DJ Paychex Inc. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Paychex Inc. $(PAYX)$ rose 2.07% to $94.38 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.05% to 6,836.17 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.10% to 49,500.93.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
Paychex Inc. closed 41.47% below its 52-week high of $161.24, which the company reached on June 6th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Oracle Corp. $(ORCL)$ rose 2.34% to $160.14, Intuit Inc. $(INTU)$ rose 0.36% to $399.40, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) rose 1.02% to $212.11.
Trading volume (4.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 13, 2026.
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February 13, 2026 16:58 ET (21:58 GMT)
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