Paychex Inc (PAYX) Institutional Ownership

Institutions by Trading Activity

Ownership Statistics

360,400,000Shares Outstanding

291,316,741Shares held by institutions

$26,984,669,719Value of institutional holdings

80.83%Institutional ownership %

4.55%Shares Changed QoQ

1,550No. of institutional investors

Shares Owned by Institutions

Shares Purchased/Sold by Institutions

Ownership Summary

Paychex Inc (NASDAQ:PAYX) appears in 1,543 institutional 13F filings for the quarter ending December 2025.

These investors held 79.5% of outstanding shares in December 2025, up from 77.8% in September 2025.
Their total shares held in PAYX increased 4.25% from the prior quarter, while the number of investors in Paychex decreased 4.46% year over year.
Of these 1,543 funds, 687 grew their exposure to Paychex, 635 cut back, and 221 maintained positions.
In total, institutional investors held 286.66Mn shares in Paychex as of December 2025, up by 11.68Mn shares quarter on quarter, and down 8.43Mn shares year over year.
Guinness Asset Management LTD holds the largest position in PAYX at 1.97Mn shares as of December 31, 2025, or 0.55% of shares outstanding.
The largest buyers of Paychex for the quarter ending December 2025 were Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (254.73K), Guinness Asset Management LTD (241.54K), WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC (141.57K), Welch Group, LLC (77.65K), Raiffeisen Bank International AG (71.08K).
Top sellers of PAYX stock for the quarter ending December 2025 included Hamlin Capital Management, LLC (221.86K), BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S (217.74K), Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC (31.55K), CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC (17.45K), BURNS J W & CO INC/NY (17.43K).
Per Business Quant data, the top 10 holders of Paychex for the quarter ending December 2025 are Guinness Asset Management LTD (1.97Mn), Hamlin Capital Management, LLC (1.14Mn), CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC (969.81K), WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC (563.97K), Welch Group, LLC (484.45K), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (455.61K), MILLER HOWARD INVESTMENTS INC /NY (430.55K), FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ (343.11K), SG Americas Securities, LLC (312.33K), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (229.58K).

1,562 Institutional Holders

291,316,741 Total Shares Held

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Owner Name	Date	Shares Held	Change (QoQ)	Change (%)	Value (USD)
VANGUARD GROUP INC	31 Dec, 2025	42,348,625	4,583,157	12.14%	$4,750,668,752.00
Capital International Investors	31 Dec, 2025	30,265,174	11,243,295	59.11%	$3,395,583,196.00
BlackRock, Inc.	31 Dec, 2025	27,878,398	-89,518	-0.32%	$3,127,398,724.00
State Street Corp	31 Dec, 2025	13,988,393	216,045	1.57%	$1,569,217,927.00
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC	31 Dec, 2025	11,550,173	263,152	2.33%	$1,295,698,407.00
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	9,705,424	78,760	0.82%	$1,093,957,564.00
Goldman Sachs Group Inc	31 Dec, 2025	7,298,844	4,605,135	170.96%	$818,784,330.00
Wells Fargo & Company/Mn	31 Dec, 2025	6,489,937	-2,322,222	-26.35%	$728,041,211.00
Select Equity Group, L.P.	31 Dec, 2025	5,716,237	1,358,596	31.18%	$641,247,467.00
Bank Of America Corp /De/	31 Dec, 2025	5,351,226	-5,923,438	-52.54%	$600,300,514.00
Morgan Stanley	31 Dec, 2025	4,843,248	-20,382	-0.42%	$543,315,852.00
Northern Trust Corp	31 Dec, 2025	4,335,875	-88,978	-2.01%	$486,398,459.00
Invesco Ltd.	31 Dec, 2025	3,960,515	-331,157	-7.72%	$444,290,579.00
UBS Group AG	31 Dec, 2025	3,430,711	789,132	29.87%	$384,857,160.00
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP	31 Dec, 2025	2,882,215	76,824	2.74%	$323,352,418.00
UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC	31 Dec, 2025	2,690,094	-41,784	-1.53%	$301,774,746.00
Legal & General Group Plc	31 Dec, 2025	2,455,435	33,467	1.38%	$275,450,704.00
Federated Hermes, Inc.	31 Dec, 2025	2,409,229	2,352,423	4,141.15%	$270,267,321.00
NORGES BANK	31 Dec, 2025	2,297,192	2,297,192	0.00%	$257,698,999.00
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC	31 Dec, 2025	2,217,866	238,536	12.05%	$248,800,194.00

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