Nasdaq · PAYX · stock
Paychex INC (PAYX) stock price history
Every Nasdaq trading session of Paychex INC from Aug 26, 1983 to Nov 12, 2026: 10,880 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
PAYX adjusted close, 1983 to 2026
- $153.47
- All time high, 2025
- $127.98
- 52 week high, $84.36 low
- 10,880
- Daily sessions since 1983
Last updated Nov 12, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1983 to 2026 series and minute bars.
PAYX key facts
- Paychex INC (PAYX) closed at $115.18 on Nov 12, 2026 on Nasdaq.
- PAYX's all time high close is $153.47, set on Jun 6, 2025; its all time low close is $0.0578 on Feb 24, 1984.
- PAYX's 52 week range is $84.36 to $127.98.
- PAYX returned +6.1% over the year to Nov 12, 2026 and +6.3% over five years.
- Over ten years PAYX returned +172%, +10.5% a year compounded.
- PAYX's deepest drawdown was -64.9% from Nov 21, 2000 to Aug 12, 2002.
- DataCedar holds 10,880 daily sessions of PAYX history from Aug 26, 1983 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
PAYX price chart, 1983 to 2026
PAYX returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Nov 12, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | +10.1% |
| 3 months | -4.3% |
| 6 months | +24.5% |
| Year to date | +4.0% |
| 1 year | +6.1% |
| 3 years | +9.4% |
| 5 years | +6.3% |
| 10 years | +172.1% |
| Since Aug 26, 1983 | +128,589% |
| Compound annual growth, 43.2 years | +18.0% |
PAYX records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $153.47 on Jun 6, 2025
- All time low close
- $0.0578 on Feb 24, 1984
- 52 week high
- $127.98 on Sep 1, 2026
- 52 week low
- $84.36 on Apr 10, 2026
- Deepest drawdown
- -64.9% from Nov 21, 2000 to Aug 12, 2002, recovered Oct 21, 2013
- Best single session
- +18.2% on Mar 24, 2020
- Worst single session
- -19.5% on Mar 16, 2020
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 30.7%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 50%
- Growth of 1 since 1983
- 1,287×
- Best calendar year
- 1985, +103%
- Worst calendar year
- 2001, -28%
PAYX price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 1983 starts on Aug 26, 1983; 2026 runs to Nov 12, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $109.56 | $127.98 | $84.36 | $115.18 | +5.1% | 748.1M | 218 |
| 2025 | $133.96 | $154.87 | $105.53 | $109.62 | -17.5% | 623.8M | 250 |
| 2024 | $109.27 | $142.79 | $106.25 | $132.85 | +21.3% | 455.9M | 252 |
| 2023 | $104.07 | $119.22 | $94.12 | $109.52 | +6.2% | 484.6M | 250 |
| 2022 | $118.31 | $124.18 | $93.63 | $103.11 | -13.2% | 448M | 251 |
| 2021 | $79.09 | $120.88 | $72.38 | $118.73 | +50.2% | 403M | 252 |
| 2020 | $70.18 | $84.81 | $39.57 | $79.07 | +13.3% | 532.2M | 253 |
| 2019 | $51.04 | $72.10 | $50.45 | $69.82 | +34.5% | 435.4M | 252 |
| 2018 | $52.66 | $60.03 | $46.08 | $51.90 | -1.1% | 559M | 251 |
| 2017 | $45.66 | $54.24 | $41.44 | $52.46 | +15.4% | 499.1M | 251 |
| 2016 | $37.57 | $46.43 | $33.06 | $45.46 | +19.0% | 568M | 252 |
| 2015 | $32.40 | $39.57 | $29.80 | $38.21 | +18.4% | 533.1M | 252 |
| 2014 | $30.68 | $33.69 | $27.10 | $32.27 | +5.0% | 553.4M | 252 |
