DJ Paychex Inc. Stock Underperforms Monday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Paychex Inc. $(PAYX)$ slipped 2.85% to $118.54 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.52% to 7,745.06 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.51% to 53,459.78.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Paychex Inc. closed 16.04% below its 52-week high of $141.19, which the company reached on August 22nd.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Oracle Corp. $(ORCL)$ fell 2.57% to $146.65, Intuit Inc. $(INTU)$ fell 2.91% to $335.60, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) fell 2.53% to $266.06.
Trading volume (2.7 M) remained 637,071 below its 50-day average volume of 3.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 17, 2026.