PCTY short interest declines, indicating growing optimism among investors

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Paylocity Holding Corp shares valued at $13,440 were purchased by ANDREW CAPPOTELLI on Sep 03 ’25. At $174.54 per share, ANDREW CAPPOTELLI acquired 77 shares.

Also, Cappotelli Andrew sold 1,872 shares, netting a total of over 332,879 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $177.82 each, the insider now holds 22,956 shares.

Before that, Scutt Joshua had sold 3,601 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $647,877, the Senior Vice President Sales traded Paylocity Holding Corp shares for $179.92 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 3,601 shares, worth approximately $9.03 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Cantor Fitzgerald on August 14, 2025, Paylocity Holding Corp [PCTY] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $215. Analysts at BMO Capital Markets resumed the stock at ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early August. As of July 21, 2025, Stephens has initiated its “an Equal-weight” rating for PCTY. Earlier on May 02, 2025, BMO Capital Markets resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for PCTY stock.

Analyzing PCTY Stock Performance

On last trading session, Paylocity Holding Corp [NASDAQ: PCTY] plunged -0.30% to $174.01. The stock’s lowest price that day was $172.39, but it reached a high of $176.065 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.79%. Over the course of the year, Paylocity Holding Corp shares have jumped approximately 7.23%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $223.80 on 02/07/25 and a 52-week low of $165.28 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Paylocity Holding Corp (PCTY)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 172.24, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 170.48. In the upper region, resistance lies at 175.92. The next price resistance is at 177.83. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 42.69 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 steep in short interest on 2025-08-15 dropping by 36563.0 shares to 1.2 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 1.24 million shares. A decline of -3.05% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.11 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.11.

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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 26.05% from the previous closing price of $174.54. 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 April 16, 2025, Scotiabank assigned a price target of “a Sector perform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $190.

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