Paylocity Holding Corporation (PCTY)

NASDAQ: PCTY · USD

$168

-1.67 (-1.0%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	8.9B
Revenue (ttm)	1.8B
Net income (ttm)	269.7M
EPS (ttm)	$4.92
Shares out	53.1M
P/E (trailing)	34.2x
P/E (forward)	19.2x
Volume	439,370
Beta	0.50

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.8B
Net income (ttm): 269.7M
EPS (ttm): $4.92
P/E (trailing): 34.2x
P/E (forward): 19.2x
Market cap: 8.9B

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E19.2

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Trailing P/E34.2

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ROE22

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ROIC25.7

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001591698
Company name	Paylocity Holding Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	70438V106
Earnings date	2026-11-05
Earnings time	amc
Employees	6,900
Employees change	200
Employees growth	2.99%
Enterprise value	$8.8B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	June
Founded	1997
Industry	Software - Application
IPO date	2014-03-19
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US70438V1061
Last 10-K release date	2026-08-05
Last earnings date	2026-08-04
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$8.9B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-05
Options	Yes
Price	$168.40
Price currency	USD
Sector	Technology
SIC code	7372
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	PCTY
U.S. state	Illinois
Website	https://www.paylocity.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	20.22x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	110.22x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	42.48x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	74.46x
Earnings yield	2.92%
EV/Earnings	32.44x
EV/EBIT	22.63x
EV/EBITDA	20.44x
EV/FCF	17.6x
EV/Sales	4.94x
FCF / EV yield	5.68%
FCF yield	5.59%
Forward EV/Sales	4.63x
Forward P/E	19.19x
Forward P/S	4.71x
Graham number	50.38026
Graham upside	-69.93%
Industry forward P/E	19.37x
Industry P/E	71.33x
Lynch fair value	$123.00
Lynch upside	-26.58%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	24.8x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	22.53x
P/B ratio	7.42x
P/E ratio	34.23x
P/FCF ratio	17.88x
P/OCF ratio	16.67x
P/S ratio	5.02x
PEG ratio	1.6x
Price / tangible book value	14.51x
Price/EBITDA ratio	20.77x
Sector forward P/E	18.38x
Sector P/E	32.76x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	21.83%
EBITDA margin	24.16%
Effective tax rate	30.35%
FCF margin	28.06%
Gross margin	69.28%
Operating margin	21.83%
Pretax margin	21.87%
Profit margin	15.23%
Profit per employee	$39,093
Profitable quarters	32
Profitable years	10
Revenue per employee	$256,714
ROA	5.21%
ROA (5Y)	3.5%
ROCE	26.41%
ROE	21.97%
ROE (5Y)	20.01%
ROIC	25.67%
ROIC (5Y)	24.61%
SBC / revenue	7.83%
Tax / revenue	6.64%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	22.39%
EPS growth (Q)	27.57%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-45.89%
EPS growth 3Y	25.48%
EPS growth 5Y	31.32%
EPS growth quarters	3
EPS growth years	11
FCF growth	22.69%
FCF growth (Q)	12.5%
FCF growth (QoQ)	-56.45%
FCF growth 3Y	23.99%
FCF growth 5Y	33.92%
Gross profit growth	11.59%
Gross profit growth (Q)	10.32%
Gross profit growth 3Y	14.9%
Gross profit growth 5Y	24.1%
Net income growth	18.76%
Net income growth (Q)	24.07%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-45.8%
Net income growth 3Y	24.19%
Net income growth 5Y	30.67%
Net income growth quarters	3
Net income growth years	11
OCF growth	27.5%
OCF growth (Q)	29.25%
OCF growth (QoQ)	-48.65%
OCF growth 10Y	32.08%
OCF growth 3Y	23.55%
OCF growth 5Y	33.69%
Operating income growth	26.62%
Operating income growth (Q)	26.89%
Operating income growth 3Y	35.61%
Operating income growth 5Y	46.12%
Revenue growth	11.04%
Revenue growth (Q)	10.98%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-11.46%
Revenue growth 10Y	22.61%
Revenue growth 3Y	14.68%
Revenue growth 5Y	22.75%
Revenue growth quarters	50
Revenue growth years	15

