filing
2025-09-22 Julie Johnson Buy $1,001 - $15,000 Filing

Recent trades

DateRepresentativeTypeAmount
2026-08-25April McClain DelaneySale$100,001 - $250,000
2026-04-21April McClain DelaneySale (Partial)$1,001 - $15,000
2026-04-16April McClain DelaneySale (Partial)$1,001 - $15,000
2026-04-14Gilbert CisnerosPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2026-04-13Ro KhannaPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2026-04-07Richard Ray LarsenSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000
2026-03-04Michael T. McCaulPurchase$100,001 - $250,000
2026-02-24April McClain DelaneySale (Partial)$1,001 - $15,000
2026-02-23April McClain DelaneySale (Partial)$1,001 - $15,000
2026-01-14Rick AllenSale (Full)$15,001 - $50,000
2026-01-13Ro KhannaSale$1,001 - $15,000
2025-11-12Marjorie Taylor GreenePurchase$15,001 - $50,000
2025-10-01April McClain DelaneyPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2025-09-29Ro KhannaPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2025-09-25Julie JohnsonSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000
2025-09-23Julie JohnsonSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000
2025-09-23Julie JohnsonPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2025-08-26Ro KhannaSale$1,001 - $15,000
2025-08-26Ro KhannaSale$1,001 - $15,000
2025-08-04Lisa C. McClainSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000
2025-07-23April McClain DelaneyPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2025-07-16Lisa C. McClainPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2025-06-26April McClain DelaneyPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2025-05-05Marjorie Taylor GreenePurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2025-04-09Josh GottheimerSale (Partial)$1,001 - $15,000
2025-04-09April McClain DelaneyPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2025-03-19Sheri BiggsSale (Full)$15,001 - $50,000
2025-02-27April McClain DelaneyPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2025-02-21April McClain DelaneyPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2025-02-21Josh GottheimerSale (Partial)$1,001 - $15,000
2025-02-09April McClain DelaneyPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2025-02-05April McClain DelaneyPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2025-01-13Robert P. BresnahanSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000
2024-06-21Josh GottheimerSale (Partial)$1,001 - $15,000
2023-11-03Ro KhannaSale$1,001 - $15,000
2023-10-10Ro KhannaSale$1,001 - $15,000
2023-10-02Ro KhannaPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2023-08-03Ro KhannaPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2023-07-05Richard Ray LarsenPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2023-06-26Ro KhannaSale$1,001 - $15,000
2023-05-25Zoe LofgrenSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000
2023-05-23Ro KhannaPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2023-03-24Ro KhannaSale$1,001 - $15,000
2023-03-14Ro KhannaSale$15,001 - $50,000
2023-02-10Ro KhannaSale$1,001 - $15,000
2023-02-09Diana HarshbargerSale$1,001 - $15,000
2023-02-09Diana HarshbargerSale$1,001 - $15,000
2023-02-09Diana HarshbargerSale$1,001 - $15,000
2023-01-25Diana HarshbargerSale$1,001 - $15,000
2023-01-25Diana HarshbargerSale$1,001 - $15,000
2023-01-11Josh GottheimerSale (Partial)$1,001 - $15,000
2022-09-29Ro KhannaPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2022-09-06Ro KhannaSale$1,001 - $15,000
2022-07-19Ro KhannaSale$15,001 - $50,000
2022-06-16Ro KhannaPurchase$15,001 - $50,000
2022-05-23Ro KhannaPurchase$15,001 - $50,000
2022-05-10Ro KhannaPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2022-04-25Diana HarshbargerSale$1,001 - $15,000
2022-01-21Ro KhannaSale$15,001 - $50,000
2020-06-16Robert C. ScottSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000
2020-06-16Robert C. ScottSale (Full)$15,001 - $50,000
2020-04-15Rick AllenSale (Full)$15,001 - $50,000
2020-03-23Zoe LofgrenSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000
2020-03-18Gilbert CisnerosPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2019-08-27Rick AllenPurchase$15,001 - $50,000
2019-03-25Van TaylorSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000
2018-05-31Pete SessionsSale (Full)$15,001 - $50,000
2018-05-23Rick AllenPurchase$1,001 - $15,000

Signal

Bearish signalScored 2026-10-26 Drivers: Congress, trend, fundamentals. Moteurs : Congrès, tendance, fondamentaux.

PAYX presents solid fundamentals with strong margins and cash flow, but the low catalyst score (20) reflects an absence of near-term event-driven upside, compounded by a notable insider sale and no offsetting positive…

The first sentence of the analysis written for PAYX on 2026-10-26 - a real excerpt, not a sample. The rest of it, the 0-100 score and the rating it produced are part of Plus. See plans.

Bearish signal Drivers: Congress, trend, fundamentals. Moteurs : Congrès, tendance, fondamentaux.

Factor checklist — research, not advice

A check leans with a bullish reading. A cross leans against it. A dash is unavailable or mixed.

