Could this be the case of a blown-up long-term opportunity? Paylocity Holding Corp (PCTY)

Paylocity Holding Corp [PCTY] stock prices are up 2.20% to $190.36 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The PCTY shares have gain 3.45% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 6.01%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Paylocity Holding Corp [NASDAQ: PCTY] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on July 21, 2025, when Stephens initiated its Equal-Weight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $200. Previously, BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed its Outperform rating on May 02, 2025, and elevated its price target to $226. On April 16, 2025, Scotiabank initiated with a Sector Perform rating and assigned a price target of $190 on the stock. Mizuho upgraded its rating to a Outperform and increased its price target to $235 on January 31, 2025. Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $231 on January 16, 2025. Jefferies upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on October 22, 2024, and upped its price target to $200. In a note dated February 06, 2024, BTIG Research initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $200 on this stock.

The stock price of Paylocity Holding Corp [PCTY] has been fluctuating between $142.00 and $223.80 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $220 within the next 12 months. Paylocity Holding Corp [NASDAQ: PCTY] shares were valued at $190.36 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.57% based on the average PCTY price forecast.

Analyzing the PCTY fundamentals

The Paylocity Holding Corp [NASDAQ:PCTY] reported sales of 1.55B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 13.27%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.69% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.19%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.2 and Total Capital is 0.06. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.24.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 187.14 points at the first support level, and at 183.91 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 192.10, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 193.83.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that Paylocity Holding Corp [NASDAQ:PCTY]’s Current Ratio is 1.10. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.10 and the Cash Ratio stands at 2.36. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 6.78, the price to book ratio is 8.75 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 47.46.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Cappotelli Andrew, Sr Vice President Operations, that happened on Jun 23 ’25 when 1717.0 shares were sold. Officer, ANDREW CAPPOTELLI completed a deal on Jun 23 ’25 to buy 1717.0 shares. Meanwhile, Senior Vice President Sales Scutt Joshua sold 548.0 shares on Jun 04 ’25.

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