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The price of Paylocity Holding Corp (NASDAQ: PCTY) closed at $186.12 in the last session, down -4.20% from day before closing price of $194.28. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.20 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.77 million shares were traded. PCTY stock price reached its highest trading level at $195.33 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $184.8997.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at PCTY’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 21.51 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 25.86. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.10 and its Current Ratio is at 1.10. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.25 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.24.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, BMO Capital Markets on May 02, 2025, Reiterated its Outperform rating but revised its target price to $226 from $210 previously.
On April 16, 2025, Scotiabank started tracking the stock assigning a Sector Perform rating and target price of $190.
Mizuho Upgraded its Neutral to Outperform on January 31, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $200 to $235.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 04 ’25 when Scutt Joshua sold 548 shares for $193.10 per share. The transaction valued at 105,819 led to the insider holds 118 shares of the business.
Scutt Joshua bought 548 shares of PCTY for $104,514 on Jun 04 ’25. On Jun 03 ’25, another insider, Cappotelli Andrew, who serves as the Sr Vice President Operations of the company, sold 10 shares for $190.34 each. As a result, the insider received 1,903 and left with 13,670 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PCTY now has a Market Capitalization of 10730096640 and an Enterprise Value of 10139886592. As of this moment, Paylocity’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 46.41, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 25.96. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 7.03. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.62 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 8.55. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.534 whereas that against EBITDA is 30.282.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PCTY is 0.53, which has changed by 0.32178116 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11730647 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PCTY has reached a high of $223.80, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $129.94. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.01%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.62%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, PCTY traded on average about 408.39K shares per day over the past 3-months and 502160 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 55.54M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 44.49M. Insiders hold about 19.45% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 79.23% stake in the company. Shares short for PCTY as of 1747267200 were 1080702 with a Short Ratio of 2.65, compared to 1744675200 on 1034110. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1080702 and a Short% of Float of 2.5100000000000002.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
