DJ Paychex Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Paychex Inc. $(PAYX)$ rallied 2.35% to $114.25 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.01% to 6,921.46 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.55% to 49,266.11.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.
Paychex Inc. closed 29.14% short of its 52-week high of $161.24, which the company reached on June 6th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Oracle Corp. $(ORCL)$ fell 1.65% to $189.65, Intuit Inc. $(INTU)$ rose 0.25% to $652.75, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) rose 1.69% to $265.67.
Trading volume (3.2 M) remained 146,875 below its 50-day average volume of 3.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 8, 2026.
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January 08, 2026 16:52 ET (21:52 GMT)
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