  • Insider Pulls against a bullish reading. Selling cluster — sale value, no purchase value
  • Narrative Unavailable or mixed. Stored narrative reading is in the neutral band
  • Congress Pulls against a bullish reading. STOCK Act sale disclosures outnumber purchases
  • Timing Supports a bullish reading. Interesting trend — weekly bias up
  • Financial indicators Supports a bullish reading. Current ratio 1.26 · operating margin 39%

Suggested stop 114.03, nearest stored support minus 0.5 ATR(1.4% under the last close). Reward/risk to the next stored resistance is 1.21. Wait — that reward/risk is under 2. Research, not advice. Not an order.

Recent news

Market snapshot

Financial ratios

MetricTrend2026-05-312025-05-312024-05-312023-05-312022-05-31
Gross Profit Margin74.3%72.4%72.0%71.0%70.6%
Ebit Margin39.5%40.9%42.7%41.6%40.4%
Ebitda Margin46.3%44.7%46.1%45.2%44.5%
Operating Profit Margin38.6%39.6%41.2%40.6%39.9%
Pretax Profit Margin35.5%39.1%42.0%40.9%39.6%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin27.0%29.7%32.0%31.1%30.2%
Net Profit Margin27.0%29.7%32.0%31.1%30.2%
Bottom Line Profit Margin27.0%29.7%32.0%31.1%30.2%
Current Ratio1.2591.2821.3661.2971.249
Quick Ratio1.2591.2821.3661.2971.249
Solvency Ratio0.1770.1500.2840.2460.242
Cash Ratio0.1670.2340.2770.2100.070
Price To Earnings Ratio20.90634.32825.62024.28932.080
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio3.206-17.8892.9912.0381.208
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio3.206-17.8892.9912.0381.208
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio20.94934.47825.73024.40232.247
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio3.095-17.8902.9902.0371.206
Price To Book Ratio9.84313.77911.39010.82614.473
Price To Sales Ratio5.64610.2098.2027.5539.683
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio15.83532.33124.93424.29832.525
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio14.38029.15222.81422.25329.660
Debt To Assets Ratio0.2860.3030.0830.0820.091
Debt To Equity Ratio1.2401.2170.2280.2480.286
Debt To Capital Ratio0.5540.5490.1860.1990.222
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio0.5500.5240.1740.1860.205
Financial Leverage Ratio4.3304.0132.7323.0193.123
Working Capital Turnover Ratio3.4892.8552.8803.2993.626
Operating Cash Flow Ratio0.3740.2800.3570.2930.286
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio0.3930.3500.3600.3390.326
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio0.9080.9020.9150.9160.912
Debt Service Coverage Ratio8.4553.76534.00437.75335.788
Interest Coverage Ratio9.31520.94658.28755.39850.273
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio116.2144.663101.481166.608173.046
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio0.5520.3882.1911.9631.708
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio10.88410.17311.75811.88411.354
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio1.4011.1891.2851.2891.330
Dividend Payout Ratio0.9030.8740.7780.7550.718
Enterprise Value Multiple13.35024.19817.55516.56421.999

Sparkline shows each ratio oldest → newest (left → right).

How the latest year compares

For each ratio: its most recent value, the change versus one year earlier, and versus its 5-year average. ▲ higher ▼ lower

MetricCurrentvs 1Y agovs 5Y avg
Gross Profit Margin 74.3% ▲1.9% ▲2.2%
Ebit Margin 39.5% ▼-1.4% ▼-1.5%
Ebitda Margin 46.3% ▲1.6% ▲0.9%
Operating Profit Margin 38.6% ▼-1.1% ▼-1.4%
Pretax Profit Margin 35.5% ▼-3.6% ▼-3.9%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin 27.0% ▼-2.7% ▼-3.0%
Net Profit Margin 27.0% ▼-2.7% ▼-3.0%
Bottom Line Profit Margin 27.0% ▼-2.7% ▼-3.0%
Current Ratio 1.259 ▼-0.023 ▼-0.031
Quick Ratio 1.259 ▼-0.023 ▼-0.031
Solvency Ratio 0.177 ▲0.027 ▼-0.043
Cash Ratio 0.167 ▼-0.067 ▼-0.025
Price To Earnings Ratio 20.906 ▼-13.422 ▼-6.539
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio 3.206 ▲21.094 ▲4.895
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio 3.206 ▲21.094 ▲4.895
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio 20.949 ▼-13.529 ▼-6.612
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio 3.095 ▲20.985 ▲4.807
Price To Book Ratio 9.843 ▼-3.936 ▼-2.219
Price To Sales Ratio 5.646 ▼-4.563 ▼-2.612
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio 15.835 ▼-16.496 ▼-10.149
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio 14.380 ▼-14.772 ▼-9.272
Debt To Assets Ratio 0.286 ▼-0.017 ▲0.117
Debt To Equity Ratio 1.240 ▲0.023 ▲0.596
Debt To Capital Ratio 0.553 ▲0.005 ▲0.212
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio 0.549 ▲0.025 ▲0.222
Financial Leverage Ratio 4.330 ▲0.318 ▲0.887
Working Capital Turnover Ratio 3.489 ▲0.634 ▲0.259
Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.374 ▲0.093 ▲0.056
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio 0.393 ▲0.042 ▲0.039
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.908 ▲0.006 ▼-0.002
Debt Service Coverage Ratio 8.454 ▲4.689 ▼-15.498
Interest Coverage Ratio 9.315 ▼-11.630 ▼-29.528
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio 116.214 ▲111.550 ▲3.811
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio 0.552 ▲0.164 ▼-0.808
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio 10.884 ▲0.712 ▼-0.326
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio 1.401 ▲0.212 ▲0.102
Dividend Payout Ratio 0.903 ▲0.029 ▲0.098
Enterprise Value Multiple 13.350 ▼-10.848 ▼-5.383

