Paylocity Holding Corp (PCTY) stock
Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $9.46BP/E 34.5Yield –
Paylocity Holding Corp grew revenue 10.6% to $1.81B over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026. Operating income rose 25.4% to $393.99M, moving the operating margin from 19.1% to 21.7%. Free cash flow was $491.03M, up 23.2% from a year earlier. At the latest close the market valued the company at $9.46B, 34.5 times its earnings.
Key statistics
Valuation at the latest close; fundamentals over the trailing twelve months, balances at Sep 30, 2026
Valuation
- Market cap
- $9.46B
- P/E ratio
- 34.5
- Price to sales
- 5.21
- Price to book
- 8.23
- Dividend yield
- –
- Free cash flow yield
- 5.19%
Fundamentals
- Revenue
- $1.81B
- Net income
- $279.39M
- EPS, diluted
- $5.16
- Free cash flow
- $491.03M
- Book value per share
- $21.40
- Diluted shares
- 54M
Trading
- Next earnings
- Feb 4, 2027 (estimated, after the close)
- Previous close
- $178.92
- Open
- $180.13
- Day's range
- $177.95 – $181.06
- Volume
- 533,594
- Average volume (20 days)
- 756,900
- Index membership
- S&P MidCap 400 (since May 2020), Russell 1000, Russell 3000
- Beta (5 years)
- 1.14
- 52-week range
- $92.99 – $181.56
- RSI (14 days)
- 66.6
- Volatility (1 year)
- 41.0%
- Relative volume
- 0.76×
- WACC
- 10.8%
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Index membership is inferred from the holdings of funds that track each index (IJH, SPMD, IWB, IWV), as reported to the SEC for Jun 30, 2026. Join dates come from quarterly fund reports since 2019, so they are accurate to the quarter.
Market cap history
Month-end market cap since 2014, using shares outstanding reported at the time
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 13, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | PCTY | S&P 500 | Difference | PCTY per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +12.7% | -3.0% | +15.8 pts | ||
| 3 months | +16.7% | -2.8% | +19.5 pts | ||
| Year to date | +16.9% | +11.5% | +5.4 pts | ||
| 1 year | +20.2% | +13.5% | +6.7 pts | ||
| 3 years | +23.4% | +77.7% | −54.3 pts | +7.3% | +21.1% |
| 5 years | -33.6% | +72.6% | −106.2 pts | -7.9% | +11.5% |
| 10 years | +432.0% | +308.2% | +123.8 pts | +18.2% | +15.1% |
Fifteen years at a glance
Fiscal years 2012 to 2026 and trailing twelve months, USD
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Gross profit
Operating income
Net income
EPS, diluted
Free cash flow
Press releases
Releases Paylocity filed with the SEC as exhibits to Form 8-K or 6-K
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About Paylocity
Services-Prepackaged Software
Paylocity provides a unified, cloud-based software-as-a-service platform that integrates human capital management, finance, and information technology operations. The company’s core offerings encompass payroll and tax services, human resources, time and labor tracking, talent acquisition and development, benefits administration, employee engagement solutions, corporate spend management, and IT asset and access administration. These solutions incorporate embedded artificial intelligence to automate administrative workflows and facilitate business decision-making. Paylocity serves commercial and non-profit clients across various sectors, including healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, retail, technology, and business services, primarily targeting employers with 10 to 5,000 workers.
Company profile, executives and historyPaylocity stock: common questions
What is Paylocity's stock price?
PCTY closed at $178.22 on Nov 13, 2026, down 0.39% on the day. Over the past 52 weeks it traded between $92.99 and $181.56.
What is Paylocity's market cap?
Paylocity was worth $9.46B at the close on Nov 13, 2026: the share price times the diluted shares outstanding.
What is PCTY's P/E ratio?
PCTY trades at 34.5 times earnings, based on diluted earnings per share of $5.16 over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026.
How much revenue does Paylocity make?
Paylocity reported revenue of $1.81B for the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, up 10.6% from a year earlier.
Does Paylocity pay a dividend?
No. Paylocity has not paid a cash dividend over the last twelve months.
When does Paylocity report earnings next?
Paylocity is expected to report Q2 FY2027 results on Feb 4, 2027, after the close. The date is estimated from its past reporting pattern until the company confirms it.
How has PCTY stock performed over the past year?
Including dividends, PCTY returned +20.2% over the past year, against +13.5% for the S&P 500.
How many PCTY shares are sold short?
2M shares were sold short at the latest FINRA report, 5.79% of the float, or 4.2 days of average trading volume.
Who are Paylocity's competitors?
Companies most similar to Paylocity by business, industry and size include PAYC, PCOR, TYL, PATH, GWRE.
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