PCTY · Paylocity Holding Corp
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $7.67B |
| P/E | 28.42 |
| Float | 43.05M |
| Beta | 0.46 |
| Volatility | 11.4% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Professional Services |
| Cap tier | Mid cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Low |
| Clavix score | 77.6 |
| Price | 144.47 |
| Change | +0.00% |
| Prev Close | 144.47 |
| Open | 147.29 |
| Day Low | 144.26 |
| Day High | 149.00 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $99.91M |
| 52W High | 161.93 |
| 52W Low | 92.99 |
| 52W Pos | 74.7% |
| From High | −10.78% |
| From Low | +55.36% |
| Max DD 1Y | −39.20% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | −0.16% |
| SMA 50 | −1.37% |
| SMA 200 | +15.51% |
| RSI (14) | 48.5 |
| Vol 30D | 29.6% |
| Vol 90D | 41.6% |
| 1Y Range | 93–162 |
| Daily bars | 526 |
| Perf Week | +0.78% |
| Perf Month | −6.55% |
| Perf Quarter | +26.98% |
| Perf Half Y | +36.11% |
| Perf Year | −5.65% |
| Perf YTD | −0.84% |
| Prev Day | +0.00% |
| Clavix | B+ |
| Debt / Eq | 0.07 |
| Curr Ratio | 1.09 |
| Int Cover | 67.5× |
| FCF Margin | 30.1% |
| Rev Growth | +11.0% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 6 / 15 |
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayPCTY grades B+, 77.6 of 100. Steadiest on Sector Resilience (91), most exposed on News Sentiment (50, mixed). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Professional Services median. Ranks 6 of 15 in Professional Services by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| PCTY | Professional Services median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.46 | 0.75 |
| Volatilityannualized | 11.4% | 18.8% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −39.2% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 1.22% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 58 (23%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| PCTY | Professional Services median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.46 | 0.75 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Low | Moderate 44% of 16 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Professional Services names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| PCTY | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +0.8% |
| 1 month | −6.6% |
| Year to date | −0.8% |
| 1 year | −5.6% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| PCTY | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 20 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 63 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 22 · 5 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 22 ↑ 5 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 15 Professional Services names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| PCTY | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +11.0% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Professional Services median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openHireQuotient, maker of an AI recruiting tool called EasySource, said it has scaled to 70,000 frontline enterprise customers through distribution partnerships with HR software companies Paylocity and BambooHR. The article is about HireQuotient's growth, not about Paylocity itself.
In early October 2026, HireQuotient's AI candidate-sourcing tool EasySource launched on the Paylocity Marketplace, becoming one of only eight AI tools featured there. Most other marketplace integrations are background-check services, so EasySource stands out by bringing automated candidate sourcing into Paylocity's platform for mid-market employers.
Seventeen Wall Street analysts cover Paylocity (PCTY), giving it an average 'Moderate Buy' rating: five recommend holding the stock and twelve recommend buying it.
Paylocity has been named the official HR, payroll, and spend management platform for the New York Jets. Separately, the article notes the stock is up 5% over the past 30 days and 40.4% over 90 days, but down 12.1% over the past year, and asks whether a 15% pullback is still a buying opportunity.
Paylocity has been chosen as the official human capital management platform (the system a company uses to handle HR, payroll, and workforce management) for the New York Jets NFL franchise. The article was cut off before addressing Paylocity's broader business, balance sheet, or risks.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAH | Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp | B+ | $8.10B | 10.41 | 0.33 | Compare |
| PL | Planet Labs PBC | D- | $6.37B | — | 2.27 | Compare |
| MBGL | Mobility Global Inc | — | $6.06B | — | 0.52 | Compare |
| TRU | TransUnion | B | $12.16B | 16.47 | 1.62 | Compare |
| CACI | CACI International Inc | B | $13.59B | 25.37 | 0.56 | Compare |
| LDOS | Leidos Holdings Inc | B+ | $14.78B | 10.74 | 0.59 | Compare |
| RHI | Robert Half Inc | B- | $3.70B | 32.21 | 0.79 | Compare |
| J | Jacobs Solutions Inc | A- | $16.16B | 47.75 | 0.72 | Compare |
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