PAYC
StockPaycom Software, Inc.
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This is the kind of decline worth waking up for.
Paycom Software, Inc. is 57.8% off its high — among the deepest declines in its recorded history.
And it's not just the price: Paycom Software, Inc.'s P/S Severity Score is 6.4 — historically low valuation vs its own history.
Extreme
Current Drawdown
-57.8%
Days in Drawdown
1741
Avg Max Drawdown
5.7%
Avg Length
21
Drawdown Severity Score™
11.0
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 August 21, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within PAYC's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
Paycom Software, Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 7% of the time in 12 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
Paycom Software, Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 10% of the time in 12 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
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 2026-08-21, the stock is trading at $229.07, which represents a 57.8% decline from its all-time high of $542.25. This drawdown has persisted for 1741 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 11.00. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score between 8.0 and 12.0 indicates an extremely rare, severe drawdown: the asset almost never experiences declines of this magnitude in its tracked history.
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 Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-14 | Ongoing | 1741 days | -57.8% | $542.25 | $229.07 | n/a |
| 2021-11-01 | 2021-11-02 | 2 days | -0.2% | $536.97 | $535.73 | $542.25 |
| 2021-10-26 | 2021-10-29 | 4 days | -1.4% | $528.23 | $520.78 | $536.97 |
| 2021-10-15 | 2021-10-21 | 7 days | -2.2% | $513.79 | $502.45 | $523.33 |
| 2021-09-27 | 2021-10-13 | 17 days | -5.3% | $505.24 | $478.71 | $506.08 |
| 2021-09-03 | 2021-09-23 | 21 days | -7.0% | $490.86 | $456.36 | $501.11 |
| 2021-08-25 | 2021-08-30 | 6 days | -0.9% | $475.94 | $471.60 | $479.14 |
| 2021-08-17 | 2021-08-23 | 7 days | -3.5% | $464.04 | $448.00 | $467.35 |
| 2021-08-13 | 2021-08-16 | 4 days | -1.9% | $463.17 | $454.52 | $464.04 |
| 2021-08-10 | 2021-08-12 | 3 days | -2.2% | $459.26 | $449.24 | $463.17 |
| 2020-12-23 | 2021-08-06 | 226 days | -34.3% | $455.89 | $299.42 | $457.19 |
| 2020-12-18 | 2020-12-21 | 4 days | -0.4% | $433.03 | $431.11 | $436.74 |
| 2020-12-09 | 2020-12-17 | 9 days | -4.2% | $431.27 | $413.29 | $433.03 |
| 2020-12-07 | 2020-12-08 | 2 days | -0.0% | $428.47 | $428.32 | $431.27 |
| 2020-12-01 | 2020-12-02 | 2 days | -0.3% | $408.80 | $407.46 | $411.27 |
| 2020-11-10 | 2020-11-25 | 16 days | -6.8% | $397.01 | $370.18 | $399.09 |
| 2020-11-05 | 2020-11-09 | 5 days | -6.1% | $389.54 | $365.85 | $397.01 |
| 2020-10-26 | 2020-11-04 | 10 days | -7.2% | $380.93 | $353.44 | $389.54 |
| 2020-10-21 | 2020-10-23 | 3 days | -2.2% | $377.04 | $368.60 | $380.93 |
| 2020-10-14 | 2020-10-15 | 2 days | -0.2% | $366.36 | $365.53 | $368.45 |
| 2020-10-06 | 2020-10-07 | 2 days | -1.0% | $336.06 | $332.54 | $344.84 |
| 2020-02-05 | 2020-10-05 | 243 days | -51.1% | $331.03 | $161.73 | $336.06 |
| 2020-01-31 | 2020-02-04 | 5 days | -2.3% | $319.15 | $311.84 | $331.03 |
| 2020-01-24 | 2020-01-28 | 5 days | -0.7% | $308.60 | $306.32 | $312.26 |
| 2020-01-14 | 2020-01-17 | 4 days | -3.0% | $289.56 | $280.82 | $290.36 |
| 2019-11-29 | 2020-01-08 | 41 days | -9.0% | $274.11 | $249.43 | $277.50 |
| 2019-08-28 | 2019-11-20 | 85 days | -25.3% | $250.03 | $186.82 | $255.75 |
