Overview
Smart money at a glance
Filings to Sep 27, 2026Net selling: insiders sold $3.4M and bought $0 on the open market in 90 days (SEC Form 4). Congress: net selling of $3K to $45K in 180 days.
- Company insidersSEC Form 4, last 90 days
- -$3.4M netNet selling
- CongressSTOCK Act, last 180 days
- -$3K to -$45K netNet selling
- Big fundsSEC 13F, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- 7 added, 2 cutMore adding
- Federal contractsUSAspending.gov, last 12 months
- No awardsNone on record
Key stats
Fundamentals Sep 27- Open
- $101.18
- 52-wk high
- $127.98
- High
- $102.08
- 52-wk low
- $83.50
- Low
- $100.35
- Prev close
- $101.59
- Mkt cap
- $36.09B
- P/E
- 20.1x
- Volume
- 3.91M
- Fwd P/E
- 17.5x
- Beta
- 0.81
- Div yield
- 4.47%
- P/S
- 5.5x
- P/B
- 10.0x
- Profit margin
- +27.4%
- Op margin
- +38.5%
- ROE
- +47.1%
What do analysts expect?
Analyst target and ratings are on paid plans
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Are insiders buying or selling Paychex Inc (PAYX) stock?
Net selling: insiders sold $3.4M and bought $0 of PAYX stock on the open market in the 90 days to Sep 27, 2026, according to SEC Form 4 filings. The largest was Mucci, Martin (Director), who sold $2.7M. The latest filing was on Jul 21, 2026.
Which members of Congress have traded PAYX recently?
Rep. April McClain Delaney (D) sold $1K to $15K on Apr 21, 2026, disclosed 15 days later. Rep. April McClain Delaney (D) sold $1K to $15K on Apr 16, 2026, disclosed 20 days later. Rep. Rick Larsen (D) sold $1K to $15K on Apr 7, 2026, disclosed 8 days later. In total, 2 members disclosed 3 PAYX trades with trade dates in the last 180 days, filed a median 15 days after trading.
How current is this PAYX smart-money data?
This summary uses filings available on Sep 27, 2026. Insiders must report trades to the SEC within 2 business days, members of Congress have up to 45 days to disclose a trade, and funds file 13F holdings up to 45 days after each quarter ends, so the latest moves may not be public yet.
Smart money
8 funds hold a position and insiders have been net selling.
What funds are doing
Buys/Adds (3)
- MI

Millennium
$124.5M
added
- AQ

AQR
$116.6M
added
- GA

Gotham Asset
$49.0M
added
What insiders are doing
What Congress is doing
Buys (1)
Sells (2)
How top traders are positioned
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Earnings
Earnings landed in line with what analysts expected.
Earnings per share
$1.33 expected
Revenue
$1.63B expected
GAAP EPS was $1.21 and adjusted EPS was $1.34. The analyst basis could not be confirmed, so no beat or miss is shown.
Reports Sep 29, 2026, in 2 days
What the company said
Financials
What it sold, what it cost, what was left.
| USD | Aug 2025 | Nov 2025 | Feb 2026 | May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What came in | ||||
| Revenue | $1.54B | $1.56B | $1.81B | $1.61B |
| Cost of what it sold | $413.8M | $412.2M | $431.2M | $417.3M |
| Gross profit | $1.13B | $1.15B | $1.38B | $1.19B |
| What it spent | ||||
| Sales and admin | $584.3M | $573.5M | $585.7M | $583.5M |
| Total operating expenses | $584.3M | $573.5M | $585.7M | $583.5M |
| What was left | ||||
| Operating profit | $541.9M | $571.9M | $792.0M | $604.7M |
| Interest on debt | $68.2M | $68.5M | $68.1M | $64.7M |
| Profit before tax | $497.5M | $520.2M | $739.0M | $554.2M |
| Tax | $113.7M | $124.8M | $178.7M | $133.6M |
| Net profit | $383.8M | $395.4M | $560.3M | $420.6M |
| EBITDA | $675.0M | $697.8M | $918.1M | $728.5M |
Technicals
Price structure
This stock is under pressure, and looks oversold after a sharp drop.
Trend
Under pressure
0 / 100
RSI 14
20D volatility
52-week range
20D support
20D resistance
Returns
Price vs moving averages
Volume pace
News
What the news says
Coverage leans bullish
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