Paycom Software Inc (NYSE:PAYC) currently has a daily average trading volume of 695.63K but it saw 1501884 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 14.43B USD, the company’s current market price of $249.35 came rising about 9.04 while comparing to the previous closing price of $228.67. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $242.74 and as low as $139.50.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Paycom Software Inc (PAYC) gives us an average price of $222.77, while its current price level is 2.72% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 78.75% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $217.60 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $198.07. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.57% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.86%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 72.47 which implies that the stock is in overbought territory.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the BMO Capital Markets which reiterated the stock as “Market Perform” in its note to investors issued on May 08, 2025, recommending a price target of between $215 and $244 for it. KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Overweight” from “Sector Weight” on March 10, 2025 while assigning a price target of $245.
Over the week, PAYC’s stock price is moving 9.80% up while it is 29.15% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 21.65% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 42.94%.
Currently, Paycom Software Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 55.90M with 11.51% of that held by the insiders while 85.09% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 30.63% and return on equity (ROE) at 34.88%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 28.02 while having a 25.15 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.78. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 8.84 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 7.66. Its return on asset (ROA) is 9.98% on average.
