DJ Paychex Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Paychex Inc. $(PAYX)$ slipped 1.31% to $124.00 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.46% to 7,666.60 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.56% to 53,061.95.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Paychex Inc. closed 10.83% below its 52-week high of $139.06, which the company reached on September 2nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Oracle Corp. (ORCL) rose 3.13% to $145.75, Intuit Inc. $(INTU)$ fell 0.58% to $342.94, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) fell 0.82% to $281.16.
Trading volume (3.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 2, 2026.