Paychex Inc
PAYX- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Industry
- Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management
- SEC CIK
- 0000723531
In the last 90 days, Paychex Inc insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 3 sales; 1,535 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $29.1B in total; superinvestors Semper Augustus and Markel Group hold it.
13F holders, Q1 2026
Institutional positions in Paychex Inc as of Mar 31, 2026. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works
- Institutional holders
- 1,515
- −56 vs. Q4 2025
- Shares held
- 295.5M
- +45.5M (+18.2%) vs. Q4 2025
- Total value
- $27.2B
- −$809.2M (−2.9%) vs. Q4 2025
- New holders
- 156
- 617 more added
- Sold out
- 212
- 534 more reduced
20 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 2025: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting PAYX on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 1,535 | $29.1B |
| Q1 2026 | 1,515 | $27.2B |
| Q4 2025 | 1,591 | $33.1B |
| Q3 2025 | 1,620 | $34.8B |
| Q2 2025 | 1,675 | $40.7B |
| Q1 2025 | 1,704 | $43.3B |
| Q4 2024 | 1,639 | $39.4B |
| Q3 2024 | 1,546 | $37.1B |
| Q2 2024 | 1,519 | $32.4B |
| Q1 2024 | 1,531 | $33.1B |
| Q4 2023 | 1,511 | $31.5B |
| Q3 2023 | 1,447 | $30.1B |
| Q2 2023 | 1,419 | $29.2B |
| Q1 2023 | 1,434 | $30.2B |
| Q4 2022 | 1,449 | $30.1B |
| Q3 2022 | 1,428 | $28.9B |
| Q2 2022 | 1,412 | $29.4B |
| Q1 2022 | 1,442 | $34.8B |
| Q4 2021 | 1,442 | $34.6B |
| Q3 2021 | 1,286 | $28.6B |
| Q2 2021 | 1,242 | $27.2B |
| Q1 2021 | 1,226 | $24.8B |
Institutions, Q1 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Paychex Inc; share changes are against Q4 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital International Investors | 29,948,686 | $2.76B | 0.65% | −316,488−1.0% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 28,414,452 | $2.62B | 0.05% | +536,054+1.9% | Added |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 20,965,270 | $1.93B | 0.05% | +20,965,270 | New |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 15,249,560 | $1.40B | 0.07% | +15,249,560 | New |
| State Street Corp | 14,049,628 | $1.29B | 0.04% | +61,235+0.4% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 12,784,802 | $1.18B | 0.12% | +738,834+6.1% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 10,270,528 | $951.4M | 0.06% | +565,104+5.8% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 9,375,253 | $863.6M | 0.13% | −2,174,920−18.8% | Reduced |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 5,885,576 | $542.2M | 0.88% | +3,476,347+144.3% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 5,298,028 | $488.1M | 0.03% | +454,780+9.4% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 4,323,890 | $398.3M | 0.03% | −1,027,336−19.2% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 4,239,248 | $390.5M | 0.08% | −2,250,689−34.7% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 3,996,797 | $368.2M | 0.05% | −339,078−7.8% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 3,959,316 | $364.7M | 0.05% | +309,737+8.5% | Added |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. | 3,670,073 | $338.1M | 1.80% | −2,046,164−35.8% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 3,532,389 | $325.4M | 0.06% | +101,678+3.0% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,822,569 | $260.0M | 0.05% | −59,646−2.1% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 2,774,473 | $255.6M | 0.07% | +556,607+25.1% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 2,742,879 | $255.4M | 0.02% | +1,308,167+91.2% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 2,699,393 | $248.7M | 0.05% | +9,299+0.3% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2,345,121 | $216.0M | 0.05% | −110,314−4.5% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 2,344,056 | $215.9M | 0.15% | +278,507+13.5% | Added |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 2,098,312 | $193.4M | 0.03% | +180,506+9.4% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 2,016,718 | $190.7M | 0.04% | +83,893+4.3% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 2,007,580 | $184.9M | 0.03% | −31,254−1.5% | Reduced |
| Guinness Asset Management LTD | 1,968,734 | $180.9M | 3.12% | +241,540+14.0% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 1,845,758 | $170.0M | 0.16% | +878,618+90.8% | Added |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 1,833,083 | $168.9M | 0.04% | +1,833,083 | New |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 1,750,562 | $161.3M | 0.05% | +435,114+33.1% | Added |
| Amundi | 1,634,609 | $150.6M | 0.04% | +28,844+1.8% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 1,451,615 | $133.7M | 0.04% | +428,534+41.9% | Added |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 1,399,866 | $129.0M | 0.08% | +928,820+197.2% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,399,380 | $128.9M | 0.04% | +268,769+23.8% | Added |
| London Co of Virginia | 1,354,123 | $124.7M | 0.77% | −91,760−6.3% | Reduced |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | 1,322,323 | $121.8M | 0.35% | +1,170,937+773.5% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 1,316,671 | $121.3M | 0.02% | +48,797+3.8% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 1,166,201 | $107.4M | 0.17% | +72,000+6.6% | Added |
