Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) Stock Unloaded Sen. Shelley Moore Capito

Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) recently sold shares of Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX). In a filing disclosed on December 04th, the Senator disclosed that they had sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in Paychex stock on November 13th.

Senator Shelley Moore Capito also recently made the following trade(s):

• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) on 11/13/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW) on 11/13/2025.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) on 10/29/2025.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on 10/29/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) on 10/24/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on 10/22/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW) on 10/21/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) on 10/21/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW) on 10/20/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Chevron (NYSE:CVX) on 10/17/2025.

Paychex Price Performance

NASDAQ:PAYX opened at $111.76 on Friday. Paychex, Inc. has a 52 week low of $108.00 and a 52 week high of $161.24. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $118.69 and its two-hundred day moving average is $135.29. The company has a market capitalization of $40.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.11 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a quick ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15.

Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September 30th. The business services provider reported $1.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.02. Paychex had a return on equity of 45.17% and a net margin of 27.85%.The firm had revenue of $1.54 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.16 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 16.8% on a year-over-year basis. Paychex has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.428-5.528 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Paychex, Inc. will post 4.99 EPS for the current year.

Paychex Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 26th. Investors of record on Friday, November 7th were given a $1.08 dividend. This represents a $4.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 7th. Paychex’s dividend payout ratio is presently 97.08%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

PAYX has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Paychex in a report on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Paychex from $153.00 to $140.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. Robert W. Baird dropped their price objective on Paychex from $153.00 to $148.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on Paychex from $132.00 to $133.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, October 20th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group set a $130.00 target price on Paychex in a research note on Tuesday, September 30th. Fourteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Paychex presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $139.07.

Institutional Trading of Paychex

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Paychex during the third quarter worth $25,000. NewSquare Capital LLC raised its position in Paychex by 83.8% during the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 215 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 98 shares during the last quarter. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC purchased a new position in Paychex during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in shares of Paychex in the 1st quarter worth $34,000. Finally, Stance Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Paychex in the third quarter valued at about $31,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 83.47% of the company’s stock.

About Senator Capito

Shelley Moore Capito (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from West Virginia. She assumed office on January 3, 2015. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027. Capito (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent West Virginia. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020. Capito was first elected to the Senate in 2014, becoming the first female U.S. Senator in the state’s history. Prior to serving in the Senate, Capito was a member of the West Virginia House of Representatives from 1997 to 2001 and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015. At the start of the 116th Congress, Capito was a member of the U.S. Senate committees on Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works, and Rules and Administration. As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Capito is a more moderate right of center Republican Party vote. As a result, she may break with the Republican Party line more than her fellow members. Capito earned her bachelor’s degree from Duke University. After earning her M.Ed. from the University of Virginia, Capito was a college counselor and then director of an educational information center. She was the only Republican in the West Virginia congressional delegation until the 2010 elections and is the first Republican woman elected to Congress from West Virginia. Capito is a former chairwoman of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, as well as a member of the Congressional Arts Caucus. After an explosion responsible for the death of 29 coal workers, Capito founded the Congressional Coal Caucus. Prior to her election to the U.S. House, Capito served in the West Virginia House of Delegates.

Paychex Company Profile

Paychex, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated human capital management solutions (HCM) for payroll, benefits, human resources (HR), and insurance services for small to medium-sized businesses in the United States, Europe, and India. It offers payroll processing services; payroll tax administration services; employee payment services; and regulatory compliance services, such as new-hire reporting and garnishment processing.