Key metrics

MetricTrend20262025202420232022
Market cap$36.77B$56.88B$43.29B$37.82B$44.65B
Enterprise value$40.26B$60.27B$42.69B$37.46B$45.16B
EV / Sales6.18x10.82x8.09x7.48x9.79x
EV / Op. cash flow15.74x30.89x22.50x22.04x30.00x
EV / Free cash flow17.34x34.26x24.59x24.07x32.90x
EV / EBITDA13.35x24.20x17.55x16.56x22.00x
Net debt / EBITDA1.16x1.36x-0.25x-0.16x0.25x
Current ratio1.26x1.28x1.37x1.30x1.25x
Income quality1.45x1.18x1.12x1.09x1.08x
Graham number$34$34$33$31$27
Graham net-net-$27-$26-$11-$12-$12
Tax burden76.2%76.2%76.2%76.0%76.3%
Interest burden89.8%95.4%98.3%98.2%98.0%
Working capital$1.77B$1.96B$1.94B$1.72B$1.31B
Invested capital$8.64B$9.00B$4.48B$4.20B$3.85B
Return on assets10.9%10.0%16.3%14.8%14.5%
Operating ROA15.3%16.4%20.8%20.1%19.5%
Return on tangible assets17.7%16.4%20.4%18.3%18.4%
Return on equity47.1%40.1%44.5%44.6%45.1%
Return on invested capital20.4%16.8%32.5%32.5%32.1%
Return on capital employed26.9%23.0%42.8%42.9%42.1%
Earnings yield4.8%2.9%3.9%4.1%3.1%
Free cash flow yield6.3%3.1%4.0%4.1%3.1%
Capex / Op. cash flow9.2%9.8%8.5%8.4%8.8%
Capex / Depreciation53.1%91.6%91.4%81.0%69.1%
Capex / Sales3.6%3.4%3.1%2.9%2.9%
SG&A / Sales35.7%32.7%30.8%30.4%30.7%
R&D / Sales0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Stock comp / Sales1.5%2.0%1.2%1.3%1.1%
Intangibles / Total assets38.4%39.0%20.0%19.2%21.3%
Days sales outstanding124d129d112d104d104d
Days payables outstanding34d31d26d21d28d
Operating cycle124d129d112d104d104d
Cash conversion cycle90d99d87d83d76d

Change by theme

Grouped by what each metric measures. Each figure is the change over the period shown — ▲ up ▼ down versus then.

Change over 1 year

Valuation
Market cap ▼-35.4%EV / Sales ▼-42.9%EV / EBITDA ▼-44.8%EV / Op. cash flow ▼-15.147Earnings yield ▲+0.019Graham number ▼-0.557
Profitability
Return on equity ▲+0.070Return on assets ▲+0.009Return on invested capital ▲+0.037Return on capital employed ▲+0.039Operating ROA ▼-0.010Income quality ▲+0.275Tax burden -0.000
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▼-5.628Days payables outstanding ▲+2.986Operating cycle ▼-5.628Cash conversion cycle ▼-8.614Capex / Sales ▲+0.002R&D / Sales n/a
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▼-0.023Net debt / EBITDA ▼-0.205Working capital ▼-187500000.000Invested capital ▼-360000000.000Intangibles / Total assets ▼-0.006

Change over 5 years

Valuation
Market cap ▼-17.7%EV / Sales ▼-36.9%EV / EBITDA ▼-39.3%EV / Op. cash flow ▼-14.255Earnings yield ▲+0.017Graham number ▲+6.619
Profitability
Return on equity ▲+0.020Return on assets ▼-0.036Return on invested capital ▼-0.117Return on capital employed ▼-0.152Operating ROA ▼-0.042Income quality ▲+0.372Tax burden ▼-0.002
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▲+19.423Days payables outstanding ▲+5.297Operating cycle ▲+19.423Cash conversion cycle ▲+14.125Capex / Sales ▲+0.007R&D / Sales n/a
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▲+0.010Net debt / EBITDA ▲+0.908Working capital ▲+460300000.000Invested capital ▲+4788400000.000Intangibles / Total assets ▲+0.171

Employee count

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