Paychex, Inc.
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US7043261079

SecurityPAYX / Paychex, Inc.
InstitutionCitigroup Inc
Latest Disclosed Ownership801,841 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 73,865,593
Citigroup Inc ownership in PAYX / Paychex, Inc.

On May 11, 2026 - Citigroup Inc filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 801,841 shares of Paychex, Inc. (US:PAYX) valued at $73,865,593 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 13, 2026 disclosing 389,594 shares of Paychex, Inc.. This represents a change in shares of 105.81% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $78,941,246 USD.

Citigroup Inc has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (PAYX) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD and put options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

PAYX / Paychex, Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-11 2026-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 801,841 412,247 105.81 73,866 69.01 0.0159
2026-02-13 2025-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 389,594 -427,849 -52.34 43,705 -57.82 0.0193
2025-11-10 2025-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 817,443 -28,814 -3.40 103,619 -15.82 0.0462
2025-08-11 2025-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 846,257 204,251 31.81 123,097 24.28 0.0605
2025-05-12 2025-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 642,006 95,866 17.55 99,049 29.34 0.0506
2025-02-12 2024-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 546,140 -17,884 -3.17 76,580 1.18 0.0454
2024-11-12 2024-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 564,024 49,902 9.71 75,686 24.17 0.0438
2024-08-12 2024-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 514,122 154,206 42.84 60,954 37.91 0.0390
2024-05-10 2024-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 359,916 6,152 1.74 44,198 4.89 0.0290
2024-02-09 2023-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 353,764 -68,788 -16.28 42,137 -13.54 0.0297
2023-12-06 2023-09-30 13F/A-1 PAYCHEX COM 704326107 422,552 -380,658 -47.39 48,733 -45.77 0.0364
2023-11-09 2023-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 422,552 -380,658 48,733 0.0146
2023-08-10 2023-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 803,210 378,258 89.01 89,855 84.53 0.0589
2023-05-11 2023-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 424,952 2,861 0.68 48,695 -0.17 0.0341
2023-02-09 2022-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 422,091 123,778 41.49 48,777 45.71 0.0388
2022-11-10 2022-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 298,313 28,284 10.47 33,475 8.87 0.0240
2022-08-10 2022-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 270,029 -156,056 -36.63 30,748 -47.12 0.0229
2022-05-12 2022-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 426,085 -94,896 -18.21 58,147 -18.23 0.0353
2022-02-10 2021-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 520,981 85,364 19.60 71,114 45.18 0.0381
2021-11-10 2021-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 435,617 -5,318 -1.21 48,985 3.54 0.0289
2021-08-10 2021-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 440,935 -14,689 -3.22 47,312 5.94 0.0285
2021-05-13 2021-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 455,624 -68,799 -13.12 44,659 -8.61 0.0289
2021-02-11 2020-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 524,423 43,635 9.08 48,866 27.41 0.0288
2020-11-12 2020-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 480,788 15,341 3.30 38,353 8.78 0.0250
2020-08-12 2020-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 465,447 38,056 8.90 35,257 31.11 0.0275
2020-05-12 2020-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 427,391 -168,584 -28.29 26,891 -46.96 0.0243
2020-02-12 2019-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 595,975 173,655 41.12 50,695 45.03 0.0367
2019-11-08 2019-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 422,320 -210,558 -33.27 34,956 -32.88 0.0277
2019-08-12 2019-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 632,878 146,129 30.02 52,079 33.41 0.0421
2019-05-13 2019-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 486,749 -96,527 -16.55 39,037 2.73 0.0376
2019-02-12 2018-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 583,276 406,793 230.50 38,000 192.38 0.0385
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 176,483 -178,932 -50.34 12,997 -46.50 0.0116
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 355,415 -175,995 -33.12 24,292 -25.78 0.0223
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 531,410 -54,861 -9.36 32,729 -18.00 0.0270
2018-02-12 2017-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 586,271 146,063 33.18 39,913 51.22 0.0320
2017-11-13 2017-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 440,208 165,758 60.40 26,394 68.89 0.0216
2017-08-11 2017-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 274,450 -144,078 -34.42 15,628 -36.61 0.0141
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 418,528 -207,132 -33.11 24,652 -35.28 0.0220
2017-02-10 2016-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 625,660 188,347 43.07 38,090 50.51 0.0343
2016-11-10 2016-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 437,313 319,624 271.58 25,307 261.37 0.0236
2016-08-12 2016-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 117,689 -324,308 -73.37 7,003 -70.66 0.0071
2016-05-13 2016-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 441,997 106,133 31.60 23,872 34.38 0.0268
2016-02-12 2015-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 335,864 82,057 32.33 17,764 46.94 0.0177
2015-11-13 2015-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 253,807 -184,771 -42.13 12,089 -41.20 0.0113
2015-08-13 2015-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 438,578 227,508 107.79 20,561 96.34 0.0183
2015-05-14 2015-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 211,070 40,209 23.53 10,472 32.76 0.0101
2015-02-17 2014-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 170,861 30,579 21.80 7,888 27.23 0.0070
2014-11-14 2014-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 140,282 34,395 32.48 6,200 40.91 0.0054
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 105,887 -1,823 -1.69 4,400 -4.12 0.0042
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 107,710 -61,031 -36.17 4,589 -40.27 0.0047
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 168,741 34,152 25.38 7,683 40.46 0.0070
2013-11-14 2013-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 134,589 -39,109 -22.52 5,470 -13.76 0.0051
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 173,698 173,698 6,343 0.0062
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2025-05-12 2025-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-12 2024-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 30,000 0.00 4,207 4.50 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-12 2024-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 30,000 0.00 4,026 13.19 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-12 2024-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 30,000 0.00 3,557 -3.47 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-10 2024-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 30,000 3,684 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-12 2022-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-10 2021-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 16,000 0.00 2,184 21.40 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-10 2021-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 16,000 0.00 1,799 4.78 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-10 2021-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 16,000 0.00 1,717 9.50 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-13 2021-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 16,000 -38.93 1,568 -35.76 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-11 2020-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 26,200 6.94 2,441 24.92 