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PCTY

Paylocity Holding Corporation

PCTY

NASDAQ·Technology·Software - Application·Mkt cap $6.0B

$114.79

+3.11%

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52-Week Range

$92.99 - $197.78

P/E

131.94

Fwd P/E

13.19

Beta

0.51

Div Yield

0.00%

Avg Vol

948.2K

Shares Out

Mkt Cap

$6.0B

Price action

Price chart

Down 38.2% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

No bull reasons captured for this rating yet.

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Low volatility (beta 0.5).

Growth

Strong growth ahead

Value

Undervalued - trading well below sector peers

Momentum

Stable

+4.9% over 3m

Quality

Excellent

Mixed fundamentals

Dividend

None

No dividend

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Jul 30, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 7, 2026

Reported EPS of $2.89 vs $2.43 consensus (+18.9% surprise). Revenue of $502.3M vs $489.9M expected (+2.5%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +18.9%
Rev beat +2.5%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+18.9%

Next: Jul 30, 2026

Revenue trend · last 1Q

Q1 26

$408.2M

Margins · last 1Q

Profit

11.8%

Wall Street consensus

11 analysts · 73% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

8

73%

Hold

3

27%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$131.50

+14.6% vs $114.79

Low $115.00
Median $131.50
High $193.00

Latest: Truist · $165.00 · Jun 29, 2026

8 analysts covering

vs Industry

How PCTY stacks vs Software - Application

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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Peers & themes

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Themes

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