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Paychex Analyst Ratings

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$152.25
At close: Jun 24 EDT
$152.66
0.410.27%
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Consensus Rating1
Hold
Highest Price Target1
$165.00
Lowest Price Target1
$106.00
Consensus Price Target1
$135.79

Paychex Analyst Ratings and Price Targets | NASDAQ:PAYX | Benzinga

Paychex Corp has a consensus price target of $567.61 based on the ratings of 38 analysts. The high is $1350 issued by HSBC on May 10, 2024<. The low is $100 issued by Deutsche Bank on August 5, 2024. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by New Street Research, Goldman Sachs, and Deutsche Bank on August 6, 2024, August 5, 2024, and August 5, 2024, respectively. With an average price target of $118.33 between New Street Research, Goldman Sachs, and Deutsche Bank, there's an implied 0.21% upside for Paychex Corp from these most-recent analyst ratings.

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Analyst Firms Making Recommendations1

JP Morgan
RBC Capital
Barclays
Morgan Stanley
Citigroup

1calculated from analyst ratings

Analyst Ratings for Paychex

Buy NowGet Alert
06/18/2025Buy Now—JP Morgan
Tien-Tsin Huang63%
$140 → $148MaintainsUnderweightGet Alert
06/03/2025Buy Now—RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra74%
$148 → $165MaintainsSector PerformGet Alert
03/31/2025Buy Now—Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal66%
$140 → $155MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
03/27/2025Buy Now—Morgan Stanley
James Faucette65%
$137 → $142MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
03/27/2025Buy Now—Citigroup
Peter Christiansen66%
$145 → $158MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
03/27/2025Buy Now—Stifel
Bryan Bergin61%
$141 → $156MaintainsHoldGet Alert
03/04/2025Buy Now—UBS
Kevin Mcveigh54%
$152 → $155MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
12/23/2024Buy Now—Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal66%
$135 → $140MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
12/20/2024Buy Now—Morgan Stanley
James Faucette65%
$133 → $137MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
12/20/2024Buy Now—RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra74%
$148 → $148ReiteratesSector Perform → Sector PerformGet Alert
12/03/2024Buy Now—TD Cowen
Bryan Bergin61%
$131 → $146MaintainsHoldGet Alert
12/03/2024Buy Now—Stifel
Bryan Bergin61%
$131 → $146MaintainsHoldGet Alert
11/19/2024Buy Now—JP Morgan
Tien-Tsin Huang63%
$133 → $139MaintainsUnderweightGet Alert
10/07/2024Buy Now—Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal66%
$132 → $135MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/02/2024Buy Now—Citigroup
Peter Christiansen66%
$145 → $145ReiteratesNeutral → NeutralGet Alert
10/02/2024Buy Now—TD Cowen
Bryan Bergin61%
$126 → $131MaintainsHoldGet Alert
10/02/2024Buy Now—Stifel
David Grossman66%
$130 → $141MaintainsHoldGet Alert
10/02/2024Buy Now—Jefferies
Samad Samana53%
$120 → $130MaintainsHoldGet Alert
10/02/2024Buy Now—RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra74%
$130 → $148MaintainsSector PerformGet Alert
10/02/2024Buy Now—UBS
Kevin Mcveigh54%
$125 → $142MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
10/02/2024Buy Now—Morgan Stanley
James Faucette65%
$122 → $133MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
09/25/2024Buy Now—Citigroup
Peter Christiansen66%
$125 → $145MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
09/23/2024Buy Now—Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal66%
$118 → $132MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
09/12/2024Buy Now—Stifel
Bryan Bergin61%
$121 → $126MaintainsHoldGet Alert
09/12/2024Buy Now—TD Cowen
Bryan Bergin61%
$121 → $126MaintainsHoldGet Alert
08/20/2024Buy Now—JP Morgan
Tien-Tsin Huang63%
$120 → $128MaintainsUnderweightGet Alert
07/27/2024Buy Now—Stifel
Bryan Bergin61%
$121 → $121ReiteratesHold → HoldGet Alert
07/01/2024Buy Now—Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal66%
$120 → $118MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
