paylocity holding corp - PCTY

PCTY

Close Chg Chg %
173.15 4.66 2.69%

Closed Market

177.81

+4.66 (2.69%)

Volume: 1.24M

Last Updated:

Nov 9, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: paylocity holding corp - PCTY

PCTY Key Data

Open

$175.17

Day Range

173.24 - 181.57

52 Week Range

92.99 - 181.57

Market Cap

$8.85B

Shares Outstanding

52.17M

Public Float

41.34M

Beta

0.43

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

34.43

EPS

$5.21

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

N/A

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

702.81K

 

PCTY Performance

1 Week
 
1.31%
 
1 Month
 
12.46%
 
3 Months
 
15.11%
 
1 Year
 
22.04%
 
5 Years
 
-35.47%
 

PCTY Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 23
Full Ratings ➔

About paylocity holding corp - PCTY

Paylocity Holding Corp. engages in the development and provision of cloud-based software solutions. It offers cloud-based payroll, human capital management applications, time labor tracking, benefits administration, and talent management. The company was founded by Steve I. Sarowitz in 1997 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, IL.

PCTY At a Glance

Paylocity Holding Corp.
1400 American Lane
Schaumburg, Illinois 60173
Phone 1-800-520-2687 Revenue 1.77B
Industry Packaged Software Net Income 269.74M
Sector Technology Services 2026 Sales Growth 11.04%
Fiscal Year-end 06 / 2027 Employees 6,900
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PCTY Valuation

P/E Current 34.713
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 21.224
Price to Sales Ratio 3.232
Price to Book Ratio 4.559
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 10.74
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 11.077
Enterprise Value to Sales 3.154
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.024

PCTY Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 256,713.913
Income Per Employee 39,092.899
Receivables Turnover 35.361
Total Asset Turnover 0.382

PCTY Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.05
Quick Ratio 1.05
Cash Ratio 0.08

PCTY Profitability

Gross Margin 68.021
Operating Margin 22.159
Pretax Margin 21.865
Net Margin 15.228
Return on Assets 5.817
Return on Equity 21.973
Return on Total Capital 19.916
Return on Invested Capital 19.351

PCTY Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 10.887
Total Debt to Total Capital 9.818
Total Debt to Total Assets 2.722
Long-Term Debt to Equity 10.107
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 9.115
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Annual Financials for Paylocity Holding Corp - PCTY

