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Paychex Inc (PAYX) stock

PAYXNasdaqServices-Engineering, Accounting, Research, ManagementFiscal year ends May 31
Financials through Q1 FY2027, quarter ended Aug 31, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Sep 24, 2026Score 20/3011% below fair value
$112.12+2.75 (+2.51%)

Close on Oct 30, 2026Market cap $39.91BP/E 22.2Yield 3.95%

Price history

Paychex share prices for every month, newest first. Adjusted for stock splits, not for dividends.

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Close, Oct 30, 2026
$112.12
+2.51% on the day
52-week range
$85.45 – $127.98
-12.4% from the high
Change over 52 weeks
-4.4%
From $117.23 on Oct 30, 2025
Average volume
3.05M
Shares a day, last 90 sessions
MonthOpenHighLowCloseChangeVolume
Oct 2026$99.31$119.47$98.50$112.12+13.83%63,484,313
Sep 2026$127.34$127.98$98.00$98.50-22.65%74,006,966
Aug 2026$118.75$127.92$115.11$127.34+8.99%47,266,305
Jul 2026$100.86$124.74$100.31$116.84+18.82%72,949,230
Jun 2026$97.92$103.30$93.02$98.33+1.39%79,053,266
May 2026$93.73$98.01$87.43$96.98+4.70%63,340,346
Apr 2026$91.74$95.40$85.45$92.63+0.55%72,299,852
Mar 2026$92.90$101.02$89.01$92.12-1.63%97,397,132
Feb 2026$103.62$103.92$86.89$93.65-9.19%87,334,634
Jan 2026$112.12$115.07$101.05$103.13-8.07%64,786,215
Dec 2025$110.83$117.83$109.03$112.18+0.44%81,348,926
Nov 2025$116.58$117.03$108.00$111.69-4.56%56,751,898
Oct 2025$126.76$129.24$116.08$117.03-7.68%64,396,280
Sep 2025$138.69$139.06$119.02$126.76-9.10%66,326,711
Aug 2025$143.12$143.58$134.81$139.46-3.38%46,508,719
Jul 2025$145.69$148.76$140.22$144.33-0.78%49,218,448
Jun 2025$157.10$161.24$136.88$145.46-7.88%52,122,302
May 2025$146.34$159.75$144.30$157.91+7.33%32,747,442
Apr 2025$154.07$155.58$135.00$147.12-4.64%52,316,307
Mar 2025$151.77$158.37$142.01$154.28+1.72%54,723,416
Feb 2025$147.27$151.86$144.07$151.67+2.71%30,402,932
Jan 2025$141.39$150.41$135.02$147.67+5.31%38,067,432
Dec 2024$146.37$146.49$135.84$140.22-4.14%46,910,736
Nov 2024$139.14$150.71$138.02$146.27+4.98%32,142,290
Oct 2024$137.69$144.17$132.18$139.33+3.83%37,785,828
Sep 2024$131.07$137.40$128.92$134.19+2.28%31,474,745
Aug 2024$127.40$132.13$122.07$131.20+2.48%36,378,869
Jul 2024$118.97$129.92$115.40$128.02+7.98%41,282,415
Jun 2024$120.14$127.75$115.54$118.56-1.33%43,675,557
May 2024$118.87$127.48$117.15$120.16+1.14%35,542,567
Apr 2024$123.00$126.71$114.72$118.81-3.25%48,417,404
Mar 2024$122.11$124.36$118.40$122.80+0.15%36,808,699
Feb 2024$121.78$125.26$119.23$122.62+0.73%30,821,853
Jan 2024$118.84$124.39$116.77$121.73+2.20%34,730,654
Dec 2023$121.96$129.66$118.33$119.11-2.34%46,137,764
Nov 2023$109.36$122.17$106.27$121.97+9.83%38,601,047
Oct 2023$114.83$120.16$109.02$111.05-3.71%36,687,484
Sep 2023$122.69$123.21$110.42$115.33-5.65%34,643,505
Aug 2023$125.24$126.20$119.36$122.23-2.58%31,692,009
Jul 2023$111.43$129.70$110.53$125.47+12.16%46,693,959
Jun 2023$105.89$114.77$105.07$111.87+6.61%44,519,140
May 2023$109.52$110.72$104.09$104.93-4.49%52,990,203
Apr 2023$112.66$112.76$104.78$109.86-4.13%38,039,590
Mar 2023$110.24$117.93$106.17$114.59+3.80%52,548,263
Feb 2023$115.64$120.92$109.45$110.40-4.71%28,706,733
Jan 2023$116.64$120.96$112.38$115.86+0.26%33,308,711
Dec 2022$124.45$127.89$108.00$115.56-6.83%36,991,639
Nov 2022$119.06$124.19$111.26$124.03+4.83%30,997,945
Oct 2022$113.27$120.51$105.66$118.31+5.44%36,021,054
Sep 2022$123.08$128.37$111.87$112.21-9.02%38,248,296
Aug 2022$127.24$139.47$123.04$123.34-3.85%31,768,365
Jul 2022$114.22$129.00$111.17$128.28+12.65%30,578,052
Jun 2022$124.20$127.45$110.47$113.87-8.04%41,170,755
May 2022$126.89$132.90$114.10$123.83-2.29%39,758,053
Apr 2022$136.77$141.92$126.45$126.73-7.14%41,993,215
Mar 2022$118.88$140.67$116.84$136.47+14.62%40,737,293
Feb 2022$117.08$124.30$111.39$119.06+1.10%36,523,164
Jan 2022$136.01$136.85$109.87$117.76-13.73%43,236,268
Dec 2021$120.74$138.97$117.76$136.50+14.51%38,508,046
Nov 2021$123.28$126.82$118.29$119.20-3.31%25,461,009

Seasonality

PAYX return in each calendar month over the last 10 years, including dividends. The current month runs to the latest close.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average-0.6%-0.7%0.2%-0.6%3.4%-0.2%6.1%1.4%-3.5%2.6%5.0%-0.7%
Months up6 of 106 of 106 of 104 of 108 of 105 of 108 of 105 of 105 of 107 of 107 of 94 of 9
2026-7.1%-9.2%-1.6%0.6%6.0%1.4%20.1%9.0%-22.6%15.0%
20255.3%3.4%1.7%-4.6%8.1%-7.9%-0.0%-3.4%-9.1%-7.7%-3.6%0.4%
20242.2%1.5%0.1%-3.2%2.0%-1.3%8.0%3.3%2.3%3.8%5.7%-4.1%
20230.3%-4.1%3.8%-4.1%-3.7%6.6%12.2%-1.9%-5.6%-3.7%10.7%-2.3%
2022-13.2%1.1%14.6%-7.1%-1.6%-8.0%12.7%-3.3%-9.0%5.4%5.6%-6.8%
2021-5.6%4.3%7.6%-0.5%4.4%6.1%6.7%0.6%-1.8%10.2%-3.3%14.5%
20201.6%-9.7%-18.8%8.9%6.6%4.8%-4.2%6.3%4.3%3.9%13.3%0.0%
20199.5%8.8%4.1%5.1%2.5%-4.1%1.7%-1.6%1.3%1.8%3.0%-1.2%
20181.0%-4.6%-5.4%-1.7%9.2%4.2%1.8%6.1%0.5%-10.3%8.0%-7.9%
2017-0.2%1.9%-4.1%0.6%0.7%-3.9%2.5%-1.4%5.1%7.2%5.5%1.1%