Paychex Inc
PAYX
Key stats
- Open
- 116.91
- Day high
- 117.56
- Day low
- 114.57
- Previous close
- 115.37
- Volume
- 1.81M
- VWAP
- 115.28
- 52-week high
- 127.98
- 52-week low
- 85.45
- Market cap
- 41.07B
- Shares out
- 355.98M
- Employees
- 17,600
- Listed
- 1983
About Paychex Inc
Paychex is a cloud-based human capital management provider offering payroll, compliance, talent management, benefits administration, and retirement services. The firm also provides HR outsourcing services, including professional employer organization, or PEO, offerings, enabling clients to reduce HR overhead. Paychex primarily targets small and midsize businesses, although its acquisition of Paycor in 2025 signals the firm's aspirations to expand into the midmarket segment, serving firms with more than 100 employees. As of fiscal 2026, Paychex has approximately 840,000 clients and manages payroll for one in 11 workers in the United States.
SERVICES-ENGINEERING, ACCOUNTING, RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT · ROCHESTER, NY · paychex.com
Options · expiring Nov 20
Nov 12, 3:59 PM ET- Call open interest
- 6.2K
- Put open interest
- 7.1K
- Put/call
- 1.15
- At-the-money IV
- 34.1%
| Contract | Last | Traded | Volume | Open int. | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 put | 0.63 | Nov 12, 3:53 PM | 336 | 3.6K | 31.8% |
| 125 put | 12.20 | Oct 30, 12:49 PM | 82 | 82 | — |
| 125 call | 0.25 | Nov 11, 3:28 PM | 62 | 764 | 52.1% |
| 95 call | 22.40 | Oct 23, 3:04 PM | 25 | 0 | 75.4% |
| 120 call | 0.65 | Nov 12, 3:35 PM | 11 | 570 | 32.4% |
| 135 call | 0.20 | Nov 4, 11:09 AM | 8 | 37 | 74.5% |
Quarterly results
Massive · Sep 24, 2026| Q1 2027 to Aug 31, 2026 | Q4 2026 to May 31, 2026 | Q3 2026 to Feb 28, 2026 | Q2 2026 to Nov 30, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.58B | $1.55B | $1.75B | $1.50B |
| Gross profit | $1.15B | $1.14B | $1.32B | $1.09B |
| Operating income | $569.40M | $552.50M | $735.20M | $517.60M |
| Net income | $429.70M | $420.60M | $560.30M | $395.40M |
| Diluted EPS | 1.21 | 1.17 | 1.56 | 1.10 |
| Operating cash flow | $413.50M | $580.90M | $812.50M | $444.90M |
| Assets | $15.66B | $16.17B | $17.51B | $16.52B |
| Liabilities | $11.96B | $12.44B | $13.50B | $12.64B |
| Equity | $3.71B | $3.74B | $4.01B | $3.88B |
Technicals
Massive · Nov 12, 2026- 50-day average111.15
- 200-day average103.84
- RSI (14 days)54.0
Short interest
Massive · Oct 30, 2026- Oct 30, 202619.87M shares · 6.6 days to cover
- Oct 15, 202620.82M shares · 7.8 days to cover
- Sep 30, 202618.83M shares · 4.3 days to cover
- Sep 15, 202619.82M shares · 8.1 days to cover
Dividends
Massive · Oct 26, 2026- Ex Oct 26, 2026, paid Nov 25, 20261.1900 · 4 a year
- Ex Jul 28, 2026, paid Aug 28, 20261.1900 · 4 a year
- Ex May 13, 2026, paid May 29, 20261.1900 · 4 a year
- Ex Jan 28, 2026, paid Feb 27, 20261.0800 · 4 a year
- Ex Nov 7, 2025, paid Nov 26, 20251.0800 · 4 a year
- Ex Jul 21, 2025, paid Aug 29, 20251.0800 · 4 a year
- Ex May 12, 2025, paid May 29, 20251.0800 · 4 a year
- Ex Feb 7, 2025, paid Feb 27, 20250.9800 · 4 a year
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