In a filing, Paychex Inc revealed its VP, Controller & Treasurer Simmons Christopher C unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.26 million on Jul 16 ’25. In the deal valued at $140.98 per share,1,843 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Simmons Christopher C now holds 5,723 shares worth roughly $0.8 million.
Then, Schrader Robert L. sold 3,160 shares, generating $444,391 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $140.63, the Sr. VP, CFO now owns 19,281 shares.
Before that, Gibson John B sold 12,370 shares. Paychex Inc shares valued at $1,755,550 were divested by the President and CEO at a price of $141.92 per share. As a result of the transaction, Gibson John B now holds 81,755 shares, worth roughly $11.38 million.
BMO Capital Markets initiated its Paychex Inc [PAYX] rating to a Market perform in a research note published on July 10, 2025; the price target was $160. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including TD Cowen’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in late December from “an Outperform” to “a Market perform”. Barclays also remained covering PAYX and has increased its forecast on December 14, 2023 with a “an Equal weight” recommendation from previously “an Underweight” rating. UBS started covering the stock on November 07, 2023. It rated PAYX as “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of PAYX
On Tuesday, Paychex Inc [NASDAQ:PAYX] saw its stock fall -0.18% to $139.18. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -5.51%. Paychex Inc shares have risen nearly 10.03% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -0.74% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Paychex Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Paychex Inc stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -0.74 million shares to a total of 11.61 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 12.35 million shares. There was a decline of -6.37%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on September 05, 2023 when RBC Capital Mkts began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Sector perform”‘ rating along with a $130 price target.
