After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
PAYX belongs to the Technology sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Software – Application industry. The current market capitalization of Paychex Inc is $50.60B. A total of 1.43 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.79M shares.
In the most recent transaction, GOLISANO B THOMAS bought 80,580 shares of PAYX for 139.88 per share on Jan 10 ’25. In a previous transaction on Nov 14 ’24, GOLISANO B THOMAS bought 2,605 shares at 145.90 per share.
Among the insiders who bought shares, GOLISANO B THOMAS acquired of 44,190 shares on Nov 13 ’24 at a per-share price of $147.80. In another insider transaction, GOLISANO B THOMAS bought 142,350 shares at $147.00 per share on Nov 12 ’24.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Paychex Inc pays an annual dividend of $3.83, resulting in a dividend yield of 2.73%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 29.57. PAYX’s most recent ex-dividend date was 2.8% when it declared a $0.98 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 2/7/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 11/7/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 2.82%. The PAYX stock dividend was $0.98 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, PAYX has a high of $150.71 and a low of $114.72.
As of this writing, PAYX has an earnings estimate of $1.48 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 15.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.49 per share and a lower estimate of $1.46.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. PAYX’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $1.22B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2022. There were $881.20M in debt and $5.27B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $10.90, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $3.09B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for PAYX is Buy with a score of 2.69.
