At the time of writing, Paylocity Holding Corp [PCTY] stock is trading at $187.94, up 3.04%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The PCTY shares have gain 2.75% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.94%, 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 May 02, 2025, when BMO Capital Markets reiterated its Outperform rating and also boosted its price target to $226 from $210. Previously, Scotiabank started tracking the stock with Sector Perform rating on April 16, 2025, and set its price target to $190. On January 31, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform and revised its price target to $235 on the stock. Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $231 on January 16, 2025. Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $200 on October 22, 2024. BTIG Research started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on February 06, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $200. In a note dated January 05, 2024, Jefferies downgraded an Hold rating on this stock and revised its target price from $240 to $180.
For the past year, the stock price of Paylocity Holding Corp fluctuated between $138.74 and $223.80. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $220 within the next 12 months. Paylocity Holding Corp [NASDAQ: PCTY] shares were valued at $187.94 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 17.06% based on the average PCTY price forecast.
Analyzing the PCTY fundamentals
According to Paylocity Holding Corp [NASDAQ:PCTY], the company’s sales were 1.55B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 13.27% jump. 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.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Paylocity Holding Corp [NASDAQ:PCTY] has a current ratio of 1.10. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.10, while the Cash Ratio is 2.36. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 6.69, the price to book ratio is 8.64 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 46.86.
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.