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-36.2M
Depreciation and amortization	$41.3M
EBIT	$386.7M
EBITDA	$428M
EPS	$4.92
FCF per share	$9.37
Financing cash flow	$9M
Free cash flow	$497.1M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$358.4M
Gross profit	$1.2B
Income taxes	$117.6M
Investing cash flow	$-154.8M
Net borrowing	$-81.3M
Net cash flow	$387.4M
Net income	$269.7M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$394.6M
Operating income	$386.7M
Revenue	$1.8B
Stock-based compensation	$138.7M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.28
Book value per share	$22.93
Debt / EBITDA	0.3
Debt / equity	0.11
Debt / FCF	0.27
Goodwill	$379M
Interest coverage	66.35
Long-term assets	$1.2B
Long-term liabilities	$242.7M
Net cash (debt)	$138.9M
Net cash / market cap	1.56%
Net cash growth	-22.88%
Net debt / EBITDA	-0.32
Net debt / equity	-0.11
Net debt / FCF	-0.28
Piotroski F-Score	7
Property, plant and equipment	$104.5M
Shareholders' equity	$1.2B
Tangible book value	$612.7M
Tangible book value per share	$11.50
Total assets	$4.9B
Total cash	$271.9M
Total debt	$133M
Total liabilities	$3.7B
WACC	6.95%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.38
Current assets	$3.7B
Current liabilities	$3.4B
Current ratio	1.09
Net working capital	$40.4M
Quick ratio	0.09
Working capital	$302.8M
Working capital turnover	4.99

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	3.15%
Dividend yield	0%
Shareholder yield	3.15%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	291.54%
10Y return CAGR	14.63%
10Y total return	291.54%
150-day SMA	$128.10
1D price change	-0.98%
1M price change	17.48%
1M total return	17.48%
1W price change	-0.55%
1W total return	-0.55%
1Y price change	11.19%
1Y return CAGR	11.2%
1Y total return	11.19%
20-day SMA	$161.04
200-day SMA	$126.06
3M price change	29.38%
3M total return	29.38%
3Y price change	-3.44%
3Y return CAGR	-1.16%
3Y total return	-3.44%
50-day SMA	$153.54
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$178.53
52-week high date	2026-10-26
52-week low	$92.99
52-week low date	2026-04-10
5Y price change	-43.03%
5Y return CAGR	-10.64%
5Y total return	-43.03%
6M price change	66.11%
6M total return	66.11%
All-time high	$314.50
All-time high date	2021-11-05
All-time low	$15.24
All-time low date	2014-05-08
Average true range (ATR)	$4.65
Average volume	576.6K
Beta (1Y)	0.27
Beta (2Y)	0.72
Beta (5Y)	0.5
Change from 52-week high	-5.67%
Change from 52-week low	81.1%
Change from all-time high	-46.45%
Change from all-time low	1,004.91%
Change from open	-0.55%
Day's gap	-0.44%
Dollar volume	$74M
High price	$169.74
Low price	$167.00
Monthly RSI	54.26
Open price	$169.33
Position in 52-week range	51.09%
Premarket change	-1.46%
Premarket close	$170.07
Premarket price	$167.59
Premarket volume	6.8K
Previous close	$170.07
Price vs 150-day SMA	31.46%
Price vs 20-day SMA	4.57%
Price vs 200-day SMA	33.58%
Price vs 50-day SMA	9.68%
Relative volume	0.77
RSI	62.22
Sharpe ratio	0.37
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	-0.02
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.16
Sortino ratio	0.68
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.13
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.08
Volume	439.4K
Weekly RSI	65.1
YTD price change	10.43%
YTD total return	10.43%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	42.7M
Float percentage	80.41%
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.57%
Shares change (YoY)	-3.15%
Shares held by insiders	19.52%
Shares held by institutions	87.54%
Shares outstanding	53.1M
Short % of float	7.04%
Short % of shares	5.66%
Short ratio	4.5 days

Deeper analysis on PCTY

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Paylocity Holding Corporation (PCTY)

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