Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) Stock Overview
NASDAQ · Technology · Software - Application
✓ Sourced directly from Yahoo Finance · Checked for accuracy at every rebuild · Snapshot: 6 September 2026
About Paychex, Inc.
Paychex, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides human capital management solutions (HCM) for human resources, payroll processing, employee benefits, and insurance services for small to medium-sized businesses in the United States, Europe, Canada, India, and Israel. It offers technology…
Source: Yahoo Finance
Sector & Industry
Paychex, Inc. operates in the Technology sector, within the Software - Application industry group. It is listed on the NASDAQ exchange.
Paychex, Inc. at a Glance
| Company | Paychex, Inc. |
| Ticker | PAYX |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Currency | USD |
| Price | $121.71 |
| Market cap | $43.33B |
| P/E ratio (trailing) | 24.89 |
| EPS (trailing) | $4.89 |
| 52-week high | $136.05 |
| 52-week low | $85.45 |
| Dividend yield | 3.91% |
| Ex-dividend date | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Beta | — |
| Return on equity (ROE) | — |
| Debt-to-equity | 123.97% |
| Average volume | 3.10M |
| Shares outstanding | 355.98M |
| Sector | Technology |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Employees | 17,600 |
| Country | United States |
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