PCTY — Paylocity Holding Corporation

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About Paylocity Holding Corporation

Paylocity Holding Corporation provides cloud-based human capital management, payroll software, and spend management solutions for the workforce in the United States. The company offers payroll solutions comprising payroll and tax services, global payroll, on-demand payment, and garnishments; human resources (HR) solutions consisting of human resources, employee self-service, workflows and documents, HR compliance dashboard, and HR edge; time and … Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$109.64
Market Cap$5.98B
Float42.9M
Shares Outstanding53.5M
P/E (Forward)19.16
P/E (TTM)23.87
Price/Sales (TTM)3.46
vs. Analyst Target+39.5% to analyst PT
Profit Margin14.94%
Operating Margin (TTM)31.25%
Revenue (TTM)$1.73B
Earnings Growth (YoY)27.30%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$152.95 (20 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $561M $64.5M $379M $104M
2021 $636M $70.8M $416M $101M
2022 $853M $90.8M $566M $135M
2023 $1.17B $141M $808M $216M
2024 $1.40B $207M $961M $337M
2025 $1.60B $227M $1.10B $404M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $401M $48.6M
Sep 2025 $408M $48.0M
Dec 2025 $416M $50.2M
Mar 2026 $502M $111M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership19.6%
Institutional Ownership86.6%
Short Float5.7%
% of All Funds Holding5.02%
Number of Funds Holding413

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$106.00Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$133.69Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$162.95Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$175.66Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$134.42Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$164.10Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$168.46Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$135.00 resistance 1.86x 2 months ago
$151.00 resistance 1.01x 3 months ago
$159.00 resistance 1.22x 6 months ago
$177.00 resistance 1.24x 7 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (49 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 1.71% 1.10% 59.18% 23.34% -20.01%
1 Day 1.00% -1.12% 46.94% 17.31% -15.48%
1 Week 0.45% 0.23% 53.06% 19.22% -25.87%
2 Weeks 2.25% 2.02% 53.06% 22.88% -19.76%
1 Month 2.55% 0.14% 52.08% 42.13% -22.60%

Next earnings: August 4, 2026 (68 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan-1.0%50.0%12
Feb2.0%50.0%12
Mar-1.3%58.3%12
Apr2.1%53.8%13
May2.0%50.0%12
Jun3.6%50.0%12
Jul4.9%75.0%12
Aug9.3%75.0%12
Sep-3.2%41.7%12
Oct4.2%58.3%12
Nov1.7%58.3%12
Dec-3.7%33.3%12

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.04% 54.9% 574
Tuesday 0.07% 51.7% 631
Wednesday 0.08% 51.0% 628
Thursday 0.11% 54.2% 616
Friday 0.14% 53.1% 614

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 86.6%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 19.6%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings24
Net Value-$9.7M
Net Shares Change61,209
% of Float0.1%
C-Suite Filings24
Clusters Detected3

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Williams Toby J. President and CEO -$5.5M 2 N/A
Scutt Joshua Senior Vice President Sales -$1.2M 3 1 sell
Beauchamp Steven R Executive Chairman -$813,401.6 1 1 sell
Cappotelli Andrew Sr Vice President Operations -$636,341.62 2 N/A
Glenn Ryan Chief Financial Officer -$603,118.697 2 N/A

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-08-19 – 2025-08-22 5 5 -$5.3M 5 C-suite
2025-11-20 – 2025-12-01 3 3 -$446,920.938 3 C-suite
2026-02-18 – 2026-02-26 6 5 -$2.5M 6 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2025-09-10 Beauchamp Steven R Executive Chairman -$813,401.6 Transaction at $174.40, now -37.1%
2025-06-06 Scutt Joshua Senior Vice President Sales -$105,818.8 Transaction at $193.10, now -43.2%
2025-08-19 Williams Toby J. President and CEO -$4.0M Transaction at $171.72, now -36.2%
2025-06-25 Cappotelli Andrew Sr Vice President Operations -$303,462.58 Transaction at $176.74, now -38.0%
2026-02-18 Williams Toby J. President and CEO -$1.5M Transaction at $105.89, now +3.5%
2026-02-23 Scutt Joshua Senior Vice President Sales -$439,151.982 Transaction at $108.33, now +1.2%

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