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PAYX PAYCHEX INC

2026Q2 · CUSIP 704326107 · Sector: Other

Normal

Fund flows are within the usual range

Funds that own it
1,498
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net decrease in holders
13
Last quarter 1,511 → now 1,498
How unusual is that
Bottom 20%
Stronger than only 11% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

1,498 funds held PAYX at the end of 2026Q2, down 13 from the quarter before. Fund flows are within the usual range — nothing unusual. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $6.5B(YoY +16.9%), the P/E is 25.4x, return on equity is 47.1%. PAYX has had 29 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +1.6% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Other sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=639 2013Q4: holders=678 2014Q1: holders=690 2014Q2: holders=675 2014Q3: holders=694 2014Q4: holders=753 2015Q1: holders=755 2015Q2: holders=768 2015Q3: holders=761 2015Q4: holders=819 2016Q1: holders=828 2016Q2: holders=841 2016Q3: holders=839 2016Q4: holders=881 2017Q1: holders=878 2017Q2: holders=878 2017Q3: holders=849 2017Q4: holders=952 2018Q1: holders=939 2018Q2: holders=971 2018Q3: holders=1011 2018Q4: holders=1034 2019Q1: holders=1078 2019Q2: holders=1097 2019Q3: holders=1105 2019Q4: holders=1180 2020Q1: holders=1070 2020Q2: holders=1094 2020Q3: holders=1103 2020Q4: holders=1213 2021Q1: holders=1223 2021Q2: holders=1238 2021Q3: holders=1285 2021Q4: holders=1443 2022Q1: holders=1444 2022Q2: holders=1408 2022Q3: holders=1420 2022Q4: holders=1446 2023Q1: holders=1433 2023Q2: holders=1418 2023Q3: holders=1448 2023Q4: holders=1508 2024Q1: holders=1531 2024Q2: holders=1515 2024Q3: holders=1544 2024Q4: holders=1638 2025Q1: holders=1701 2025Q2: holders=1676 2025Q3: holders=1619 2025Q4: holders=1588 2026Q1: holders=1511 2026Q2: holders=1498 -158 -79 +0 +79 +158 57511811787 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 29 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2025Q1 Top 5% -7.0% -11.5%
2024Q4 Top 5% +5.0% +6.7%
2024Q3 Top 20% -1.5% +5.5%
2024Q1 Top 20% -6.5% +0.4%
2023Q4 Top 10% -2.5% +2.7%
2023Q3 Top 5% +0.3% +7.6%
2022Q4 Top 20% -2.9% -4.4%
2022Q3 Top 20% -3.9% -4.1%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
320
Change in large funds
+22
Total value they hold
$30.1B
Funds buying for the first time
155
Funds that sold out entirely
168
Price change that quarter
+32.6%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
20
Funds holding calls (bullish)
18

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
25.4
EPS (TTM)
$4.89
EPS YoY
+6.8%
Revenue (TTM)
$6.5B
Revenue YoY
+16.9%
Net margin
27.0%
ROE
47.1%
Debt ratio
76.9%
FCF (TTM)
$2.3B
Dividend (TTM)
$4.43
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2022-08-31: EPS 1.05 2022-11-30: EPS 0.99 2023-02-28: EPS 1.29 2023-05-31: EPS 0.97 2023-08-31: EPS 1.16 2023-11-30: EPS 1.08 2024-02-29: EPS 1.38 2024-05-31: EPS 1.05 2024-08-31: EPS 1.18 2024-11-30: EPS 1.14 2025-02-28: EPS 1.43 2025-05-31: EPS 0.83 2025-08-31: EPS 1.06 2025-11-30: EPS 1.10 2026-02-28: EPS 1.56 2026-05-31: EPS 1.17 0B 0.9B 1.8B $B 0.00 0.86 1.72 2022202320242025202605/26 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 25 18 25 31 2023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
0K381M762M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $762M (2026-02-28)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-05-31 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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