PAYX

Paychex
Human Resource & Employment Services · Industrials · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$99.78
+0.8% on the session
1-year return
-15.5%
+11.2% over six months
Volatility
29.7%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-32.1%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Paychex is a human resource & employment services name in the industrials sector. Over the past year it returned -15.5%, against -6.8% over three months and -20.2% over one. It sits 2.3% below its 200-day average, close enough that the trend is undecided. Annualized volatility of 29.7% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -32.1%, and it has traded a median $318M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.02 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Industrials#50 of 81
Stronger than 39% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#341 of 496

How PAYX scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 1 others in Human Resource & Employment Services.

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Full metrics
1 day+0.8%
1 week+0.5%
1 month-20.2%
3 months-6.8%
6 months+11.2%
1 year-15.5%
12-1 momentum+5.9%
Volatility (1y, annualized)29.7%
Max drawdown (1y)-32.1%
Distance vs 200-day average-2.3%
Return per unit of risk-0.52
Median daily dollar volume$318M
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