DJ Paychex Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Paychex Inc. $(PAYX)$ slid 1.15% to $149.26 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.01% to 5,956.06 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.43% to 43,433.12.
The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.
Paychex Inc. closed 1.71% below its 52-week high of $151.86, which the company achieved on February 25th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Oracle Corp. $(ORCL)$ rose 2.33% to $172.47, Intuit Inc. $(INTU)$ rose 12.58% to $625.51, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. $(ADP)$ fell 0.64% to $311.38.
Trading volume (1.2 M) remained 750,966 below its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 26, 2025.
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February 26, 2025 16:47 ET (21:47 GMT)
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