06/27/2024Buy Now—Morgan Stanley
James Faucette65%
$125 → $122MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
06/27/2024Buy Now—RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra74%
$130 → $130ReiteratesSector Perform → Sector PerformGet Alert
06/27/2024Buy Now—Baird
Mark Marcon71%
$126 → $124MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
06/27/2024Buy Now—B of A Securities
Jason Kupferberg54%
$111 → $113MaintainsUnderperformGet Alert
05/21/2024Buy Now—RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra74%
$130 → $130ReiteratesSector Perform → Sector PerformGet Alert
04/08/2024Buy Now—UBS
Kevin Mcveigh54%
$120 → $125MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
04/03/2024Buy Now—RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra74%
$130 → $130ReiteratesSector Perform → Sector PerformGet Alert
04/03/2024Buy Now—Wedbush
Moshe Katri72%
$115 → $115ReiteratesNeutral → NeutralGet Alert
04/03/2024Buy Now—B of A Securities
Jason Kupferberg54%
$108 → $111MaintainsUnderperformGet Alert
04/03/2024Buy Now—TD Cowen
Bryan Bergin61%
$122 → $121MaintainsHoldGet Alert
03/26/2024Buy Now—Evercore ISI Group
David Togut46%
$118 → $118MaintainsIn-LineGet Alert
03/08/2024Buy Now—TD Cowen
Bryan Bergin61%
$123 → $122MaintainsMarket PerformGet Alert
02/02/2024Buy Now—B of A Securities
Jason Kupferberg54%
$105 → $108MaintainsUnderperformGet Alert
12/26/2023Buy Now—Citigroup
Peter Christiansen66%
$130 → $125MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
12/22/2023Buy Now—RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra74%
$130 → $130ReiteratesSector Perform → Sector PerformGet Alert
12/22/2023Buy Now—Stifel
David Grossman66%
$124 → $130MaintainsHoldGet Alert
12/22/2023Buy Now—JP Morgan
Tien-Tsin Huang63%
$134 → $126MaintainsUnderweightGet Alert
12/22/2023Buy Now—Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal66%
$126 → $120MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
12/22/2023Buy Now—TD Cowen
Bryan Bergin61%
$132 → $123DowngradeOutperform → Market PerformGet Alert
12/14/2023Buy Now—Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal66%
$126 → $126UpgradeUnderweight → Equal-WeightGet Alert
11/07/2023Buy Now—UBS
Kevin Mcveigh54%
→ $120Initiates → NeutralGet Alert
10/22/2023Buy Now—Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal66%
$126 → $120MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
09/28/2023Buy Now—RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra74%
→ $130ReiteratesSector Perform → Sector PerformGet Alert
09/28/2023Buy Now—Morgan Stanley
James Faucette65%
$125 → $127MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
09/28/2023Buy Now—TD Cowen
Bryan Bergin61%
$130 → $131MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
09/28/2023Buy Now—B of A Securities
Jason Kupferberg54%
$103 → $106MaintainsUnderperformGet Alert
09/26/2023Buy Now—Wedbush
Moshe Katri72%
→ $115ReiteratesNeutral → NeutralGet Alert
09/05/2023Buy Now—RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra74%
→ $130Initiates → Sector PerformGet Alert
08/22/2023Buy Now—JP Morgan
Tien-Tsin Huang63%
$114 → $134MaintainsUnderweightGet Alert
08/17/2023Buy Now—TD Cowen
Bryan Bergin61%
$123 → $130MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
07/03/2023Buy Now—Baird
Mark Marcon71%
$134 → $126MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
07/03/2023Buy Now—Morgan Stanley
James Faucette65%
$125 → $125ReiteratesEqual-Weight → Equal-WeightGet Alert
07/03/2023Buy Now—Barclays
Matt Ramsay51%
$109 → $106MaintainsUnderweightGet Alert
06/30/2023Buy Now—Morgan Stanley
James Faucette65%
$125 → $125ReiteratesEqual-Weight → Equal-WeightGet Alert
06/30/2023Buy Now—JP Morgan
Tien-Tsin Huang63%
$123 → $114MaintainsUnderweightGet Alert
06/13/2023Buy Now—TD Cowen
Bryan Bergin61%
$125 → $123MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
06/02/2023Buy Now—UBS
Rayna Kumar55%
→ $115Initiates → NeutralGet Alert
04/03/2023Buy Now—Barclays
Matt Ramsay51%
$105 → $109MaintainsUnderweightGet Alert
04/03/2023Buy Now—B of A Securities
Jason Kupferberg54%
$119 → $105DowngradeNeutral → UnderperformGet Alert
03/30/2023Buy Now—Stifel
David Grossman66%
$119 → $122MaintainsHoldGet Alert
