Paychex Ownership | Who Owns Paychex?

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Paychex Ownership Summary

Paychex is owned by 33.64% institutional investors, 11.00% insiders, and 55.36% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.76% of PAYX shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.85% of its assets in Paychex shares.

PAYX Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Paychex	33.64%	11.00%	55.36%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	50.72%	11.74%	37.54%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	31.52M	8.76%	$4.42B
Blackrock	27.98M	7.77%	$3.32B
Capital investors	26.91M	7.47%	$3.77B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	26.80M	7.44%	$3.76B
State street	13.17M	3.66%	$1.56B
Charles schwab investment management	10.04M	2.79%	$1.41B
Geode capital management	9.54M	2.65%	$1.34B
Bank of new york mellon	9.47M	2.63%	$1.33B
Wells fargo & company/mn	9.38M	2.61%	$1.32B
Bank of america corp /de/	5.85M	1.63%	$693.65M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Windsor advisory group	35.75K	8.50%	$4.24M
Mcdonald capital investors inc/ca	911.65K	8.03%	$127.83M
Cooper/haims advisors	73.45K	5.84%	$10.30M
Ensemble capital management	533.00K	4.92%	$63.19M
Parthenon	258.27K	4.38%	$36.22M
Hamlin capital management	1.25M	4.35%	$175.61M
Guinness asset management	1.65M	4.35%	$231.30M
Palmer knight	63.71K	4.00%	$8.93M
Two point capital management	71.61K	3.73%	$10.43M
Opus investment management	35.40K	3.67%	$4.96M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Raymond james financial	1.31M	0.07%	1.31M
Ubs group	3.17M	0.08%	1.24M
Schroder investment management group	1.36M	0.18%	628.91K
Proficio capital partners	568.81K	0.04%	566.94K
Norges bank	557.80K	0.01%	557.80K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Jpmorgan chase	1.44M	0.01%	-2.40M
Bank of new york mellon	9.47M	0.26%	-1.12M
Barclays	881.87K	0.03%	-866.62K
International assets investment management	3.60K	0.04%	-796.31K
Nordea investment management ab	792.21K	0.12%	-641.78K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Raymond james financial	1.31M	0.07%	1.31M	$184.22M
Norges bank	557.80K	0.01%	557.80K	$78.21M
Leigh baldwin	336.63K	0.29%	336.63K	$336.63M
Holocene advisors, lp	234.00K	0.11%	234.00K	$32.81M
Baillie gifford	181.36K	0.02%	181.36K	$25.43M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Financial gravity asset management	-1.00
Mendota financial group	-1.00
Financial synergies wealth advisors	-3.00
Voisard asset management group	-5.00
Redwood wealth management group	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	1,001	-36.24%	121,088,956	-56.07%	33	0.57%	431	-38.52%	355	-36.49%
Sep 30, 2024	1,552	0.65%	275,086,022	0.83%	76	1.33%	694	5.79%	552	-4.66%
Jun 30, 2024	1,517	-2.63%	271,482,379	0.94%	75	1.35%	650	0.15%	566	-5.98%
Mar 31, 2024	1,558	1.63%	268,959,855	2.15%	74	1.40%	649	-3.99%	602	4.88%
Dec 31, 2023	1,533	4.07%	263,302,529	1.32%	73	1.41%	676	4.48%	574	15.03%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	10.25M	2.85%	7.33K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	10.21M	2.83%	33.63K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	8.88M	2.47%	61.15K
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™	8.85M	2.46%	6.96K
American Funds Washington Mutual A	8.72M	2.42%	-
Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp	8.72M	2.42%	-
Invesco QQQ Trust	7.42M	2.06%	-6.43K
American Funds American Mutual A	5.79M	1.61%	-
Capital Group American Mutual Comp	5.79M	1.61%	-
Fidelity 500 Index	4.01M	1.11%	17.86K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Apr 15, 2025	VELLI JOSEPH M	-	Sell	$544.76K
Apr 03, 2025	Gioja Michael E	Sr. Vice President	Sell	$101.16K
Apr 03, 2025	Gioja Michael E	Sr. Vice President	Sell	$4.79M
Oct 16, 2024	Bottini Mark Anthony	Sr. VP of Sales	Sell	$1.65M
Oct 16, 2024	Bottini Mark Anthony	Sr. VP of Sales	Sell	$5.00M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q2	-	2
2024 Q4	-	-
2024 Q3	1	10
2024 Q2	-	5
2024 Q1	-	2

PAYX Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of Paychex?

Paychex’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (31.52M shares, 8.76%), Blackrock (27.98M shares, 7.77%), and Capital investors (26.91M shares, 7.47%). Together, they hold 24.00% of Paychex’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Paychex?

Yes, BlackRock owns 7.77% of Paychex, totaling 27.98M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.08% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 3.32B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -608K shares, a -2.13% change.

Who is Paychex’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Windsor advisory group is Paychex’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 8.50% of its assets in 35.75K Paychex shares, valued at 4.24M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Paychex shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Paychex shares, with 2.85% of its total shares outstanding invested in 10.25M Paychex shares.

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