Paylocity Holding Corporation (PCTY)Technology | Software - Application | Schaumburg, United States | NasdaqGS
103.60 USD
+0.46
(0.446%)
⇧
(April 21, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 103.60 Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:49 p.m. EDT
Paylocity is a classic, high-quality compounder currently trading at a discount due to prolonged weakness, offering a pristine long-term GARP setup where the forward P/E implies ~20% annualized consensus growth. While the short-term technical chart shows churn, the options flow is aggressively directional bullish, hedging a multi-month thesis of a return to $130+ USD. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.248660 |
| MSTL | 0.250149 |
| AutoTheta | 0.250741 |
| AutoETS | 0.250756 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 44% |
| H-stat | 1.93 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.013 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.96 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 12.153 |
| Revenue per Share | 30.506 |
| Market Cap | 5,633,934,336 |
| Trailing P/E | 24.38 |
| Forward P/E | 12.41 |
| Beta | 0.57 |
| Profit Margins | 14.19% |
| Website | https://www.paylocity.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 11:49 p.m. EDT: Options data reveals a distinct bullish bias in 'long-term' expirations (Late May and August), with significant Open Interest concentrated at strikes above the current price (e.g., 120, 150 strikes in May; 115, 125, 130 strikes in August). This positioning suggests speculators are staking for appreciation to $130+ over the coming months. Conversely, short-term (May 15) protection (puts) is heavily skewed to low strikes, indicating a lack of near-term fear despite high IV at some deep OTM levels, creating a low-cost, high-leverage long bullish skew.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.43636262 |
| Address1 | 1,400 American Lane |
| All Time High | 314.495 |
| All Time Low | 15.241 |
| Ask | 103.82 |
| Ask Size | 4 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.6 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 892,510 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 907,891 |
| Average Volume | 907,891 |
| Average Volume10Days | 892,510 |
| Beta | 0.573 |
| Bid | 103.44 |
| Bid Size | 3 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 20.387 |
| City | Schaumburg |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 103.6 |
| Current Ratio | 1.038 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 106.19 |
| Day Low | 102.97 |
| Debt To Equity | 12.153 |
| Display Name | Paylocity Holding |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,187,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,187,600 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.394 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.34 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,184,000 |
| Ebitda | 380,790,016 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.22672 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 14.517 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.291 |
| Enterprise Value | 5,527,823,872 |
| Eps Current Year | 7.75796 |
| Eps Forward | 8.34527 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 4.25 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 107.9932 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -4.3932037 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.04068037 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -43.63626 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 201.971 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -98.370995 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.48705506 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 92.99 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 10.610001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.1140983 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 92.99 - 201.971 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,395,235,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 43,244,127 |
| Forward Eps | 8.34527 |
| Forward P E | 12.414217 |
| Free Cashflow | 375,084,384 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 6,700 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.69144994 |
| Gross Profits | 1,161,351,040 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.19504999 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.82164 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 54,381,608 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,751,241,600 |
| Long Business Summary | Paylocity Holding Corporation provides cloud-based human capital management, payroll software, and spend management solutions for the workforce in the United States. The company offers payroll solutions comprising payroll and tax services, global payroll, on-demand payment, and garnishments; human resources (HR) solutions consisting of human resources, employee self-service, workflows and documents, HR compliance dashboard, and HR edge; time and attendance, scheduling, and time collection; time and labor solutions, including time and attendance, scheduling, and time collection; and talent solutions, such as recruiting, onboarding, market pay, learning, performance, and compensation. It also provides benefits solutions comprising benefit enrollment and updates, and third-party administrative solutions; employee experiences consisting of community, video, employee voice, recognition and rewards, modern workforce index, data insights, and reporting; and Paylocity for finance solutions, such as headcount planning, expense management, accounts payable automation, corporate cards, and guided procurement. In addition, the company offers implementation and training, client services, and tax and regulatory services. It serves for-profit and non-profit organizations across industries, including business services, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, restaurants, retail, technology, and others. The company also sells its products through sales representatives. Paylocity Holding Corporation was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois. |
| Long Name | Paylocity Holding Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 5,633,934,336 |
| Market State | POST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_254957567 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 238,276,992 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,782,777,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 5,555,225,712 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 21 |
| Open | 102.97 |
| Operating Cashflow | 476,024,992 |
| Operating Margins | 0.16881001 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.13 |
| Phone | 847 463 3200 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 103.6 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,806,927 |
| Previous Close | 103.14 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 13.354026 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 5.08167 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.354349 |
| Profit Margins | 0.14187 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.036 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.59091 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.45999908 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.44599482 |
| Regular Market Day High | 106.19 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 102.97 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 102.97 - 106.19 |
| Regular Market Open | 102.97 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 103.14 |
| Regular Market Price | 103.6 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,801,600 |
| Regular Market Volume | 389,590 |
| Return On Assets | 0.034590002 |
| Return On Equity | 0.20989001 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.104 |
| Revenue Per Share | 30.506 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 6 |
| Shares Outstanding | 53,876,692 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0458 |
| Shares Short | 2,469,918 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,284,905 |
| Short Name | Paylocity Holding Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.056999996 |
| Short Ratio | 3.76 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | IL |
| Symbol | PCTY |
| Target High Price | 250.0 |
| Target Low Price | 114.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 165.09525 |
| Target Median Price | 155.0 |
| Total Cash | 162,495,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.016 |
| Total Debt | 133,477,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,679,591,040 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 4.25 |
| Trailing P E | 24.37647 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.134 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 146.48993 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -42.88993 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.29278415 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 389,590 |
| Website | https://www.paylocity.com |
| Zip | 60,173 |