| 2019-08-22 | 2019-08-26 | 5 days | -1.3% | $246.90 | $243.66 | $247.66 |
| 2019-07-11 | 2019-08-20 | 41 days | -9.5% | $239.62 | $216.78 | $242.07 |
| 2019-07-08 | 2019-07-09 | 2 days | -0.1% | $234.55 | $234.31 | $235.16 |
| 2019-06-21 | 2019-07-02 | 12 days | -5.8% | $225.58 | $212.51 | $228.30 |
| 2019-06-10 | 2019-06-19 | 10 days | -3.9% | $218.03 | $209.58 | $221.40 |
| 2019-05-22 | 2019-06-05 | 15 days | -7.6% | $209.31 | $193.42 | $212.47 |
| 2019-05-17 | 2019-05-21 | 5 days | -2.2% | $207.84 | $203.17 | $209.31 |
| 2019-05-13 | 2019-05-16 | 4 days | -5.3% | $204.25 | $193.33 | $207.84 |
| 2019-05-07 | 2019-05-09 | 3 days | -2.7% | $203.34 | $197.89 | $203.76 |
| 2019-05-01 | 2019-05-03 | 3 days | -0.5% | $198.51 | $197.46 | $202.78 |
| 2019-04-29 | 2019-04-30 | 2 days | -1.0% | $196.10 | $194.11 | $198.51 |
| 2019-04-24 | 2019-04-25 | 2 days | -1.0% | $190.76 | $188.78 | $192.64 |
| 2019-04-03 | 2019-04-23 | 21 days | -3.8% | $186.93 | $179.84 | $190.76 |
| 2019-03-22 | 2019-04-01 | 11 days | -4.7% | $186.28 | $177.56 | $186.50 |
| 2019-02-25 | 2019-03-21 | 24 days | -4.7% | $180.62 | $172.15 | $186.28 |
| 2019-02-19 | 2019-02-22 | 4 days | -3.0% | $178.85 | $173.52 | $180.62 |
| 2019-02-11 | 2019-02-14 | 4 days | -2.1% | $172.47 | $168.79 | $174.84 |
| 2019-02-07 | 2019-02-08 | 2 days | -0.6% | $165.78 | $164.83 | $172.47 |
| 2018-09-17 | 2019-02-06 | 143 days | -31.7% | $160.08 | $109.33 | $165.78 |
| 2018-09-12 | 2018-09-13 | 2 days | -0.1% | $155.84 | $155.71 | $158.87 |
| 2018-09-05 | 2018-09-10 | 6 days | -5.0% | $153.12 | $145.47 | $153.86 |
| 2018-08-30 | 2018-08-31 | 2 days | -0.7% | $150.87 | $149.76 | $152.04 |
| 2018-08-15 | 2018-08-16 | 2 days | -1.7% | $135.16 | $132.89 | $135.51 |
| 2018-08-13 | 2018-08-14 | 2 days | -0.9% | $133.06 | $131.93 | $135.16 |
| 2018-04-19 | 2018-08-01 | 105 days | -17.3% | $115.28 | $95.34 | $123.44 |
| 2018-01-29 | 2018-02-15 | 18 days | -10.8% | $91.09 | $81.25 | $93.12 |
| 2017-11-27 | 2018-01-12 | 47 days | -10.9% | $83.89 | $74.75 | $86.99 |
| 2017-06-26 | 2017-08-22 | 58 days | -9.6% | $71.58 | $64.68 | $72.37 |
| 2016-10-25 | 2017-02-15 | 114 days | -24.9% | $51.40 | $38.58 | $51.74 |
| 2016-09-08 | 2016-10-24 | 47 days | -11.3% | $51.38 | $45.60 | $51.40 |
| 2015-11-05 | 2016-07-11 | 249 days | -50.8% | $44.82 | $22.05 | $45.14 |
| 2015-10-19 | 2015-11-04 | 17 days | -13.6% | $41.03 | $35.44 | $44.82 |
| 2015-08-18 | 2015-10-16 | 60 days | -16.8% | $40.10 | $33.34 | $41.03 |
| 2015-05-15 | 2015-08-17 | 95 days | -20.3% | $38.46 | $30.65 | $40.10 |
| 2015-03-20 | 2015-05-07 | 49 days | -14.2% | $34.41 | $29.51 | $34.63 |
| 2014-12-01 | 2015-01-28 | 59 days | -19.4% | $28.18 | $22.72 | $28.19 |
| 2014-09-22 | 2014-11-05 | 45 days | -21.6% | $18.61 | $14.58 | $20.73 |
| 2014-09-03 | 2014-09-19 | 17 days | -10.9% | $17.72 | $15.79 | $18.61 |
| 2014-04-21 | 2014-08-15 | 117 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 $229.07 as of Aug 21, 2026. It is 57.8% below its high of $542.25. The drawdown has lasted 1,741 days. Severity score: 11.0 (Extreme).
PAYC Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$229.07
High-water mark
$542.25
Current drawdown
-57.8%
Days in drawdown
1,741
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 -57.8% has lasted 1,741 days, which is 11.9x the average duration of comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 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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