Paychex Inc (NASDAQ:PAYX) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.15M but it saw 2792887 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 52.34B USD, the company’s current market price of $145.31 came falling about -0.43 while comparing to the previous closing price of $145.94. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $161.24 and as low as $115.40. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $144.705 while lowest mark touched by it was $146.1.
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 initiated the stock as “Market Perform” in its note to investors issued on July 10, 2025, recommending a price target of $160 for it. TD Cowen downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Market Perform” from “Outperform” on December 22, 2023 while assigning a price target range of $132-$123. Barclays issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $107 and $126.
Over the week, PAYX’s stock price is moving -0.45% down while it is -7.43% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 25.08% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 3.63%.
Currently, Paychex Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 360.50M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 18.98% and return on equity (ROE) at 41.80%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 31.74 while having a 24.56 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.91. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 12.69 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 9.39. Its return on asset (ROA) is 12.30% on average.
