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Company snapshot — Paychex Inc

PAYX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Paychex provides payroll processing, human resources administration and employee benefits management for small and mid-sized employers, mostly in the United States. It also offers retirement plan administration, workforce management tools, and insurance services such as workers' compensation and health coverage. It serves clients in several other countries, including Canada, India and Israel, and is based in Rochester, New York.
Where it sits in the stack
Paychex does not sit inside Rubin, our index for the AI build-out; it belongs to the software and services sleeve of the broader universe we track, alongside other Nasdaq-100 names outside the chip and data-centre chain. Its business is human capital management rather than compute, so it is neither a constraint on nor a customer of any layer in the AI stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group hasn't been drawn for it yet; the comparison the market makes is with Automatic Data Processing, the larger payroll and HR processor it is most often set against.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It is a Nasdaq-100 constituent; it doesn't yet carry a Closelooknet score, and the diary hasn't quoted it in an edition so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the recent upgrade to Buy is confirmed by the chart, since the stock has slipped against its short-term average and sits off its recent high even as it still holds above the longer-term trend.

Paychex Inc (PAYX) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for PAYX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Stifel, 2026-09-24 · last print 2026-09-23

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for PAYX from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Stifel — target 112 from 130 Target cut to $112 from $130 (+7.2% to spot) 2026-09-24
  • Price target BMO Capital — target 113 Target set to $113 (+8.1% to spot) 2026-09-24
  • Latest print EPS 1.34 against 1.32 expected — a +1.5% beat 2026-09-23

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Software - Application · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Software - Application · US

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against PAYX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.48%, quarterly · last 1.19 USD on 2026-07-28

Dividends and capital return

What PAYX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 4.54 USD per share · a 4.48% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +10.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 4.12 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.19 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-28
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.90 USD (partial) · 2024: 3.83 USD · 2025: 4.22 USD · 2026: 3.46 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-13

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.28 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How PAYX has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.28 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Paychex Inc moved 0.28% on average · correlation 0.09 · higher than 27% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.81 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.15% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.78% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Paychex Inc (PAYX)?

Paychex Inc trades as PAYX on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is PAYX in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Paychex Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does PAYX trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -14.3% vs the 50-day and -2.4% vs the 200-day average, 20.8% below the 52-week high and +18.6% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 42 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Paychex Inc do?

Paychex provides payroll processing, human resources administration and employee benefits management for small and mid-sized employers, mostly in the United States. It also offers retirement plan administration, workforce management tools, and insurance services such as workers' compensation and health coverage. It serves clients in several other countries, including Canada, India and Israel, and is based in Rochester, New York. Closelooknet's peer group hasn't been drawn for it yet; the comparison the market makes is with Automatic Data Processing, the larger payroll and HR processor it is most often set against.

Where does Paychex Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Paychex does not sit inside Rubin, our index for the AI build-out; it belongs to the software and services sleeve of the broader universe we track, alongside other Nasdaq-100 names outside the chip and data-centre chain. Its business is human capital management rather than compute, so it is neither a constraint on nor a customer of any layer in the AI stack. It is a Nasdaq-100 constituent; it doesn't yet carry a Closelooknet score, and the diary hasn't quoted it in an edition so far.

Does Paychex Inc pay a dividend?

Paychex Inc has paid 4.54 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 4.48% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.19 USD on 2026-07-28. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Paychex Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Paychex Inc had a beta of 0.28 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 27% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.15% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Paychex Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Paychex Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Stifel on 2026-09-24 (target 112 from 130). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-09-23: EPS 1.34 against 1.32 expected — a +1.5% beat. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PAYX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Software - Application. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.