03/30/2023Buy Now—JP Morgan
Tien-Tsin Huang63%
$119 → $123MaintainsUnderweightGet Alert
03/13/2023Buy Now—Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal66%
$110 → $105MaintainsUnderweightGet Alert
01/17/2023Buy Now—Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal66%
$115 → $110DowngradeEqual-Weight → UnderweightGet Alert
12/23/2022Buy Now—JP Morgan
Tien-Tsin Huang63%
$121 → $119MaintainsUnderweightGet Alert
12/23/2022Buy Now—Morgan Stanley
James Faucette65%
$130 → $125MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
12/23/2022Buy Now—Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal66%
$127 → $115MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
12/23/2022Buy Now—Jefferies
Samad Samana53%
$130 → $120MaintainsHoldGet Alert
09/29/2022Buy Now—Cowen & Co.
Bryan Bergin61%
$125 → $132MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
09/29/2022Buy Now—Credit Suisse
Kevin Mcveigh54%
$150 → $138MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
09/22/2022Buy Now—Citigroup
Peter Christiansen66%
$125 → $131MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
07/07/2022Buy Now—Citigroup
Peter Christiansen66%
$145 → $125MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
06/30/2022Buy Now—Cowen & Co.
Bryan Bergin61%
$140 → $135MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
06/30/2022Buy Now—Morgan Stanley
James Faucette65%
$140 → $130MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
06/30/2022Buy Now—Deutsche Bank
Bryan Keane72%
$145 → $123MaintainsHoldGet Alert
06/30/2022Buy Now—Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal66%
$140 → $127MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
06/30/2022Buy Now—Credit Suisse
Kevin Mcveigh54%
$165 → $140MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
06/29/2022Buy Now—Stifel
David Grossman66%
$140 → $115MaintainsHoldGet Alert

FAQ

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What is the target price for Paychex (PAYX) stock?

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The latest price target for Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) was reported by JP Morgan on June 18, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $148.00 expecting PAYX to fall to within 12 months (a possible -3.05% downside). 32 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.

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What is the most recent analyst rating for Paychex (PAYX)?

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The latest analyst rating for Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) was provided by JP Morgan, and Paychex maintained their underweight rating.

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When was the last upgrade for Paychex (PAYX)?

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The last upgrade for Paychex Inc happened on December 14, 2023 when Barclays raised their price target to $126. Barclays previously had an underweight for Paychex Inc.

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When was the last downgrade for Paychex (PAYX)?

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The last downgrade for Paychex Inc happened on December 22, 2023 when TD Cowen changed their price target from $132 to $123 for Paychex Inc.

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When is the next analyst rating going to be posted or updated for Paychex (PAYX)?

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Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Paychex, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Paychex was filed on June 18, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around June 18, 2026.

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Is the Analyst Rating Paychex (PAYX) correct?

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While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Paychex (PAYX) rating was a maintained with a price target of $140.00 to $148.00. The current price Paychex (PAYX) is trading at is $152.66, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.

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