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Company snapshot — Paycom Software, Inc.

PAYC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Paycom sells cloud-based human capital management software that runs payroll and manages the employee lifecycle for smaller and mid-sized American businesses. Its suite covers payroll processing and tax filing, hiring and onboarding, time and attendance, benefits administration and performance tracking, all delivered as a single subscription platform rather than separate tools. It is based in Oklahoma City and has traded publicly since 2014.
Where it sits in the stack
Paycom carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it sits in the diary's Software - Application sleeve within the wider Technology sector, alongside other subscription-based enterprise software names.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not assigned Paycom a peer group; the market usually compares it with other cloud payroll and workforce platforms such as Workday and ADP.
Why Closelook tracks it
Paycom holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook score and no index seat in Rubin or Halo, and the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition.
What the diary watches
Whether new-business hiring and payroll headcount at its small and mid-sized customers slows, since its revenue tracks employment activity at that end of the market.

Paycom Software, Inc. (PAYC) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for PAYC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Software - Application · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Software - Application · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against PAYC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.67%, quarterly · last 0.38 USD on 2026-08-24

Dividends and capital return

What PAYC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.51 USD per share · a 0.67% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +1.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.50 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.38 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-24
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.38 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.51 USD · 2025: 1.50 USD · 2026: 1.14 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-24

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Paycom Software, Inc. (PAYC)?

Paycom Software, Inc. trades as PAYC on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is PAYC in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Paycom Software, Inc. is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does PAYC trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +14.5% vs the 50-day and +49.2% vs the 200-day average, 7.6% below the 52-week high and +116.9% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 30 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Paycom Software, Inc. do?

Paycom sells cloud-based human capital management software that runs payroll and manages the employee lifecycle for smaller and mid-sized American businesses. Its suite covers payroll processing and tax filing, hiring and onboarding, time and attendance, benefits administration and performance tracking, all delivered as a single subscription platform rather than separate tools. It is based in Oklahoma City and has traded publicly since 2014. Closelook has not assigned Paycom a peer group; the market usually compares it with other cloud payroll and workforce platforms such as Workday and ADP.

Where does Paycom Software, Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

Paycom carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it sits in the diary's Software - Application sleeve within the wider Technology sector, alongside other subscription-based enterprise software names. Paycom holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook score and no index seat in Rubin or Halo, and the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition.

Does Paycom Software, Inc. pay a dividend?

Paycom Software, Inc. has paid 1.51 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.67% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.38 USD on 2026-08-24. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PAYC, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Software - Application. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.