PAYX — structural market context
Structural market context from public regulatory and market data, shown with its as-of dates. Descriptive only: nothing on this page is a recommendation, a prediction, or advice to buy or sell any security.
What changed
As of the close on Nov 4. Each line shows the earlier value, the later value and their dates.
Change from the Nov 3 close to the Nov 4 close: +2.65%.
1.11× its 20-session average on Nov 4.
Includes pre- and post-market trading.
Short interest 20.8M shares (settlement Oct 15) vs 18.8M (Sep 30).
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Latest file (settlements Oct 1–Oct 14, published Nov 3): 3 days with fails, largest 26K shares on Oct 1.
Previous file (settlements Sep 15–Sep 30, published Oct 16): 1 day with fails, largest 16K shares on Sep 28.
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PAYX events and their magnitude
PAYX short interest & days to cover
FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice a month and published ~2 weeks after each settlement date. % of float uses reported free float. · as of 2026-10-15 (21d ago)
PAYX fails-to-deliver (FTD)
SEC fails-to-deliver files, published twice a month with ~6 weeks of delay.
PAYX insider buying and selling (Form 4)
Last 12 months, Form 4 codes P and S: 0 purchases · 1 sale
SEC Form 4 filings: purchases and sales reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S) only; grants and option exercises excluded. Attributed public records.
PAYX analyst ratings
Rating actions as published by the firms, from public feeds. They are not graded here.
Frequently asked questions
Companies in the same SEC industry group
Industry: SIC code 8700 (group 87xx) as recorded on SEC EDGAR.
PAYX: the full history
Latest rows shown. Full history, market-wide screens, cluster detection and the context journal live in the dashboard.
Not financial advice. Trading involves risk. Descriptive structural context, never a recommendation.