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Up 25% in a year while the S&P 500 rose 12%.
| The company | Profit doubled |
| Its score | Up:Excellent or better for 21 days in a row |
| Latest filing | 10-Q, Nov 6 |
Thu Dec 3: Annual meeting, online9:30 AM ET. Proxy filed Oct 22.
After its last 4 reports it closed -0.1% on average, higher 3 of 4 times.
Excellentfor quality, not price, 7 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
PCTY is #8 of 268 by Quality Score.
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Net income over four quarters: PCTY $279M, PAYC $510M, GWRE $139M, PCOR -$34.4M.
Expected to report Thu Feb 4, after the close (in 86 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $451.7M, 11% more than a year ago; a profit of $1.07 a share, from $0.86.
| Line | Q1 FY27 | Q1 FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Recurring Fees | $409M | $364M |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Nov 6)
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Recurring and other revenue | $1.792B to $1.807B |
Sales grew 23% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2021 to 2026.
Its share count fell 0.6% a year over 5 years.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2026 | -4.3% | +2.1% | not yet |
| Aug 4, 2026 | +4.7% | +3.1% | +1.2% |
| May 7, 2026 | +5.3% | +1.7% | -4.8% |
Sales grew every year from 2019 to 2026, to $1.8B. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 69.9, MACD below signal, above both averages. Not scored.
3 insiders sold $637K across 3 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: PCTY is under 0.1% of SCHG and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
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.
“The market for HCM, finance and IT software solutions is both fragmented and highly competitive.”
PCTY scores 17 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent. It is #8 of 268 in Software by Quality Score, with 7 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 25% in a year while the S&P 500 rose 12%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
PCTY scores 17 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent (15 to 19). That is #8 of 268 in Software by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind PCTY's 17.
3 insiders sold $637K across 3 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Craig Conway, Director, who sold $493K on Aug 27. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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