Paylocity/$PCTY
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About Paylocity
Paylocity is a cloud-based human capital management provider offering payroll, compliance, and human resources management solutions. With the addition of expense and IT management modules, Paylocity unifies back-office operations spanning HR, finance, and IT on a single platform and bills customers on a subscription basis. The firm's customer base skews toward the midmarket and is primarily based in the US. As of fiscal 2026, Paylocity has nearly 44,400 customers.
- Ticker
- $PCTY
- Sector
- Business services
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 6,900
- Headquarters
- Schaumburg, United States
- Website
- www.paylocity.com
Paylocity Metrics
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$9.1B
34.74
$4.92
0.50
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Price and volume
Market cap
$9.1B
Beta
0.5
52-week high
$178.53
52-week low
$92.99
Average daily volume
618K
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.089
Quick ratio
0.094
Long term debt to equity
0.101
Total debt to equity
0.101
Interest coverage (TTM)
67.23%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
427.99
Gross margin (TTM)
69.22%
Net profit margin (TTM)
15.23%
Operating margin (TTM)
21.83%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
30.35%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$260,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
5.28%
Return on equity (TTM)
21.97%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
34.738
Price to revenue (TTM)
5.218
Price to book
7.45
Price to tangible book (TTM)
14.86
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
21.606
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
4.63%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
7.91
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
11.04%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
22.39%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
14.68%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
22.61%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
25.48%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
50.97%
What the Analysts think about Paylocity
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Paylocity stock.
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The platform is broadening beyond payroll into finance, IT and AI, creating room to sell more to existing clients; average revenue per client rose 5.4% to $37,200 as the client base grew 7% to 44,400 in fiscal 2026. (The Motley Fool, Paylocity)
Cash generation was strong in fiscal 2026, with a 24.2% free cash flow margin, and Paylocity repurchased $398.1 million of shares, supporting returns to shareholders. (Paylocity)
Growth is set to slow: fiscal 2027 guidance implies total revenue growth of about 7% and recurring and other revenue growth of about 8%, versus 11% and 12.2%, respectively, in fiscal 2026. (Paylocity)
Some guided fiscal 2027 adjusted EBITDA margin improvement comes from extending the amortisation period for deferred contract costs, an accounting change expected to add 120–140 basis points rather than an underlying operating gain. (Paylocity)
Interest income on client funds is exposed to falling rates, while management's fiscal 2027 assumptions include two rate cuts and flat client workforce levels, leaving results sensitive to yields and customer employment. (The Motley Fool, Paylocity)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 30 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing Paylocity
AllUSDEURGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $PCTY weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap$SPY4 | $6.4B | 0.21% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap£SPX4 | $6.4B | 0.21% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced CTB€SXRG | $3.2B | 0.13% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap CTB Enhanced ESG£CUS1 | $3.2B | 0.13% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap£WLDS | $9B | 0.07% |
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