PCTY — Paylocity Holding Corporation

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates PCTY Bearish with a Setup Score of 48, net conviction 20, actionability 117. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score48
Directional BiasBearish
Net Conviction20
Actionability117 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Paylocity Holding Corporation

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

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$152.24
Market Cap$8.44B
Float42.5M
Shares Outstanding55.4M
P/E (Forward)16.03
P/E (TTM)30.29
Price/Sales (TTM)4.76
vs. Analyst Target+13.0% to analyst PT
Profit Margin15.23%
Operating Margin (TTM)19.06%
Revenue (TTM)$1.77B
Earnings Growth (YoY)27.60%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$172.00 (20 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2021 $636M $70.8M $416M $100M
2022 $853M $90.8M $566M $134M
2023 $1.17B $141M $808M $220M
2024 $1.40B $207M $961M $354M
2025 $1.60B $227M $1.10B $422M
2026 $1.77B $270M $1.23B $499M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $408M $48.0M
Dec 2025 $416M $50.2M
Mar 2026 $502M $111M
Jun 2026 $445M $60.3M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership20.3%
Institutional Ownership89.2%
Short Float7.0%
% of All Funds Holding5.25%
Number of Funds Holding462

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$133.34Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$124.24Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$150.75Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$168.21Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$126.44Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$154.52Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$163.84Secular 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
$159.00 resistance 1.22x 9 months ago
$177.00 resistance 1.24x 10 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (50 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 1.76% 1.15% 60.00% 23.34% -20.01%
1 Day 1.05% -1.00% 48.00% 17.31% -15.48%
1 Week 0.48% 0.91% 54.00% 19.22% -25.87%
2 Weeks 2.29% 2.27% 54.00% 22.88% -19.76%
1 Month 2.54% 0.17% 53.06% 42.13% -22.60%

Next earnings: October 23, 2026 (58 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
May2.5%53.8%13
Jun2.6%46.2%13
Jul7.0%76.9%13
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 0.05% 54.5% 587
Tuesday 0.07% 51.6% 644
Wednesday 0.09% 50.9% 641
Thursday 0.12% 54.4% 629
Friday 0.16% 53.4% 625

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 89.2%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 20.3%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings31
Net Value-$9.8M
Net Shares Change50,693
% of Float0.1%
C-Suite Filings25
Clusters Detected4

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Sarowitz Steven I -$5.0M 1 N/A
Williams Toby J. President and CEO -$3.3M 2 N/A
Scutt Joshua SVP Chief Revenue Officer -$1.2M 3 1 sell
Glenn Ryan Chief Financial Officer -$854,504.059 2 N/A
Beauchamp Steven R Executive Chairman -$813,401.6 1 1 sell
Cappotelli Andrew Sr Vice President Operations -$382,064.715 1 N/A

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
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
2026-05-21 – 2026-06-03 3 3 -$284,917.7 3 C-suite
2026-08-10 – 2026-08-21 13 7 -$17.1M 7 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-08-17 Scutt Joshua SVP Chief Revenue Officer -$17,067.52 Transaction at $144.64, now +5.3%
2026-08-18 Williams Toby J. President and CEO -$1.8M Transaction at $148.52, now +2.5%
2025-09-10 Beauchamp Steven R Executive Chairman -$813,401.6 Transaction at $174.40, now -12.7%
2026-08-20 Scutt Joshua SVP Chief Revenue Officer -$708,635.829 Transaction at $149.82, now +1.6%
2026-08-20 Cappotelli Andrew Sr Vice President Operations -$382,064.715 Transaction at $149.83, now +1.6%
2026-08-20 Glenn Ryan Chief Financial Officer -$500,913.75 Transaction at $149.75, now +1.7%

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AI Consult Analysis

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