PAYX Congressional Stock Trades & Insider Buying (2026)

PAYX insider buying and selling over the past year

Every open-market Form 4 transaction filed for PAYCHEX INC in the past year was a purchase: 2 buys worth $197.3K in total, and no open-market sales.

Activity clustered in 2026-02 (2 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-02-04. The single largest trade was a purchase of 1,000 shares worth $98.8K on 2026-02-04. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved +13.4%, from $98.48. Insiders paid an average of $98.63 per share for their open-market purchases; against the last close of $111.63 that cost basis is sitting on a gain at +13.2%.

Where PAYX trades relative to its one-year range

PAYCHEX INC closed at $111.63 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $85.57 to $127.54. That puts the stock in the middle of its range, at 62.1% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved -11.7%, and over roughly three months -2.4%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 3,719,713 shares.

Across 17 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 87) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was +3.3%. PAYX is behind that median and beat 24% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded PAYX

STOCK Act disclosures show 57 trades in PAYX by 15 members of Congress over five years (29 purchases, 28 sales), most recently on 2026-08-25. The most active traders were Ro Khanna (D-CA), 21 trades; April McClain Delaney (D-MD), 12 trades; Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), 4 trades; Julie Johnson (D-TX), 3 trades; Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), 3 trades.

By party the trades split 41 by Democrats, 16 by Republicans; by chamber, 52 from the House, 5 from the Senate.

PAYX lobbying disclosures

PAYCHEX INC appears in 1 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $20.0K in reported lobbying spend.

Compare PAYX with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to PAYX:

• IT one-year return -13.1%
• BAH one-year return -23.7%
• ICFI one-year return +3.3%
• TTEK one-year return +5.9%
• IQV one-year return +29.7%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-02-04
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-08-25
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

PAYX data questions

Are PAYX insiders buying or selling stock?

Every open-market Form 4 transaction filed for PAYCHEX INC in the past year was a purchase: 2 buys worth $197.3K in total, and no open-market sales.

What is the one-year price range for PAYX?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, PAYX traded between $85.57 and $127.54, last closing at $111.63.

Has any member of Congress traded PAYX stock?

Yes. 15 members disclosed 57 trades in PAYX over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-08-25.