Yahoo Finance Paycom Earnings: What To Look For From PAYC
Online payroll and human resource software provider Paycom (NYSE:PAYC) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow afternoon. Here's what to look for.
Paycom met analysts' revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $499.9 million, up 10.7% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a decline in its gross margin.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Paycom's revenue to grow 8.8% year on year to $436.4 million, slowing from the 26.6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.60 per share.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Paycom has only missed Wall Street's revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 1.3% on average.
Looking at Paycom's peers in the finance and HR software segment, only Paychex has reported results so far. It met analysts' revenue estimates, delivering year-on-year sales growth of 5.3%. The stock was down 5.7% on the results.
Read our full analysis of Paychex's earnings results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the finance and HR software segment, with share prices up 2.6% on average over the last month. Paycom is up 16.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $184.5 (compared to the current share price of $165.75).
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