Paycom Software, Inc.
PAYC Technology Software - Application NYSE
$147.90
$-4.39 (-2.88%)
Open: $150.00 | High: $151.00 | Low: $142.88 | Prev Close: $152.29
Market Cap: $8.32B
Volume: 881K | Avg: 837K
Last updated: January 26, 2026 at 06:04 PMFeatured In
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Options Activity for PAYC
Options Screener Data
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Premium | Premium Yield | Call Vol | Put Vol | P/C Ratio | Rating |
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| N/A | $N/A | N/A | $N/A | N/A% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A/10 |
Puts/Calls Activity
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Premium | Volume | ROI % | Breakeven | Delta |
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| N/A | $N/A | N/A | $N/A | N/A | N/A% | $N/A | N/A |
Investment Rating
Buy
Overall Score: 80/100
Rating Breakdown:
Stock Score Analysis
Stock Score: 330
Comprehensive Quality Assessment
Component Breakdown:
Valuation Metrics
| P/E Ratio | 18.35 |
| P/B Ratio | 4.85 |
| P/S Ratio | 4.15 |
| EPS | $8.06 |
| Beta | 0.82 |
| Shares Outstanding | 56.26M |
| 52-Week High | $267.76 |
| 52-Week Low | $142.88 |
| SMA 50 | $160.39 |
| SMA 200 | $208.58 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.01% |
| Annual Dividend | $1.50 |
| Next Earnings | February 11, 2026 09:00 PM ET |
Financial Ratios
| Gross Margin | 81.8% |
| Operating Margin | 27.9% |
| Net Margin | 22.6% |
| ROE | 26.6% |
| ROA | 10.7% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.05 |
| Current Ratio | 1.22 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.22 |
Balance Sheet
| Total Assets | $5.86B |
| Total Liabilities | $4.28B |
| Total Equity | $1.58B |
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| Cash | $402.00M |
| Total Debt | $83.40M |
| Net Debt | $-318,600,000 |
Income Statement
| Revenue | $1.88B |
| Gross Profit | $1.55B |
| Operating Income | $634.30M |
| Net Income | $502.00M |
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| EBITDA | $798.30M |
| Revenue/Share | $35.67 |
Cash Flow
| Operating CF | $533.90M |
| CapEx | $192.90M |
| Free Cash Flow | $341.00M |
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| Book Value/Share | $30.47 |
| Tangible Book/Share | $28.82 |
| Equity/Share | $30.47 |
Technical Indicators
| RSI (14) | 50.00 Neutral |
| MACD |
0.00
Signal: 0.00
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| Volatility | 0.00% |
| Trading Signal | Neutral |
Performance & Returns
Insufficient historical data
Insufficient historical data (need 200+ days, have 0)Sector Comparison (Technology)
| Metric | PAYC | Sector Avg | Percentile |
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| P/E Ratio | 18.35 | 27.16 | 18% |
| P/B Ratio | 4.85 | -5.24 | 33% |
| ROE (%) | 26.64% | 20.14% | 64% |
| Net Margin (%) | 22.65% | 16.23% | 75% |
| Stock Score | 330 | 471.0 | 2% |
Technical Analysis
| Ticker | Close | SMA 5 | SMA 8 | SMA 13 | SMA 50 | SMA 200 | RSI (14) | MACD | Volatility (%) | Volume | Signal | SMA Decision |
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| PAYC | $147.90 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 50.00 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0 | Neutral | Mixed |
Candlestick Patterns
There wasn't any recognizable pattern for the PAYC stock
News Sentiment
| 📊 Ticker | 📰 Headline | 💭 Sentiment | 📡 Source | 🔗 URL |
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| PAYC | Sather Loads Up Paycom With 18,000 Shares Bought Last Quarter | Neutral | fool.com | Read More |
| PAYC | Jeff York Returns as Paycom's Chief Sales Officer | Neutral | businesswire.com | Read More |
| PAYC | Paycom Software: Expected Reacceleration After Tough Years | Neutral | seekingalpha.com | Read More |
| PAYC | Paycom Software, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2025 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call | Neutral | businesswire.com | Read More |
| PAYC | I'm Watching These 2 SaaS Stocks While Everyone Else Panics About AI | Neutral | fool.com | Read More |
Recent Insider Trading
| Date | Insider | Position | Transaction | Shares | Price | Value |
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| 2025-12-10 | Foster Robert D. | officer: Chief Financial Officer | SELL | 1300 | $162.66 | $211458 |
| 2025-12-05 | Peck Randall | officer: Chief Operating Officer | SELL | 1442 | $165.50 | $238651 |
| 2025-12-05 | Peck Randall | officer: Chief Operating Officer | SELL | 744 | $166.52 | $123891 |
Company Information