| 2013 | $21.04 | $31.02 | $20.89 | $30.74 | +48.9% | 584.8M | 250 |
| 2012 | $19.18 | $22.36 | $18.58 | $20.65 | +9.7% | 661M | 250 |
| 2011 | $18.76 | $20.56 | $15.54 | $18.83 | +1.4% | 778.9M | 252 |
| 2010 | $17.90 | $19.07 | $14.61 | $18.56 | +5.4% | 875.7M | 252 |
| 2009 | $14.44 | $18.90 | $11.29 | $17.62 | +22.1% | 986.6M | 250 |
| 2008 | $19.03 | $20.14 | $12.75 | $14.43 | -24.6% | 1B | 253 |
| 2007 | $20.44 | $24.73 | $18.73 | $19.14 | -6.0% | 789.3M | 249 |
| 2006 | $19.47 | $21.52 | $16.90 | $20.37 | +5.7% | 512.5M | 251 |
| 2005 | $16.95 | $21.93 | $14.35 | $19.28 | +13.7% | 543.8M | 251 |
| 2004 | $18.32 | $19.24 | $14.28 | $16.95 | -7.0% | 561M | 252 |
| 2003 | $13.54 | $19.87 | $11.53 | $18.24 | +35.3% | 661.8M | 252 |
| 2002 | $16.71 | $20.14 | $9.81 | $13.48 | -18.8% | 756M | 252 |
| 2001 | $23.42 | $24.04 | $13.42 | $16.60 | -27.6% | 728.1M | 248 |
| 2000 | $12.48 | $28.87 | $11.31 | $22.92 | +83.6% | 634.8M | 252 |
| 1999 | $10.68 | $14.01 | $7.34 | $12.48 | +17.6% | 670.7M | 252 |
| 1998 | $6.93 | $11.36 | $6.17 | $10.62 | +53.5% | 552.9M | 252 |
| 1997 | $4.60 | $7.07 | $3.46 | $6.92 | +48.8% | 514.9M | 253 |
| 1996 | $2.99 | $5.74 | $2.74 | $4.65 | +55.6% | 502.4M | 254 |
| 1995 | $1.58 | $2.99 | $1.53 | $2.99 | +86.2% | 429.2M | 252 |
| 1994 | $1.36 | $1.61 | $1.12 | $1.60 | +16.6% | 376.9M | 252 |
| 1993 | $0.9182 | $1.48 | $0.8791 | $1.38 | +49.9% | 296M | 253 |
| 1992 | $0.5908 | $1.04 | $0.5615 | $0.9182 | +53.2% | 347.9M | 254 |
| 1991 | $0.3118 | $0.6038 | $0.2435 | $0.5995 | +90.9% | 374.2M | 253 |
| 1990 | $0.3297 | $0.3466 | $0.2043 | $0.3140 | -4.8% | 500M | 251 |
| 1989 | $0.2942 | $0.4636 | $0.2900 | $0.3297 | +12.1% | 255.1M | 252 |
| 1988 | $0.2769 | $0.3398 | $0.2391 | $0.2942 | +6.2% | 285.8M | 253 |
| 1987 | $0.2629 | $0.3468 | $0.1874 | $0.2769 | +6.5% | 360.8M | 253 |
| 1986 | $0.1417 | $0.2881 | $0.1380 | $0.2601 | +83.6% | 282.4M | 253 |
| 1985 | $0.0690 | $0.1566 | $0.0671 | $0.1417 | +102.7% | 421.8M | 252 |
| 1984 | $0.0895 | $0.0932 | $0.0578 | $0.0699 | -21.9% | 159.9M | 253 |
| 1983 | $0.0895 | $0.1081 | $0.0839 | $0.0895 | n/a | 57.2M | 88 |
PAYX monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | $115.18 | +2.7% |
| October 2026 | $112.12 | +13.8% |
| September 2026 | $98.50 | -22.6% |
| August 2026 | $127.34 | +9.0% |
| July 2026 | $116.84 | +18.8% |
| June 2026 | $98.33 | +1.4% |
| May 2026 | $96.98 | +6.0% |
| April 2026 | $91.45 | +0.6% |
| March 2026 | $90.95 | -1.6% |
| February 2026 | $92.46 | -9.2% |
| January 2026 | $101.82 | -7.1% |
| December 2025 | $109.62 | +0.4% |
About the PAYX data
Daily bars. 10,880 sessions from Aug 26, 1983 to Nov 12, 2026, one row per Nasdaq trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Oct 23, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are Nasdaq trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Aug 26, 1983, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/nasdaq%3APAYX/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on Nasdaq
Common questions
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