PAYC

Stock

Paycom Software, Inc.

Very rare

This is the kind of decline worth waking up for.

Paycom Software, Inc. is 74.3% off its high — among the deepest declines in its recorded history.

Price $139.56 · as of Jul 9, 2026All-time high $542.25Drawdown -74.3%Severity Score™ 14.1
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Historic

Current Drawdown

-74.3%

Days in Drawdown

1710

Avg Max Drawdown

5.7%

Avg Length

21

Drawdown Severity Score™

14.1

PAYC - Price & High Water Mark

PAYC - Drawdown Timeline

How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.

Valuation vs Its Own History

Data as of July 8, 2026 · updated daily

Where today's valuation sits within PAYC's own multi-year range. A lower percentile means today's ratio is lower than more of its past readings. This is context, not a recommendation.

Price to Sales

3.5xHistorically Low · 3rd percentile
Low: 3.0xMedian: 11.7xHigh: 34.5x

12 years of daily history

89.8% below its highest Price to Sales reading · 7.9x typical multiple drawdown · high date November 2, 2021

Price to Sales history

EV to EBITDA

10.2xHistorically Low · 4th percentile
Low: 8.1xMedian: 46.2xHigh: 118.0x

12 years of daily history

91.3% below its highest EV to EBITDA reading · 5.3x typical multiple drawdown · high date November 2, 2021

EV to EBITDA history · log scale

How we measure valuation

Paycom Software, Inc. (PAYC) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights

Paycom Software, Inc. is currently in a drawdown that is unusual by its own historical standards. As of 2026-07-09, the stock is trading at $139.56, which represents a 74.3% decline from its all-time high of $542.25. This drawdown has persisted for 1710 days.

Based on its full tracked price history, Paycom Software, Inc. typically experiences drawdowns averaging 5.7% in depth, with an average duration of 21 days. Paycom Software, Inc. has gone through 119 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for Paycom Software, Inc. was 51.1%, beginning in 2020. The longest drawdown duration on record was 249 days.

The Drawdown Severity Score™ for Paycom Software, Inc. currently stands at 14.15. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score above 12.0 indicates a historic, once-in-a-decade event: declines of this magnitude are extraordinarily rare in this asset's tracked history and can also signal fundamental changes worth investigating.

Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing Paycom Software, Inc.'s historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.

📜 Historical Drawdown Events

Current drawdown shown in blue. Showing the most recent and the deepest of 119 tracked pullbacks (65 listed).