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-12 2020-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 24,500 -66.71 1,954 -64.95 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-12 2020-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 73,600 94.20 5,575 133.75 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-12 2020-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 37,900 -15.78 2,385 -37.70 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-12 2019-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 45,000 15.68 3,828 18.88 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-08 2019-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 38,900 -83.86 3,220 -83.76 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-12 2019-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 241,000 20.20 19,832 23.33 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-13 2019-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 200,500 199.70 16,080 268.89 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-12 2018-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 66,900 15.74 4,359 2.40 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 57,800 -29.85 4,257 -24.41 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 82,400 48.47 5,632 64.77 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 55,500 -41.02 3,418 -46.64 n/a n/a n/a
2018-02-12 2017-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 94,100 -5.05 6,406 7.81 n/a n/a n/a
2017-11-13 2017-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 99,100 -28.86 5,942 -25.09 n/a n/a n/a
2017-08-11 2017-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 139,300 -7.26 7,932 -10.34 n/a n/a n/a
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 150,200 -22.34 8,847 -24.86 n/a n/a n/a
2017-02-10 2016-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 193,400 31.92 11,774 38.78 n/a n/a n/a
2016-11-10 2016-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 146,600 -58.82 8,484 -59.95 n/a n/a n/a
2016-08-12 2016-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 356,000 101.24 21,182 121.71 n/a n/a n/a
2016-05-13 2016-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 176,900 112.11 9,554 116.59 n/a n/a n/a
2016-02-12 2015-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 83,400 -96.04 4,411 -95.61 n/a n/a n/a
2015-11-13 2015-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 2,107,700 -37.13 100,389 -36.13 n/a n/a n/a
2015-08-13 2015-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 3,352,700 1,242.69 157,174 1,168.66 n/a n/a n/a
2015-05-14 2015-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 249,700 0.08 12,389 7.55 n/a n/a n/a
2015-02-17 2014-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 249,500 -35.94 11,519 -33.09 n/a n/a n/a
2014-11-14 2014-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 389,500 42.26 17,216 51.30 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 273,800 12.21 11,379 9.48 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 244,000 -16.35 10,394 -21.74 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 291,700 -35.22 13,281 -27.43 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-14 2013-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 450,300 3.37 18,300 15.04 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 435,600 15,908 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2025-05-12 2025-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-12 2024-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 60,000 0.00 8,413 4.50 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-12 2024-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 60,000 0.00 8,051 13.19 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-12 2024-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 60,000 0.00 7,114 -3.46 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-10 2024-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 60,000 7,368 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-12 2022-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-10 2021-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 24,000 0.00 3,276 21.38 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-10 2021-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 24,000 0.00 2,699 4.82 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-10 2021-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 24,000 0.00 2,575 9.48 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-13 2021-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 24,000 -23.81 2,352 -19.86 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-11 2020-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 31,500 -12.98 2,935 1.63 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-12 2020-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 36,200 -30.78 2,888 -27.11 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-12 2020-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 52,300 25.72 3,962 51.39 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-12 2020-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 41,600 -17.46 2,617 -38.95 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-12 2019-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 50,400 71.43 4,287 76.20 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-08 2019-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 29,400 -24.23 2,433 -23.80 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-12 2019-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 38,800 -14.54 3,193 -12.30 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-13 2019-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 45,400 -14.98 3,641 4.66 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-12 2018-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 53,400 -0.93 3,479 -12.37 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 53,900 -9.11 3,970 -2.05 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 59,300 -48.79 4,053 -43.17 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 115,800 158.48 7,132 133.84 n/a n/a n/a
2018-02-12 2017-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 44,800 0.90 3,050 14.58 n/a n/a n/a
2017-11-13 2017-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 44,400 25.42 2,662 32.04 n/a n/a n/a
2017-08-11 2017-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 35,400 -78.65 2,016 -79.36 n/a n/a n/a
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 165,800 154.29 9,766 146.06 n/a n/a n/a
2017-02-10 2016-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 65,200 -13.30 3,969 -8.80 n/a n/a n/a
2016-11-10 2016-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 75,200 8.36 4,352 5.40 n/a n/a n/a
2016-08-12 2016-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 69,400 -19.21 4,129 -10.99 n/a n/a n/a
2016-05-13 2016-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 85,900 -47.27 4,639 -46.16 n/a n/a n/a
2016-02-12 2015-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 162,900 36.55 8,616 51.64 n/a n/a n/a
2015-11-13 2015-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 119,300 38.88 5,682 41.10 n/a n/a n/a
2015-08-13 2015-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 85,900 -22.33 4,027 -26.61 n/a n/a n/a
2015-05-14 2015-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 110,600 -16.78 5,487 -10.58 n/a n/a n/a
2015-02-17 2014-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 132,900 20.38 6,136 25.74 n/a n/a n/a
2014-11-14 2014-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 110,400 -0.72 4,880 5.60 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 111,200 -34.16 4,621 -35.77 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 168,900 50.40 7,195 40.72 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 112,300 -4.02 5,113 7.53 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-14 2013-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 117,000 -45.38 4,755 -39.22 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 214,200 7,823 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.