| Hamlin Capital Management, LLC | 1,137,170 | $104.8M | 2.53% | −221,855−16.3% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 1,134,979 | $104.6M | 0.08% | +1,018,447+874.0% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 1,059,823 | $97.6M | 0.01% | +390,151+58.3% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 1,031,353 | $95.0M | 0.06% | −329,241−24.2% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 1,027,122 | $94.6M | 0.07% | +117,722+12.9% | Added |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,005,223 | $92.6M | 0.05% | +34,823+3.6% | Added |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 988,820 | $91.1M | 0.36% | −362,391−26.8% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 980,154 | $90.3M | 0.02% | +107,269+12.3% | Added |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 975,247 | $89.8M | 0.44% | +116,168+13.5% | Added |
| Confluence Investment Management LLC | 969,809 | $89.3M | 1.39% | −17,450−1.8% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 948,100 | $87.3M | 0.05% | +60,500+6.8% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 923,372 | $85.1M | 0.03% | −299,175−24.5% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 912,572 | $84.1M | 0.04% | +800,308+712.9% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 859,680 | $79.2M | 0.05% | −46,723−5.2% | Reduced |
| McDonald Capital Investors Inc | 839,205 | $77.3M | 5.29% | −3,656−0.4% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 801,841 | $73.9M | 0.05% | +412,247+105.8% | Added |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 777,560 | $71.6M | 0.05% | +70,589+10.0% | Added |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 770,007 | $70.9M | 0.11% | +3,629+0.5% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 763,914 | $70.4M | 0.02% | −30,537−3.8% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 619,761 | $69.5M | 0.02% | +153,356+32.9% | Added |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 742,114 | $68.4M | 0.10% | −69,181−8.5% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 723,499 | $66.7M | 0.04% | −44,859−5.8% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 706,706 | $65.1M | 0.03% | +706,706 | New |
| National Pension Service | 684,974 | $63.1M | 0.05% | +145,237+26.9% | Added |
| PFA Pension, Forsikringsaktieselskab | 668,703 | $61.6M | 0.19% | −857−0.1% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd | 658,813 | $60.7M | 0.05% | +658,813 | New |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 645,339 | $59.4M | 0.04% | −235,807−26.8% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 638,244 | $58.8M | 0.05% | −26,024−3.9% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 631,838 | $58.2M | 0.01% | −12,251−1.9% | Reduced |
| Wedge Capital Management L L P | 563,967 | $52.0M | 0.96% | +10,172+1.8% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 560,908 | $51.7M | 0.05% | −13,535−2.4% | Reduced |
| Crawford Investment Counsel Inc | 557,215 | $51.3M | 0.88% | +509,091+1,057.9% | Added |
| Donaldson Capital Management, LLC | 555,849 | $51.2M | 1.66% | +148,718+36.5% | Added |
| Nomura Asset Management Co Ltd | 531,468 | $49.0M | 0.13% | +60,596+12.9% | Added |
| Capital International Inc | 523,157 | $48.2M | 0.37% | +115,017+28.2% | Added |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 516,948 | $47.6M | 0.29% | +130,269+33.7% | Added |
| Woodline Partners LP | 516,587 | $47.6M | 0.18% | +461,323+834.8% | Added |
| Mariner, LLC | 510,693 | $47.0M | 0.05% | +20,537+4.2% | Added |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 505,455 | $46.6M | 0.07% | −123,375−19.6% | Reduced |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 494,586 | $46.3M | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bahl & Gaynor Inc | 487,387 | $44.9M | 0.23% | −1,205,622−71.2% | Reduced |
| Welch Group, LLC | 484,448 | $44.6M | 1.68% | +77,646+19.1% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 468,814 | $43.2M | 0.08% | +74,521+18.9% | Added |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 465,374 | $42.9M | 0.07% | +465,374 | New |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 460,808 | $42.4M | 0.05% | −217,553−32.1% | Reduced |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 455,607 | $42.0M | 0.07% | +254,727+126.8% | Added |
| Capital World Investors | 440,000 | $40.5M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 436,182 | $40.4M | 0.04% | −721,303−62.3% | Reduced |
| Willis Investment Counsel | 437,030 | $40.3M | 2.20% | +110,358+33.8% | Added |
| Miller Howard Investments Inc | 430,548 | $39.7M | 1.08% | +51,477+13.6% | Added |
| Old Republic International Corporation | 423,100 | $39.0M | 1.55% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 422,426 | $38.9M | 0.06% | +57,663+15.8% | Added |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | 422,213 | $38.9M | 0.11% | −47,577−10.1% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 406,885 | $37.5M | 0.02% | +16,883+4.3% | Added |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 388,686 | $35.8M | 0.06% | +216,781+126.1% | Added |
| Grandfield & Dodd, LLC | 386,178 | $35.6M | 2.01% | +18,346+5.0% | Added |
| Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital, LLC | 371,350 | $34.2M | 0.17% | −17,590−4.5% | Reduced |
| Troy Asset Management Ltd | 365,950 | $33.7M | 1.01% | −209,815−36.4% | Reduced |
| Welch & Forbes LLC | 362,116 | $33.4M | 0.43% | −6,357−1.7% | Reduced |
| MML Investors Services, LLC | 348,003 | $32.1M | 0.09% | −25,104−6.7% | Reduced |
| Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc | 343,109 | $31.6M | 0.17% | +13,524+4.1% | Added |
| Alps Advisors Inc | 339,433 | $31.3M | 0.15% | +63,278+22.9% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 324,050 | $29.9M | 0.01% | −41,890−11.4% | Reduced |