Paylocity Holding Corp.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Software Products
  • ISIN: US70438V1061
USD
105.39
-5.64 (-5.08%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Paylocity Holding Corp.
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Snap, Inc.
Unity Software, Inc.
Bill Holdings, Inc.

Why is Paylocity Holding Corp. ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 16.61%
  • Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 23.51% and Operating profit at 39.23%
  • Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
2
Flat results in Dec 25
  • INTEREST(9M) At USD 3.37 MM has Grown at inf%
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at -2.64 %
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 38.4 times
3
With ROE of 22.19%, it has a attractive valuation with a 5.40 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -44.86%, its profits have risen by 7.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 2.5
4
High Institutional Holdings at 90.23%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
5
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -44.86% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Paylocity Holding Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Software Products should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Software Products)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Paylocity Holding Corp. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Paylocity Holding Corp.
-44.86%
-0.69
35.40%
S&P 500
11.87%
0.62
19.30%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
23.51%
EBIT Growth (5y)
39.23%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.19
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.22
Tax Ratio
26.84%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
90.23%
ROCE (avg)
26.26%
ROE (avg)
16.61%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
24
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
5.40
EV to EBIT
16.93
EV to EBITDA
12.91
EV to Capital Employed
5.71
EV to Sales
3.48
PEG Ratio
2.45
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
33.72%
ROE (Latest)
22.19%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
Bullish
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

4What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 476.03 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -1.57% (YoY

-6What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(9M)

At USD 3.37 MM has Grown at inf%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at -2.64 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 38.4 times

Here's what is working for Paylocity Holding Corp.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 476.03 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -1.57% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at USD 27.8 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Paylocity Holding Corp.

Interest
At USD 3.37 MM has Grown at inf%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at -2.64 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 38.4 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio