Paychex (PAYX) closed at $115.37 on November 11, 2026, down 0.7% from the previous close, on volume of 2,671,671 shares (30-day average 2,794,963).
Data as of November 11, 2026.
11-Nov-2026
| # | Date | Strategy | Legs | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 27, 2026 | Risk Reversal | 18-Dec-26105 P : 120 C +147,500 Stock | 5,000 |
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Paychex is a cloud-based human capital management provider offering payroll, compliance, talent management, benefits administration, and retirement services. The firm also provides HR outsourcing services, including professional employer organization, or PEO, offerings, enabling clients to reduce HR overhead. Paychex primarily targets small and midsize businesses, although its acquisition of Paycor in 2025 signals the firm's aspirations to expand into the midmarket segment, serving firms with more than 100 employees. As of fiscal 2026, Paychex has approximately 840,000 clients and manages payroll for one in 11 workers in the United States.
Paychex trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol PAYX.
As of November 11, 2026, PAYX stock price declined to $115.37 with 2,671,671 million shares trading.
PAYX has a beta of 0.06, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. PAYX has a correlation of 0.00 to the broad based SPY ETF.
PAYX has a market cap of $41.07 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.
Last quarter Paychex reported $2 billion in Revenue and $1.34 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $6 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.02.
In the last 3 years, PAYX traded as high as $161.24 and as low as $85.45.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that PAYX belongs to (by Net Assets): SCHD, VTI, QQQ, VOO, VO.
PAYX has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of +7.5%, while the SPY ETF gained +12.4%. In the last 3 month period, PAYX fell short of the market, returning -3.9%, while SPY returned -1.1%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks PAYX has outperformed the stock market by returning +6.6%, while SPY returned -1.6%.
PAYX support price is $113.56 and resistance is $118.84 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that PAYX shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