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All values USD millions. 2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.17B 1.40B 1.60B 1.77B
Sales Growth
+37.76% +19.40% +13.74% +11.04%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
377.97M 451.70M 515.98M 566.46M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
60.87M 76.43M 99.64M 111.80M
Depreciation
18.48M 20.74M 20.57M 19.97M
Amortization of Intangibles
42.39M 55.68M 79.07M 91.83M
COGS Growth
+27.85% +19.51% +14.23% +9.78%
Gross Income
796.63M 950.82M 1.08B 1.20B
Gross Income Growth
+43.02% +19.36% +13.51% +11.64%
Gross Profit Margin
+67.82% +67.79% +67.65% +68.02%
2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
641.14M 691.35M 762.67M 812.36M
Research & Development
163.99M 178.33M 205.85M 221.39M
Other SG&A
477.14M 513.01M 556.82M 590.97M
SGA Growth
+36.43% +7.83% +10.32% +6.52%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
465.00K (622.00K) 12.55M 6.51M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
155.03M 260.09M 304.02M 385.99M
Non Operating Income/Expense
4.34M 17.68M 18.09M 7.14M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
752.00K 758.00K 13.05M 5.83M
Interest Expense Growth
+51.00% +0.80% +1,622.03% -55.35%
Gross Interest Expense
752.00K 758.00K 13.05M 5.83M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
158.61M 277.01M 309.06M 387.30M
Pretax Income Growth
+89.74% +74.65% +11.57% +25.32%
Pretax Margin
+13.50% +19.75% +19.37% +21.87%
Income Tax
17.79M 70.25M 81.94M 117.56M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
4.33M 42.42M 84.11M 33.65M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - 999.00K 1.00M
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
13.46M 27.82M (3.13M) 83.88M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - (37.00K) (973.00K)
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
140.82M 206.77M 227.13M 269.74M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
140.82M 206.77M 227.13M 269.74M
Net Income Growth
+55.13% +46.83% +9.85% +18.76%
Net Margin Growth
+11.99% +14.74% +14.24% +15.23%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
140.82M 206.77M 227.13M 269.74M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
140.82M 206.77M 227.13M 269.74M
EPS (Basic)
2.528 3.6782 4.0814 4.9876
EPS (Basic) Growth
+53.27% +45.50% +10.96% +22.20%
Basic Shares Outstanding
55.71M 56.21M 55.65M 54.08M
EPS (Diluted)
2.4882 3.629 4.0164 4.925
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+54.72% +45.85% +10.68% +22.62%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
56.60M 56.98M 56.55M 54.77M
EBITDA
216.36M 335.90M 416.21M 504.30M
EBITDA Growth
+57.57% +55.25% +23.91% +21.17%
EBITDA Margin
+18.42% +23.95% +26.09% +28.47%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 182.842
Number of Ratings 23 Current Quarters Estimate 1.974
FY Report Date 12 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 9.277
Last Quarter’s Earnings 2.09 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 8.31 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 10.105
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 20 20 20 20
Mean Estimate 1.97 3.14 9.28 10.11
High Estimates 2.33 3.65 10.44 11.40
Low Estimate 1.74 2.84 8.84 9.15
Coefficient of Variance 5.98 5.63 3.54 4.93

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 16 16 15
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 2
HOLD 5 4 5
UNDERWEIGHT 0 1 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Paylocity Holding Corp - PCTY

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Nov 4, 2026 Steven I. Sarowitz Director 4,352,719 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $170.22 per share 740,919,828.18
Nov 4, 2026 Steven I. Sarowitz Director 4,348,595 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $171.47 per share 745,653,584.65
Nov 4, 2026 Steven I. Sarowitz Director 4,348,395 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $172.36 per share 749,489,362.20
Oct 29, 2026 Steven I. Sarowitz Director 4,354,969 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $173.54 per share 755,761,320.26
Oct 29, 2026 Steven I. Sarowitz Director 4,354,869 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $175.22 per share 763,060,146.18
Sep 10, 2026 Andrew J. Cappotelli Sr Vice President Operations 44,202 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $152.37 per share 6,735,058.74
Aug 20, 2026 Toby J. Williams President and CEO; Director 327,309 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $148.28 per share 48,533,378.52
Aug 20, 2026 Steven R. Beauchamp Executive Chairman; Director 1,273,389 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $148.28 per share 188,818,120.92
Aug 20, 2026 Ryan Glenn Chief Financial Officer 125,908 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $148.28 per share 18,669,638.24
Feb 27, 2026 Nicholas Rost VP CAO & Treasurer 7,510 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $101.98 per share 765,869.80
Feb 24, 2026 Ryan Glenn Chief Financial Officer 71,549 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $108.21 per share 7,742,317.29
Feb 24, 2026 Ryan Glenn Chief Financial Officer 71,449 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $109.12 per share 7,796,514.88
Feb 24, 2026 Josh Scutt Senior Vice President Sales 48,241 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $107.54 per share 5,187,837.14
Feb 24, 2026 Josh Scutt Senior Vice President Sales 45,587 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $108.74 per share 4,957,130.38
Feb 19, 2026 Toby J. Williams President and CEO; Director 205,307 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $107.13 per share 21,994,538.91
Feb 19, 2026 Melissa King SVP Product and Technology 29,524 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $107.13 per share 3,162,906.12
Feb 19, 2026 Toby J. Williams President and CEO; Director 211,843 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $104.98 per share 22,239,278.14
Dec 16, 2025 Steven R. Beauchamp Executive Chairman; Director 15,800 Bona fide gift 0.00

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