Sen. Shelley Moore Capito Sells Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX) Stock

Posted by James Quigley on Nov 7th, 2025

Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) recently sold shares of Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX). In a filing disclosed on November 04th, the Senator disclosed that they had sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in Paychex stock on October 21st.

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Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) on 9/18/2025.

Paychex Trading Down 3.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:PAYX opened at $112.82 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15. The business has a 50 day moving average of $127.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $140.45. Paychex, Inc. has a 12-month low of $112.07 and a 12-month high of $161.24. The company has a market capitalization of $40.60 billion, a PE ratio of 25.35, a PEG ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 0.93.

Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 30th. The business services provider reported $1.22 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.02. Paychex had a net margin of 27.85% and a return on equity of 45.17%. The company had revenue of $1.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.16 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 16.8% on a year-over-year basis. Paychex has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.428-5.528 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Paychex, Inc. will post 4.99 EPS for the current year.

Paychex Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 7th will be issued a $1.08 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 7th. This represents a $4.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.8%. Paychex’s payout ratio is presently 97.08%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

PAYX has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Citigroup assumed coverage on Paychex in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $139.00 target price on the stock. Wolfe Research cut their price target on Paychex from $145.00 to $140.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, September 26th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on shares of Paychex from $142.00 to $137.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Paychex from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, TD Cowen decreased their target price on Paychex from $140.00 to $126.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $139.87.

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Hedge Funds Weigh In On Paychex

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Paychex by 26.3% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 5,710 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $801,000 after acquiring an additional 1,190 shares in the last quarter. Bison Wealth LLC raised its position in Paychex by 3.0% during the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 4,035 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $566,000 after acquiring an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management raised its position in shares of Paychex by 449.8% during the 1st quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 16,643 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,568,000 after purchasing an additional 13,616 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Blueprint LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Paychex in the first quarter valued at $229,000. Finally, Truist Financial Corp boosted its stake in shares of Paychex by 10.7% during the 1st quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 207,452 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $32,006,000 after purchasing an additional 19,997 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 83.47% of the company’s stock.

About Senator Capito

Shelley Moore Capito (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from West Virginia. She assumed office on January 3, 2015. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027. Capito (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent West Virginia. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020. Capito was first elected to the Senate in 2014, becoming the first female U.S. Senator in the state’s history. Prior to serving in the Senate, Capito was a member of the West Virginia House of Representatives from 1997 to 2001 and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015. At the start of the 116th Congress, Capito was a member of the U.S. Senate committees on Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works, and Rules and Administration. As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Capito is a more moderate right of center Republican Party vote. As a result, she may break with the Republican Party line more than her fellow members. Capito earned her bachelor’s degree from Duke University. After earning her M.Ed. from the University of Virginia, Capito was a college counselor and then director of an educational information center. She was the only Republican in the West Virginia congressional delegation until the 2010 elections and is the first Republican woman elected to Congress from West Virginia. Capito is a former chairwoman of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, as well as a member of the Congressional Arts Caucus. After an explosion responsible for the death of 29 coal workers, Capito founded the Congressional Coal Caucus. Prior to her election to the U.S. House, Capito served in the West Virginia House of Delegates.

About Paychex

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Paychex, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated human capital management solutions (HCM) for payroll, benefits, human resources (HR), and insurance services for small to medium-sized businesses in the United States, Europe, and India. It offers payroll processing services; payroll tax administration services; employee payment services; and regulatory compliance services, such as new-hire reporting and garnishment processing.