Start DateEnd DateDurationMax DepthStart PriceLowest PriceRecovery Price
2021-11-02Ongoing1710 days-74.3%$542.25$139.56n/a
2021-11-012021-11-022 days-0.2%$536.97$535.73$542.25
2021-10-262021-10-294 days-1.4%$528.23$520.78$536.97
2021-10-152021-10-217 days-2.2%$513.79$502.45$523.33
2021-09-272021-10-1317 days-5.3%$505.24$478.71$506.08
2021-09-032021-09-2321 days-7.0%$490.86$456.36$501.11
2021-08-252021-08-306 days-0.9%$475.94$471.60$479.14
2021-08-172021-08-237 days-3.5%$464.04$448.00$467.35
2021-08-132021-08-164 days-1.9%$463.17$454.52$464.04
2021-08-102021-08-123 days-2.2%$459.26$449.24$463.17
2020-12-232021-08-06226 days-34.3%$455.89$299.42$457.19
2020-12-182020-12-214 days-0.4%$433.03$431.11$436.74
2020-12-092020-12-179 days-4.2%$431.27$413.29$433.03
2020-12-072020-12-082 days-0.0%$428.47$428.32$431.27
2020-12-012020-12-022 days-0.3%$408.80$407.46$411.27
2020-11-102020-11-2516 days-6.8%$397.01$370.18$399.09
2020-11-052020-11-095 days-6.1%$389.54$365.85$397.01
2020-10-262020-11-0410 days-7.2%$380.93$353.44$389.54
2020-10-212020-10-233 days-2.2%$377.04$368.60$380.93
2020-10-142020-10-152 days-0.2%$366.36$365.53$368.45
2020-10-062020-10-072 days-1.0%$336.06$332.54$344.84
2020-02-052020-10-05243 days-51.1%$331.03$161.73$336.06
2020-01-312020-02-045 days-2.3%$319.15$311.84$331.03
2020-01-242020-01-285 days-0.7%$308.60$306.32$312.26
2020-01-142020-01-174 days-3.0%$289.56$280.82$290.36
2019-11-292020-01-0841 days-9.0%$274.11$249.43$277.50
2019-08-282019-11-2085 days-25.3%$250.03$186.82$255.75
2019-08-222019-08-265 days-1.3%$246.90$243.66$247.66
2019-07-112019-08-2041 days-9.5%$239.62$216.78$242.07
2019-07-082019-07-092 days-0.1%$234.55$234.31$235.16
2019-06-212019-07-0212 days-5.8%$225.58$212.51$228.30
2019-06-102019-06-1910 days-3.9%$218.03$209.58$221.40
2019-05-222019-06-0515 days-7.6%$209.31$193.42$212.47
2019-05-172019-05-215 days-2.2%$207.84$203.17$209.31
2019-05-132019-05-164 days-5.3%$204.25$193.33$207.84
2019-05-072019-05-093 days-2.7%$203.34$197.89$203.76
2019-05-012019-05-033 days-0.5%$198.51$197.46$202.78
2019-04-292019-04-302 days-1.0%$196.10$194.11$198.51
2019-04-242019-04-252 days-1.0%$190.76$188.78$192.64
2019-04-032019-04-2321 days-3.8%$186.93$179.84$190.76
2019-03-222019-04-0111 days-4.7%$186.28$177.56$186.50
2019-02-252019-03-2124 days-4.7%$180.62$172.15$186.28
2019-02-192019-02-224 days-3.0%$178.85$173.52$180.62
2019-02-112019-02-144 days-2.1%$172.47$168.79$174.84
2019-02-072019-02-082 days-0.6%$165.78$164.83$172.47
2018-09-172019-02-06143 days-31.7%$160.08$109.33$165.78
2018-09-122018-09-132 days-0.1%$155.84$155.71$158.87
2018-09-052018-09-106 days-5.0%$153.12$145.47$153.86
2018-08-302018-08-312 days-0.7%$150.87$149.76$152.04
2018-08-152018-08-162 days-1.7%$135.16$132.89$135.51
2018-08-132018-08-142 days-0.9%$133.06$131.93$135.16
2018-04-192018-08-01105 days-17.3%$115.28$95.34$123.44
2018-01-292018-02-1518 days-10.8%$91.09$81.25$93.12
2017-11-272018-01-1247 days-10.9%$83.89$74.75$86.99
2017-06-262017-08-2258 days-9.6%$71.58$64.68$72.37
2016-10-252017-02-15114 days-24.9%$51.40$38.58$51.74
2016-09-082016-10-2447 days-11.3%$51.38$45.60$51.40
2015-11-052016-07-11249 days-50.8%$44.82$22.05$45.14
2015-10-192015-11-0417 days-13.6%$41.03$35.44$44.82
2015-08-182015-10-1660 days-16.8%$40.10$33.34$41.03
2015-05-152015-08-1795 days-20.3%$38.46$30.65$40.10
2015-03-202015-05-0749 days-14.2%$34.41$29.51$34.63
2014-12-012015-01-2859 days-19.4%$28.18$22.72$28.19
2014-09-222014-11-0545 days-21.6%$18.61$14.58$20.73
2014-09-032014-09-1917 days-10.9%$17.72$15.79$18.61
2014-04-212014-08-15117 days-23.6%$15.93$12.16$16.51

How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).

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Paycom Software, Inc. (PAYC) is trading at $139.56 as of Jul 9, 2026. It is 74.3% below its high of $542.25. The drawdown has lasted 1,710 days. Severity score: 14.1 (Historic).

PAYC Price History and Drawdown Data

Latest price

$139.56

High-water mark

$542.25

Current drawdown

-74.3%

Days in drawdown

1,710

This PAYC page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior Paycom Software, Inc. drawdowns.

What History Says About PAYC

Paycom Software, Inc. has dropped 20%+ from its high 9 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 146 days with an average max drop of -31.5%.

The current drawdown of -74.3% has lasted 1,710 days, which is 11.7x the average duration of comparable events.

PeriodMax DropDuration
Feb 2020 to Oct 2020-51.1%243 days
Nov 2015 to Jul 2016-50.8%249 days
Dec 2020 to Aug 2021-34.3%226 days
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019-31.7%143 days
Aug 2019 to Nov 2019-25.3%85 days
Oct 2016 to Feb 2017-24.9%114 days

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