PAYC vs. PCTY, DDOG, ZS, VEEV, XYZ, EA, TTD, WIT, SRAD, and BIDU
Should you be buying Paycom Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paycom Software include Paylocity (PCTY), Datadog (DDOG), Zscaler (ZS), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Block (XYZ), Electronic Arts (EA), Trade Desk (TTD), Wipro (WIT), Sportradar Group (SRAD), and Baidu (BIDU). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Paycom Software vs. Its Competitors
Paylocity (NASDAQ:PCTY) and Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
Paylocity currently has a consensus price target of $224.75, suggesting a potential upside of 21.36%. Paycom Software has a consensus price target of $226.90, suggesting a potential downside of 2.96%. Given Paylocity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Paylocity is more favorable than Paycom Software.
Paylocity has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paycom Software has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Paycom Software has higher revenue and earnings than Paylocity. Paycom Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paylocity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Paylocity had 4 more articles in the media than Paycom Software. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Paylocity and 6 mentions for Paycom Software. Paylocity's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Paycom Software's score of 0.96 indicating that Paylocity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Paycom Software has a net margin of 20.60% compared to Paylocity's net margin of 14.65%. Paycom Software's return on equity of 25.53% beat Paylocity's return on equity.
94.8% of Paylocity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Paycom Software shares are held by institutional investors. 21.9% of Paylocity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Paycom Software shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Paylocity beats Paycom Software on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:PAYC) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
