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$PAYX
$112.80 -$2.90 (2.51%) Live

Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 356.0M shares outstanding

Who owns PAYX?

By type of holder
Institutions 83.2% Insiders 10.1% Everyone else 6.7%
Concentration Top 10 holders own 51.3%
Golisano B Thomas 9.9% · Capital International Investors 8.1%
Institutional ownership
83.2%
+0.2 pts vs last qtr
Institutional holders
1,526
+11 vs last qtr
Net shares bought
+573.5K
by institutions in Q2 2026
New / sold out
156 / 145
positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026
  • Norges Bank NEW +2.1M
  • Victory Capital Management Inc +1.3M

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Biggest sellers in Q2 2026
  • Capital Research Global Investors SOLD OUT −2.1M
  • Ameriprise Financial Inc −1.6M

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Who is planning to sell?

Notices of proposed sale, last 12 months
$203M
17 notices from 13 people
Shares covered
1.9M
0.55% of the company
Arranged in advance
0%
of the value is under a 10b5-1 plan
Under a 10b5-1 plan No plan
$0$28.1M$56.2MNov 2025: $49.8M without a planNovDecJan 2026: $29.5M without a planJanFebMarAprMay 2026: $25.3M without a planMayJun 2026: $383.9K without a planJunJul 2026: $4.4M without a planJulAugSep 2026: $56.2M without a planSepOct 2026: $37.7M without a planOct
Largest proposed sellers
  • Golisano B Thomas 10% shareholder $61.4M
  • Golisano B Thomas 10% shareholder $34.3M

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Every notice on Red Flags →

A Form 144 is notice of a planned sale, not the sale itself. What insiders actually sold is on Insider Transactions.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2017–FY2026
−0.7%
−0.08% a year
Each share's claim on the business
+0.7%
grew without buying or selling a share
Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock
$1.72B vs $611M
over 10 fiscal years
Diluted shares, split-adjusted
349.2M358.0M366.7M2017: 362.6M shares'172018: 361.5M shares'182019: 361.8M shares'192020: 361.0M shares'202021: 362.1M shares'212022: 363.1M shares'222023: 362.3M shares'232024: 362.1M shares'242025: 362.0M shares'252026: 360.0M shares'26
Buybacks Stock-based comp
$0$305.5M$611.0M2017 buybacks: $166.2M2017 stock comp: $35.4M'172018 buybacks: $143.1M2018 stock comp: $44.6M'182019 buybacks: $56.9M2019 stock comp: $46.2M'192020 buybacks: $171.9M2020 stock comp: $47.4M'202021 buybacks: $155.7M2021 stock comp: $52.5M'212022 buybacks: $145.2M2022 stock comp: $52.8M'222023 buybacks: $02023 stock comp: $62.6M'232024 buybacks: $169.2M2024 stock comp: $61.1M'242025 buybacks: $104.5M2025 stock comp: $111.8M'252026 buybacks: $611.0M2026 stock comp: $96.1M'26

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held
5+ years90% 3–5 years2% 1–3 years5% Under 1 year4%
Quarterly turnover
7.1%
of institutional shares changed hands
Top 10 managers, median time held
5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting PAYX on Form 13F
CI
Capital International Investors
Shares
28.8M
% of company
8.10%
Change vs last qtr
−1.1M (−3.7%)
Held since
≤2021
B
BlackRock, Inc.
Shares
27.8M
% of company
7.80%
Change vs last qtr
−661.3K (−2.3%)
Held since
≤2021

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting PAYX on Form N-PORT; together they hold 39.2% of the company
WM
Washington Mutual Investors Fund
Position value
$1.43B
% of company
3.43%
% of the fund
0.65%
As of
July 31, 2026
VT
Position value
$1.01B
% of company
2.88%
% of the fund
0.04%
As of
June 30, 2026

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Insiders and 5%+ holders

From Forms 3/4/5 and Schedules 13D/G
GB
Golisano B Thomas
Insider
Shares
35.1M
% of company
9.87%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—
MM
Mucci Martin
Insider
Shares
441.0K
% of company
0.12%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
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