Technology
Live Price
Offline$129.18
+3.78% today
1Y Change
-44.17%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Paycom Software, Inc. (PAYC) is a Technology stock with a market cap of $7.16B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $129.18 and down 44.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +8.9%, EPS growth of -9.0%, a dividend yield of 1.1%. What stands out right now is revenue +8.9%, EPS -9.0%, free cash flow +19.6% with operating margin 27.6% and ROIC 18.4%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.1%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 16.0 and price/sales 3.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a quality compounder than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines PAYC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
PAYC is 62.16 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
PAYC had 43.30 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
PAYC beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.
PAYC
-44.17%
Normalized return
SPY
+17.99%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-62.16 pts
Relative to SPY
PAYC Max Drawdown
-52.43%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for PAYC and SPY.
| Year | PAYC | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -15.24% | +6.71% | -21.94 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | -30.63% | +11.19% | -41.82 pts | SPY |
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Dividend Yield
1.14%
Trailing 12M Payout
$1.13
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 | Mar 23, 2026 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 24, 2025 | Dec 8, 2025 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Aug 25, 2025 | Sep 8, 2025 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| May 27, 2025 | May 27, 2025 | Jun 9, 2025 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Mar 10, 2025 | Mar 24, 2025 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Nov 25, 2024 | Dec 9, 2024 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Aug 26, 2024 | Aug 26, 2024 | Sep 9, 2024 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| May 28, 2024 | May 28, 2024 | Jun 10, 2024 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Mar 4, 2024 | Mar 18, 2024 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Nov 24, 2023 | Nov 27, 2023 | Dec 11, 2023 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Aug 28, 2023 | Sep 11, 2023 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| May 26, 2023 | May 30, 2023 | Jun 12, 2023 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
Next Step
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