Paycom Software, Inc. provides cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solution delivered as software-as-a-service for small to mid-sized companies in the United States. It offers functionality and data analytics that businesses need to manage the employment life cycle from recruitment to retirement. The company's HCM solution provides a suite of applications in the areas of talent acquisition, including applicant tracking, candidate tracker, background checks, on-boarding, e-verify, and tax credit services; and time and labor management, such as time and attendance, scheduling/schedule exchange, time-off requests, labor allocation, labor management reports/push reporting, and geofencing/geotracking, and Microfence, a proprietary Bluetooth. Its HCM solution also offers payroll applications comprising better employee transaction interface, payroll and tax management, Paycom pay, expense management, mileage tracker/fixed and variable rates, garnishment management, and GL concierge applications; and talent management applications that include employee self-service, compensation budgeting, performance management, position management, and Paycom learning and content subscriptions, as well as my analytics, which offer employment predictor reporting. In addition, its HCM solution provides manager on-the-go that gives supervisors and managers the ability to perform a variety of tasks, such as approving time-off requests and expense reimbursements; direct data exchange; ask here, a tool for direct line of communication to ask work-related questions; document and checklist; government and compliance; benefits administration/benefits to carrier; COBRA administration; personnel action and performance discussion forms; surveys; and affordable care act applications, as well as Clue, which securely collect, track, and manage the vaccination and testing data of the workforce. Paycom Software, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
| CEO | Chad R. Richison |
| Employees | 7306 |
| Country | US |
| IPO Date | 2014-04-15 |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Website | https://www.paycom.com |
| Sector | Technology |
| Industry | Software - Application |
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Rating Metrics Explained
DCF Score (Discounted Cash Flow)
Measures the intrinsic value of the stock based on projected future cash flows. A higher score indicates the stock is undervalued relative to its DCF valuation.
ROE Score (Return on Equity)
Evaluates how efficiently a company generates profit from shareholders' equity. Higher ROE indicates better profitability and management effectiveness.
ROA Score (Return on Assets)
Measures how efficiently a company uses its assets to generate profit. A higher ROA means better asset utilization and operational efficiency.
D/E Score (Debt-to-Equity)
Assesses the company's financial leverage and risk. Lower debt-to-equity ratios indicate less financial risk and better balance sheet health.
P/E Score (Price-to-Earnings)
Compares stock price to earnings per share. A lower P/E ratio may indicate the stock is undervalued, while a higher ratio could suggest overvaluation or growth expectations.
P/B Score (Price-to-Book)
Compares market price to book value per share. Lower P/B ratios may indicate undervaluation relative to the company's net asset value.
Rating Recommendations:
Each metric is scored on a scale of 1-5, where the scores are determined by comparing the company's performance against industry benchmarks and historical data:
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Strong Buy (5/5): Excellent score - strong positive indicator
- The metric significantly outperforms industry averages (top 20% of companies)
- Indicates exceptional financial health or attractive valuation in that category
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Buy (4/5): Good score - positive indicator
- Above-average performance (top 40% of companies)
- Shows strong fundamentals with room for improvement
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Neutral (3/5): Average score - neutral indicator
- Performance in line with industry median (middle 20%)
- Neither significantly positive nor negative signal
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Sell (2/5): Below average - negative indicator
- Below-average performance (bottom 40% of companies)
- Suggests weakness in this particular metric
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Strong Sell (1/5): Poor score - strong negative indicator
- Significantly underperforms industry (bottom 20%)
- Indicates potential risk or overvaluation in that category