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PAYX Relative to the S&P 500

PAYX Relative to the Sector

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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the Paychex, Inc. (NASD:PAYX) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of September 16 and a Sell Date of December 8 has resulted in a geometric average return of 6.52% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 20 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 18 of those periods. This is an excellent rate of success and the return strongly outperforms the relative buy-and-hold performance of the stock over the past 20 years by an average of 7.3% per year.

The seasonal timeframe is Inline with the period of seasonal strength for the Industrials sector, which runs from October 29 to May 10. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Industrials Sector Seasonal Chart.

Paychex competes in the payroll outsourcing industry. It is the second- largest player in terms of revenue and focuses on providing this service to small and midsize businesses. Paychex was created from the consolidation of 17 payroll processors in 1979 and services about 590,000 clients. The firm has almost 13,000 employees and is based in Rochester, New York.

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Stocks mentioned in this post: PAYX