Paychex Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 12 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Paychex stock have an average target of 138.42, with a low estimate of 113 and a high estimate of 158. The average target predicts a decrease of -8.35% from the current stock price of 151.03.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$113	$138.42	$141	$158
Change	-25.18%	-8.35%	-6.64%	+4.61%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Paychex stock from 12 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	11	11	11	11	11	10
Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13	13	13	13	13	12

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
James Faucette Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $137 → $142	Hold	Maintains	$137 → $142	-5.98%	Mar 27, 2025
Peter Christiansen Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold Maintains $145 → $158	Hold	Maintains	$145 → $158	+4.61%	Mar 27, 2025
Bryan Bergin Stifel	Stifel	Hold Maintains $141 → $156	Hold	Maintains	$141 → $156	+3.29%	Mar 27, 2025
Kevin Mcveigh UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $152 → $155	Hold	Maintains	$152 → $155	+2.63%	Mar 4, 2025
Ramsey El-Assal Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $135 → $140	Hold	Maintains	$135 → $140	-7.30%	Dec 23, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

5.63B

from 5.28B

6.64%

from 5.28B

Revenue Next Year

5.99B

from 5.63B

6.45%

from 5.63B

EPS This Year

5.10

from 4.67

9.13%

from 4.67

EPS Next Year

5.42

from 5.10

6.32%

from 5.10

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2021	May 31, 2022	May 31, 2023	May 31, 2024	May 31, 2025	May 31, 2026	May 31, 2027
Revenue	4.04B	4.06B	4.61B	5.01B	5.28B	5.63B	5.99B	6.36B
Revenue Growth	7.10%	0.40%	13.68%	8.57%	5.42%	6.64%	6.45%	6.19%
EPS	3.04	3.03	3.84	4.30	4.67	5.10	5.42	5.78
EPS Growth	6.29%	-0.33%	26.73%	11.98%	8.61%	9.13%	6.32%	6.68%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	29.63	27.87	26.13
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	14

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	5.8B	7.0B	7.5B
Avg	5.6B	6.0B	6.4B
Low	5.4B	5.6B	5.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	10.3%	24.1%	24.5%
Avg	6.6%	6.4%	6.2%
Low	2.3%	-0.0%	-2.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	5.27	5.68	6.15
Avg	5.10	5.42	5.78
Low	4.86	5.10	5.34

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	12.9%	11.5%	13.6%
Avg	9.1%	6.3%	6.7%
Low	4.1%	-0.0%	-1.4%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.