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Paycom Software, Inc. (PAYC)

Technology | Software - Application | Oklahoma City, United States | NYSE
249.37 USD -3.50 (-1.384%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 11:46 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m. EDT

The long-term rating remains strong because the business fundamentals are objectively exceptional, boasting a 41% return on equity and nearly 50% earnings growth alongside a nine-year cumulative price gain of nearly 300%. The company has successfully navigated the severe 2024 downturn, with the most recent annual return showing a robust recovery. However, the short-term outlook is clouded by a disconnect between these strong fundamentals and market sentiment. Analyst consensus is currently skeptical, with the average price target sitting below the current trading level, and options data reveals a defensive posture among traders with heavy put buying at lower strikes. This creates a tension where the underlying asset quality is superior to the current valuation, but the immediate path forward faces headwinds from valuation compression and speculative fear.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.348079
AutoETS0.348083
AutoTheta0.353611
MSTL0.363287

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 36%
H-stat 2.05
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 1.21
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-23
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-23
Debt to Equity Ratio 171.969
Revenue per Share 41.166
Market Cap 11,239,510,016
Trailing P/E 26.39
Forward P/E 17.86
Beta 0.83
Profit Margins 22.78%
Website https://www.paycom.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for downside protection with massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts, particularly at the 140 strike for January 2027 expiration where over 2,000 contracts are held. While there is some bullish call flow at the 190 strike in November, the overwhelming put positioning suggests a fear of a significant correction or a strategy to hedge against a crash. Implied volatility is elevated on deep out-of-the-money strikes, indicating tail-risk pricing.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.16% 0.95% 0.82% —
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-24 0.375 0.163313
2026-05-26 0.375 0.282337
2026-03-09 0.375 0.271248
2025-11-24 0.375 0.235538
2025-08-25 0.375 0.162492
2025-05-27 0.375 0.143535
2025-03-10 0.375 0.172795
2024-11-25 0.375 0.159826
2024-08-26 0.375 0.227811
2024-05-24 0.375 0.219709
2024-03-01 0.375 0.202977
2023-11-24 0.375 0.210096
2023-08-25 0.375 0.130940
2023-05-26 0.375 0.133476
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.5
dividendYield 0.59
exDividendDate 2026-08-24
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.5
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0059319017
lastDividendValue 0.375
lastDividendDate 2026-08-24
dividendDate 2026-09-08

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.26000297
Address1 7,501 West Memorial Road
All Time High 558.97
All Time Low 12.28
Ask 248.95
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 2.5 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 553,800
Average Daily Volume3 Month 777,746
Average Volume 777,746
Average Volume10Days 553,800
Beta 0.826
Bid 248.44
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 9
Book Value 13.138
City Oklahoma City
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 9
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 249.37
Current Ratio 1.074
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 256.6003
Day Low 247.18
Debt To Equity 171.969
Display Name Paycom Software
Dividend Date 1,788,825,600
Dividend Rate 1.5
Dividend Yield 0.59
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,822,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,822,400
Earnings Growth 0.481
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.2
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,822,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,822,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,822,400
Ebitda 735,100,032
Ebitda Margins 0.34339002
Enterprise To Ebitda 16.301
Enterprise To Revenue 5.598
Enterprise Value 11,983,218,688
Eps Current Year 12.09634
Eps Forward 13.96533
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 9.45
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,529,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 225.7588
Fifty Day Average Change 23.61119
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.104585916
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 26.000298
Fifty Two Week High 256.6003
Fifty Two Week High Change -7.230316
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.028177347
Fifty Two Week Low 104.9
Fifty Two Week Low Change 144.47
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.3772163
Fifty Two Week Range 104.9 - 256.6003
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,397,568,600,000
Float Shares 37,538,861
Forward Eps 13.96533
Forward P E 17.856363
Free Cashflow 423,724,992
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 5,770
Fullday Change -3.5
Fullday Change Percent -1.3841105
Fullday Price 249.37
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.88055
Gross Profits 1,884,999,936
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.14067
Held Percent Institutions 0.95548
Implied Shares Outstanding 45,071,619
Industry Software - Application
Industry Disp Software - Application
Industry Key software-application
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,529,600
Last Dividend Value 0.375
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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. The company offers functionality and data analytics that businesses need to manage the employment life cycle from recruitment to retirement. The company's HCM solution offers payroll applications comprising better employee transaction interface, payroll and payroll tax management, payroll card, Everyday, Paycom pay, Client Action Center, expense management, garnishment administration, and GL concierge applications; talent acquisition, including applicant tracking, background checks, on-boarding, e-verify, and tax credit services; and talent management applications that include employee self-service, compensation budgeting, performance management, position management, Paycom learning, certification management. The company also offers time and labor management, such as time and attendance, scheduling, time-off requests, and labor allocation solutions. 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; COBRA administration; personnel action and performance discussion forms; Paycom surveys; retirement reporting; report center; and affordable care act applications, as well as Clue, which securely collects, tracks, and manages the vaccination and testing data of the workforce; and MyCom is a communications tool that provides organizations with a central place to share information with employees. Paycom Software, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Long Name Paycom Software, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 11,239,510,016
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_254225545
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 487,600,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 9,991,476,499
Number Of Analyst Opinions 17
Open 254.91
Operating Cashflow 801,500,032
Operating Margins 0.31721002
Overall Risk 7
Payout Ratio 0.1587
Peg Ratio 1.26
Phone 405 722 6900
Previous Close 252.87
Price Eps Current Year 20.615326
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 18.98082
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 5.25039
Profit Margins 0.22778
Quick Ratio 0.079
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.52381
Region US
Regular Market Change -3.5
Regular Market Change Percent -1.3841105
Regular Market Day High 256.6003
Regular Market Day Low 247.18
Regular Market Day Range 247.18 - 256.6003
Regular Market Open 254.91
Regular Market Previous Close 252.87
Regular Market Price 249.37
Regular Market Time 1,792,165,613
Regular Market Volume 189,465
Return On Assets 0.087790005
Return On Equity 0.41089
Revenue Growth 0.098
Revenue Per Share 41.166
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 45,071,619
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0575
Shares Short 2,590,827
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,367,261
Short Name Paycom Software, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0668
Short Ratio 3.4
Source Interval 15
State OK
Symbol PAYC
Target High Price 286.0
Target Low Price 160.0
Target Mean Price 222.58824
Target Median Price 225.0
Total Cash 198,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 4.471
Total Debt 982,800,000
Total Revenue 2,140,700,032
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.5
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0059319017
Trailing Eps 9.45
Trailing P E 26.38836
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.1727
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 158.0265
Two Hundred Day Average Change 91.34349
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.5780264
Type Disp Equity
Volume 189,465
Website https://www.paycom.com
Zip 73,142