Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Paylocity Holding Corp shares valued at $105,819 were sold by Scutt Joshua on Jun 04 ’25. At $193.10 per share, Scutt Joshua sold 548 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 118 shares worth approximately $21473.64 following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Scutt Joshua purchased 548 shares, netting a total of over 104,514 in proceeds.
Before that, Cappotelli Andrew had sold 10 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,903, the Sr Vice President Operations traded Paylocity Holding Corp shares for $190.34 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 10 shares, worth approximately $2.49 million.
As published in a research note from BMO Capital Markets on May 02, 2025, Paylocity Holding Corp [PCTY] has been retained to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $226. Analysts at Scotiabank started covering the stock with ‘”a Sector perform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid April. As of January 31, 2025, Mizuho has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Outperform” for PCTY. Earlier on January 16, 2025, Citigroup upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for PCTY stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing PCTY Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Paylocity Holding Corp [NASDAQ: PCTY] plunged -2.20% to $181.98. The stock’s lowest price that day was $180.8801, but it reached a high of $186.15 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -6.06%. Over the course of the year, Paylocity Holding Corp shares have dropped approximately -8.77%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Paylocity Holding Corp (PCTY)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 35.21 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Paylocity Holding Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Paylocity Holding Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 32051.0 shares to 0.97 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 0.94 million shares. A jump of 3.3% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.37 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.37.
Which companies own the most shares of Paylocity Holding Corp (PCTY)?
In terms of Paylocity Holding Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 220 in the next 12 months, up nearly 18.23% from the previous closing price of $186.08. Analysts anticipate Paylocity Holding Corp stock to reach 220 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 220. In spite of this, 15 analysts ranked Paylocity Holding Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 22, 2024, Jefferies assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $200.
