DJ Paychex Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Paychex Inc. $(PAYX)$ shed 1.31% to $90.91 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.72% to 6,575.32 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.48% to 46,565.74.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Paychex Inc. closed 43.62% short of its 52-week high of $161.24, which the company achieved on June 6th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Oracle Corp. $(ORCL)$ fell 1.28% to $145.23, Intuit Inc. $(INTU)$ fell 1.51% to $425.87, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) fell 0.94% to $201.28.
Trading volume (6.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 1, 2026.
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April 01, 2026 16:54 ET (20:54 GMT)
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