DJ Paychex Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Paychex Inc. $(PAYX)$ rallied 1.09% to $94.29 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.56% to 6,881.31 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.26% to 49,662.66.
Paychex Inc. closed 41.52% short of its 52-week high of $161.24, which the company achieved on June 6th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Oracle Corp. $(ORCL)$ rose 1.43% to $156.17, Intuit Inc. $(INTU)$ rose 2.74% to $389.57, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) rose 1.94% to $217.21.
Trading volume (2.8 M) remained 893,696 below its 50-day average volume of 3.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 18, 2026.
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February 18, 2026 16:58 ET (21:58 GMT)
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