Paychex Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 11 professional analysts, the 12-month price target for Paychex stock ranges from a low of $113 to a high of $158. The average analyst price target of $141.91 forecasts a -8.11% decrease in the stock price over the next year.

Price Target: $141.91 (-8.11%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$113	$141.91	$142	$158
Change	-26.83%	-8.11%	-8.05%	+2.31%

* Price targets were last updated on Mar 31, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

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

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	11	11	11	10	10	9
Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13	13	13	12	12	11

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Ramsey El-Assal Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $140 → $155	Hold	Maintains	$140 → $155	+0.37%	Mar 31, 2025
James Faucette Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $137 → $142	Hold	Maintains	$137 → $142	-8.05%	Mar 27, 2025
Peter Christiansen Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold Maintains $145 → $158	Hold	Maintains	$145 → $158	+2.31%	Mar 27, 2025
Bryan Bergin Stifel	Stifel	Hold Maintains $141 → $156	Hold	Maintains	$141 → $156	+1.02%	Mar 27, 2025
Kevin Mcveigh UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $152 → $155	Hold	Maintains	$152 → $155	+0.37%	Mar 4, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

5.63B

from 5.28B

6.57%

from 5.28B

Revenue Next Year

6.08B

from 5.63B

8.09%

from 5.63B

EPS This Year

5.08

from 4.67

8.73%

from 4.67

EPS Next Year

5.40

from 5.08

6.32%

from 5.08

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	6.08B	6.48B
Revenue Growth	7.10%	0.40%	13.68%	8.57%	5.42%	6.57%	8.09%	6.53%
EPS	3.04	3.03	3.84	4.30	4.67	5.08	5.40	5.79
EPS Growth	6.29%	-0.33%	26.73%	11.98%	8.61%	8.73%	6.32%	7.18%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	30.41	28.60	26.69
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	15

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	5.9B	7.0B	7.5B
Avg	5.6B	6.1B	6.5B
Low	5.4B	5.6B	5.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	11.1%	23.9%	22.8%
Avg	6.6%	8.1%	6.5%
Low	1.9%	0.1%	-3.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	5.27	5.89	6.60
Avg	5.08	5.40	5.79
Low	4.64	4.90	5.27

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	12.9%	16.0%	22.3%
Avg	8.7%	6.3%	7.2%
Low	-0.7%	-3.5%	-2.3%

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.