Paychex Inc. Stock Slips 8.8%, Underperforms Peers
Dow Jones2026/09/23 20:33This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones using technology from Automated Insights.
Shares of Paychex Inc. slid 8.8% to $104.49 on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.8% to 7,706.03 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.7% to 51,511.59.
This was the stock's seventh consecutive day of losses.
Paychex Inc. closed 20.0% below its 52-week high of $130.64, which the company achieved on September 23rd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Oracle Corp. fell 3.1% to $144.56, Intuit Inc. fell 1.9% to $286.80, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. fell 2.21% to $263.68.
Trading volume totaled 8.1 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.8 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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September 23, 2026 16:33 ET (20:33 GMT)
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