PAYX — PAYCHEX INC
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Dividends
Measured signals that fired on PAYX
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-21 | Cluster sale: three or more insiders insider | -0.37% over 21 days · t = -3.38 · n = 21,542 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-02 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-01 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-05-19 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-04-09 | Fair value gap, bearish structure | -0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | Simmons Christopher C VP, Controller & Treasurer | Shares withheld for tax | 130 | 122.02 | 15.9K |
| 2026-07-20 | Schrader Robert L. Sr. VP, CFO | Open-market sale | 2.6K | 115.09 | 299.2K |
| 2026-07-20 | DOODY JOSEPH Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 164 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-07-20 | DOODY JOSEPH Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 164 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-07-17 | MUCCI MARTIN Director | Gift | 9.3K | 113.98 | 1.1M |
| 2026-07-17 | Simmons Christopher C VP, Controller & Treasurer | Open-market sale | 2.6K | 115.92 | 303.1K |
| 2026-07-15 | Gibson John B President and CEO | Shares withheld for tax | 14.1K | 110.00 | 1.5M |
| 2026-07-15 | Roaldsen Elizabeth Sr. Vice President | Shares withheld for tax | 2.4K | 110.00 | 262.1K |
| 2026-07-15 | Schrader Robert L. Sr. VP, CFO | Shares withheld for tax | 2.4K | 110.00 | 262.0K |
| 2026-07-15 | Simmons Christopher C VP, Controller & Treasurer | Shares withheld for tax | 1.2K | 110.00 | 128.9K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| Capital International Investors | 2.8B | 29.9M |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2.6B | 28.4M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.9B | 21.0M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.4B | 15.2M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 1.3B | 14.0M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 951.4M | 10.3M |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 863.6M | 9.4M |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | 542.2M | 5.9M |
| MORGAN STANLEY | 488.1M | 5.3M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 483.7M | 5.3M |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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