Paylocity Holding Corp (PCTY) Shares on the Rise: Short-term Analysis

Kevin Freeman

Paylocity Holding Corp [PCTY] stock is trading at $145.46, up 4.40%. 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 2.85% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.07%, and not 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 November 05, 2025, when BMO Capital Markets reiterated its Outperform rating and also revised its price target to $185 from $200. On August 14, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald initiated with an Overweight rating and assigned a price target of $215 on the stock. BMO Capital Markets reiterated its Outperform rating and increased its price target to $230 on August 06, 2025. Stephens initiated its recommendation with a Equal-Weight and recommended $200 as its price target on July 21, 2025. BMO Capital Markets reiterated a Outperform rating for this stock on May 02, 2025, and upped its price target to $226. In a note dated April 16, 2025, Scotiabank initiated an Sector Perform rating and provided a target price of $190 on this stock.

Paylocity Holding Corp [PCTY] stock has fluctuated between $137.57 and $223.80 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $196.86 within the next 12 months. Paylocity Holding Corp [NASDAQ: PCTY] shares were valued at $145.46 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 35.34% based on the average PCTY price forecast.

Analyzing the PCTY fundamentals

Paylocity Holding Corp [NASDAQ:PCTY] reported sales of 1.64B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 12.46%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.69% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.19%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.19%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.19 and Total Capital is 0.24. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.12.

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 137.73 points at the first support level, and at 130.01 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 150.96, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 156.47.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Paylocity Holding Corp’s Current Ratio is 1.03. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.10 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.06. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.82, the price to book ratio is 7.30 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 36.41.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Rost Nicholas, VP CAO & Treasurer, that happened on Sep 24 ’25 when 126.0 shares were sold. Officer, NICHOLAS ROST completed a deal on Sep 24 ’25 to buy 126.0 shares. Meanwhile, Executive Chairman Beauchamp Steven R sold 4664.0 shares on Sep 08 ’25.

MZP News
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.