Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates for Paylocity (PCTY)

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Paylocity (NASDAQ: PCTY):

• 11/9/2026 – Paylocity had its price target raised by Citigroup from $208.00 to $214.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 11/7/2026 – Paylocity was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 11/6/2026 – Paylocity had its price target raised by Barclays from $162.00 to $176.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 11/6/2026 – Paylocity had its price target raised by Citizens Jmp from $180.00 to $200.00. They now have a “market outperform” rating on the stock.
• 11/6/2026 – Paylocity had its price target raised by BTIG Research from $200.00 to $210.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2026 – Paylocity had its price target raised by Cantor Fitzgerald from $165.00 to $200.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/28/2026 – Paylocity had its price target raised by KeyCorp from $178.00 to $190.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/27/2026 – Paylocity had its price target raised by Citigroup from $168.00 to $208.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/26/2026 – Paylocity had its price target raised by BTIG Research from $180.00 to $200.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/24/2026 – Paylocity was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 10/23/2026 – Paylocity had its price target raised by Guggenheim from $180.00 to $200.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/20/2026 – Paylocity had its “market outperform” rating reaffirmed by Citigroup.
• 10/20/2026 – Paylocity had its price target raised by Citizens Jmp from $150.00 to $180.00. They now have a “market outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/13/2026 – Paylocity had its price target raised by Barclays from $154.00 to $162.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 9/29/2026 – Paylocity was given a new $175.00 price target by UBS Group.
• 9/22/2026 – Paylocity was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c-)” to “hold (c)”.
• 9/19/2026 – Paylocity was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.

Paylocity Stock Up 0.6%

PCTY stock traded up $1.04 on Wednesday, hitting $180.04. 918,417 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 777,569. Paylocity Holding Corporation has a 12-month low of $92.99 and a 12-month high of $181.57. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $157.36 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $127.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.04. The stock has a market cap of $9.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 0.43.

Paylocity (NASDAQ:PCTY) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The software maker reported $2.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.93 by $0.16. Paylocity had a return on equity of 27.59% and a net margin of 15.40%. The company had revenue of $451.67 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $443.12 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.75 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Paylocity Holding Corporation will post 6.94 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Paylocity news, Director Steven I. Sarowitz sold 8,900 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $171.31, for a total transaction of $1,524,659.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 4,354,869 shares in the company, valued at approximately $746,032,608.39. This represents a 0.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Chairman Steven Beauchamp sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $165.22, for a total transaction of $2,478,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman directly owned 1,243,389 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $205,432,730.58. This represents a 1.19% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 151,704 shares of company stock valued at $25,137,741 over the last quarter. 20.10% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Paylocity Holding Corporation provides cloud-based human capital management and payroll software to businesses in the United States. Its platform brings together tools that help employers manage payroll, human resources, benefits, and workforce operations. Products and services include payroll processing, benefits administration, time and labor management, talent acquisition and development, employee communications, and expense management. The platform is designed to help organizations streamline administrative work and support employees and managers through a unified system.