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Paylocity (PCTY) Stock Price: Nov 11 Close $180.04

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About Paylocity

Founded in 1997, Paylocity is a cloud-based human capital management and payroll platform servicing midmarket customers. The company's average client size is around 150 employees. Its products help with recruiting and onboarding, payroll, time and labor, human resources, benefits, learning, and performance and compensation workflows. In fiscal 2025, the company generated over $1.5 billion in revenue across more than 41,000 customers.

SectorTechnology

IndustrySoftware - Application

Employees6,900

CEOMr. Toby J. Williams J.D.

IPO DateMar 19, 2014

HeadquartersSchaumburg, IL

Key Executives

Name	Title	Year Born
Mr. Toby J. Williams J.D.	President, CEO & Director	1973
Mr. Steven R. Beauchamp	Executive Chairman of the Board	1972
Mr. Ryan Glenn	Chief Financial Officer	1982
Mr. Steven I. Sarowitz	Founder & Director	1966
Mr. Andrew J. Cappotelli	Senior Vice President of Operations	1971
Ms. Melissa King	Senior Vice President of Product & Technology	1975
Mr. Joshua Scutt	Senior Vice President of Sales	1971
Mr. Nicholas Rost	VP, Chief Accounting Officer & Treasurer	1980
Ms. Amber Livingston	VP & General Counsel	—
Mr. Adam Byerley	Vice President of Strategy & Corporate Development	—

Fundamentals

Valuation

Price-to-sales ratio5.99

Price-to-book value8.09

PEG ratio1.37

Profitability

Return on Equity24.00%

Return on Assets5.00%

Return on Sales22.00%

Gross margin (latest quarter)67.33%

EBITDA$509.22M

Trading

Average volume726,415

Source: third-party data provider, as of November 13, 2026

Technical indicators

RSI 14: 70.87
MACD 12/26/9: 5.65
EMA 9 of MACD: 5.58
MACD histogram: 0.07
SMA 50: $157.36; Price above SMA 50
EMA 50: $160.34; Price above EMA 50
SMA 200: $127.61; Price above SMA 200
EMA 200: $138.67; Price above EMA 200

Calculated by Gotrade from daily closing prices, as of November 11, 2026. Technical data, not a recommendation.

Analyst views

8 analyst ratings

Third-party analyst opinion, not a recommendation from Gotrade.

Analyst consensus:Buy

88% Buy

13% Hold

0% Sell

Analyst price target

Low: $176.00
Average: $195.88
High: $214.00

Citigroup

Steven Enders

Buy

Target price

$214.00

Barclays

Raimo Lenschow

Hold

Target price

$176.00

Guggenheim

Jacob Smith

Buy

Target price

$200.00

Keybanc

Jason Celino

Buy

Target price

$190.00

BTIG

Allan Verkhovski

Buy

Target price

$210.00

Cantor Fitzgerald

Matthew Vanvliet

Buy

Target price

$200.00

Citizens

Patrick Walravens

Buy

Target price

$200.00

TD Cowen

Jared Levine

Buy

Target price

$177.00

Seasonality

Monthly price change (%)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2021											-4.7	-5.2
2022	-12.0	+2.0	-0.4	-9.6	-10.1	-0.4	+15.8	+16.7	+1.9	-4.9	-3.1	-13.0
2023	+8.2	-12.3	+5.2	-0.4	-11.7	+7.8	+23.2	-11.5	-10.8	-3.1	-4.6	+3.1
2024	-2.7	+5.4	+1.9	-7.5	-4.7	-4.6	+13.7	+8.9	+1.5	+13.3	+8.2	-4.8
2025	+5.4	-1.0	-8.6	+1.2	-1.7	-4.9	+1.4	-1.2	-8.7	-7.7	+4.6	+3.9
2026	-7.4	-21.5	+0.2	+0.3	+4.9	-14.7	+23.9	+14.6	-8.6	+16.6	+3.4

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Market cap

$9.36B

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Price / Earnings ratio

33.30

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Price / Sales ratio

5.99

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Dividend yield

0.00%

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Average volume

726,415

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Earnings per share

$5.22

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