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PAYX is priced at $99.66 right now, up 1.17% on the session. That puts its market value at $35.48B, 399th largest among the 800 stocks we cover.
The 52-week range is $83.50 to $127.98. Today's price is about 36% of the way from the low to the high.
For the quarter ended Aug 2026 it reported $1.63B in revenue, up 5.9% from a year earlier, with $429.70M of net profit (a 27.4% margin).
Buyers are paying 19.8 times trailing earnings, 31% below its five-year average of 28.6. The median for its industry group is 30.3.
15 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "hold". The mean target, $116.50, sits 16.9% over where the stock trades.
This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.
Composite of 4 factors below, ranked against the 800 U.S. stocks BeStock covers.
Cheaper than usual on its own 5-year P/E history scores higher.
Higher trailing yield than most of BeStock’s coverage scores higher.
Trading closer to its 52-week high than most peers scores higher.
15 analysts, consensus Hold.
How this is scored: each factor above is a 0–100 percentile rank against every other stock BeStock covers (or, for Wall Street, against the five-point Strong Buy–Sell scale). The overall grade is the plain average of whichever factors apply to this stock — no factor is weighted more than another. That average maps to a letter: A ≥ 85, B ≥ 70, C ≥ 50, D ≥ 30, otherwise F. Recomputed from the data on this page as prices and filings update — it describes where a stock ranks today, not a forecast, and not a BeStock recommendation to buy or sell.
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What Wall Street analysts and Morningstar's fair-value model expect for the stock
Wall Street’s average 12-month target is $116.50, 16.9% above today’s price, with a consensus rating of Hold. Morningstar’s fair value model puts the stock at $110.00, so shares trade 9.4% below that estimate. On earnings multiple, it sits in the 0th percentile of its own five-year valuation range (cheaper than usual).
Figures are Wall Street analyst consensus and Morningstar’s independent fair-value model, sourced as noted above.
Quote as of Oct 1, 2026 11:50 am ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.
Ranks are among the 800 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A tile is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.
Set against the peer table: at 19.8x earnings, PAYX looks about mid-pack against the market, and trades 35% below the 30.3x median among Software - Application names. The two comparisons do not always agree.
$99.66 is the latest print for PAYX, a move of +1.17% against yesterday's close of $98.50. Today's low and high so far: $98.68 and $101.33.
Equity value comes to $35.48B at the current price. By that measure it is number 399 of the 800 names in our coverage.
Buyers pay 19.8 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $4.89). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 28.6, and today's level ranks in the 0th percentile of its own history.
The year's floor is $83.50 and the ceiling $127.98. Shares are 22.1% away from that ceiling.
It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 4.56% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was July 28, 2026.
Of 15 analysts, 7% say buy, 80% hold and 13% sell. Price targets average $116.50, with the most cautious at $96.00 and the most optimistic at $150.00.
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