DJ Paychex Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Paychex Inc. $(PAYX)$ shed 1.18% to $93.27 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.10% to 6,843.22 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.07% to 49,533.19.
Paychex Inc. closed 42.15% short of its 52-week high of $161.24, which the company reached on June 6th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Oracle Corp. $(ORCL)$ fell 3.85% to $153.97, Intuit Inc. $(INTU)$ fell 5.07% to $379.17, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) rose 0.46% to $213.08.
Trading volume (3.6 M) remained 51,874 below its 50-day average volume of 3.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 17, 2026.
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February 17, 2026 16:57 ET (21:57 GMT)
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