Paylocity Holding Corporation

PCTY stock score: 61/100

$177.67 · +4.93% · Scored Oct 22, 2026

Technical
66
Fundamental
55
News
53

The reading

Paylocity Holding (PCTY) scores 61 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 89% of Technology stocks and 77% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 66, fundamentals 55.

Among the fundamentals, Earnings Quality (Yearly) at 92 and Debt to Equity at 90 score highest, while Institutional Ownership at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 72 and contrarian oscillators 21 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 53; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 52 to 69, and it is up 5 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward PCTY’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

55

Pulling it up

  • Earnings Quality (Yearly)92

    Annual earnings quality examines the durability and cash-backed nature of yearly profits.

  • Debt to Equity90

    Debt-to-Equity ratio measures financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.

  • Forward P/E88

    Forward P/E ratio uses estimated future earnings to calculate valuation.

Holding it back

  • Institutional Ownership0

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

  • Fund Ownership0

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Quick Ratio10

    Quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet short-term obligations with liquid assets.

39 weighted scorers; 2 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

66

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • ADX (14)100

    Average Directional Index (ADX) measures trend strength regardless of direction.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (50)0

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)0

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • RSI (14)0

    Relative Strength Index (14-period) measures momentum by comparing recent gains to losses.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
53

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly601
Daily663
Weekly702
Monthly672
Quarterly652

Composite score, last 90 days

05010061Jul 25, 2026Oct 22, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 56Jul 26, 2026: 56Jul 27, 2026: 58Jul 28, 2026: 58Jul 29, 2026: 69Jul 30, 2026: 68Jul 31, 2026: 66Aug 2, 2026: 55Aug 3, 2026: 56Aug 5, 2026: 56Aug 6, 2026: 57Aug 7, 2026: 57Aug 8, 2026: 58Aug 9, 2026: 58Aug 10, 2026: 56Aug 11, 2026: 56Aug 12, 2026: 56Aug 13, 2026: 58Aug 14, 2026: 58Aug 15, 2026: 57Aug 16, 2026: 57Aug 17, 2026: 54Aug 18, 2026: 56Aug 19, 2026: 57Aug 20, 2026: 57Aug 22, 2026: 57Aug 23, 2026: 58Aug 24, 2026: 57Aug 25, 2026: 56Aug 26, 2026: 57Aug 27, 2026: 58Aug 28, 2026: 58Aug 29, 2026: 58Aug 30, 2026: 58Aug 31, 2026: 59Sep 1, 2026: 57Sep 2, 2026: 57Sep 3, 2026: 55Sep 4, 2026: 55Sep 5, 2026: 54Sep 6, 2026: 55Sep 7, 2026: 55Sep 8, 2026: 54Sep 9, 2026: 52Sep 10, 2026: 53Sep 11, 2026: 52Sep 12, 2026: 53Sep 13, 2026: 53Sep 14, 2026: 55Sep 15, 2026: 54Sep 16, 2026: 54Sep 17, 2026: 54Sep 18, 2026: 52Sep 19, 2026: 53Sep 20, 2026: 53Sep 21, 2026: 53Sep 22, 2026: 55Sep 23, 2026: 55Sep 24, 2026: 54Sep 25, 2026: 53Sep 26, 2026: 54Sep 27, 2026: 54Sep 28, 2026: 52Sep 29, 2026: 52Sep 30, 2026: 53Oct 1, 2026: 55Oct 2, 2026: 54Oct 3, 2026: 55Oct 4, 2026: 55Oct 5, 2026: 56Oct 6, 2026: 55Oct 7, 2026: 56Oct 8, 2026: 57Oct 9, 2026: 57Oct 10, 2026: 57Oct 11, 2026: 57Oct 12, 2026: 58Oct 13, 2026: 58Oct 14, 2026: 58Oct 15, 2026: 60Oct 16, 2026: 60Oct 17, 2026: 60Oct 18, 2026: 60Oct 19, 2026: 60Oct 20, 2026: 60Oct 21, 2026: 60Oct 22, 2026: 61
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Key facts

Market cap
$9.8B
Sector
Technology
Industry
Software - Application
Beta
0.50
Risk grade (1–10)
4
Next earnings
Nov 5, 2026

Software - Application peers

CompanyMarket capScore
FROG JFrog$11.6B52
CHYM Chime Financial$11.4B58
ESTC Elastic$10.3B62
PCOR Procore Technologies$9.5B48
YMM Full Truck Alliance Co.$8.7B52
IDCC InterDigital$8.6B64

Questions

What is PCTY's stock score today?

PCTY scores 61/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 66, fundamental 55, and news sentiment 53, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is PCTY a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 61 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the PCTY score calculated?

101 weighted scorers feed it today: 39 fundamental, scored against Technology ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.